Autumn Glory

October 2020 We couldn't be together, but we could stitch together! Some of us 'Zoomed' too. A loose theme of 'Autumn Glory'. Posted to Karen Rowe for a 'Stitch Swap', here are the first arrivals.

© Alex Messenger

© Hannah Thompson

© Jo Edwards

© Lynn Pilgrim

© Margaret Craig

© Rosemary Meara

© Sue King

C&G Samples

Done in the early 1990s as part of my city and guilds work (part 2), I can’t even remember what it was based on! Layers of transparent fabrics, burnt through with a fine soldering iron, hand embroidered on top and each section connected by machine embroidery done on water soluble fabric. I’m still proud of it!

C&G Samples
© Amanda Smith

Granny Squares Blanket

My daughter’s baby is due on 12th October so I have been busy through lockdown sewing and knitting. Finally finished this “granny squares” blanket which i backed with Tana lawn and anchored to the backing with large cross stitches at the corner of each square. Seems to have worked!

Granny Squares Blanket
© Sue King

Jug of Flowers

My completed piece, inspired by Suzette Smarts, workshop in a box.

Jug of Flowers
© Judy Siemers

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Hand Stitching

Some lovely hand stitching - just the thing to be working on during these 'home-based' times.

Hand Stitching
© Maureen Ergeneli

Japanese Embroideries

Embroidery Bridge, East Meets West is a design specially designed for the world exhibition of Japanese embroidery held in Cambridge in 2007. As this is not one of the phase pieces for my Japanese embroidery course, it has spent most of its time hibernating while I worked on phase pieces. However, it make a good demonstration piece as there are so many different techniques on it so I would take it to exhibitions and demonstrations to work on but never managed to do much more to it. During the lock down, I have been doing more stitching than normal and, having been working on completing some of my WIPS. This piece was very enjoyable to stitch and it is a good feeling to finally finish it.

Embroidery Bridge
© Carol-Anne Conway

Morning Glories was stitched for a group project devised by the Japanese Embroidery Academy. It was inspired by a panel designed and stitched by Studio Kusano Shizuka. The panel is made up of 40 individual sections each embroidered with a flower circle. Some of the flower circles are duplicated with one stitched in full colour and the second stitched in a softer colour palette and more open design. JEA supplied the fabric, silks, and line drawing for each panel but each stitcher could interpret their design there own way given a very broad brief. I chose the Morning Glories panel.

Morning Gloryh
© Carol-Anne Conway