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JEPlus: January 2016
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Site to manage my Japanese Embroidery progress, plus other needlework projects. Friday, January 29, 2016. One tail fin done. Starting on the second one. Posted by H Gotts. Thursday, January 28, 2016. Posted by H Gotts. Sunday, January 24, 2016. It looks a lot better today. For the first shading, I used 6 sugas orange and 6 sugas white. For the next one I used 4 sugas orange and 8 sugas white. Then it should fade to all white. Posted by H Gotts. Friday, January 22, 2016. Posted by H Gotts. Before I tell y...
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JEPlus: January 2017
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Site to manage my Japanese Embroidery progress, plus other needlework projects. Thursday, January 12, 2017. It turned out to be more difficult than I imagined, judging by how many times I had to rip and re-stitch a section. It turned out well; I prefer not adding most of the outlines as specified by the instructions. Here's the original. Posted by H Gotts. Saturday, January 7, 2017. More Gatsby, Tools. Getting closer to done! Let me talk about tools that I usually use, and especially for this piece:.
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JEPlus: Happy Holidays from Gatsby
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Site to manage my Japanese Embroidery progress, plus other needlework projects. Sunday, December 25, 2016. Happy Holidays from Gatsby. Making modifications as I went along. Happy holidays to all stitchers! Posted by H Gotts. December 28, 2016 at 5:42 AM. I love the colors in this piece. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Happy Holidays from Gatsby. NeedlenThread.com Mary Corbet’s Needle ‘N Thread. How about a variation on a theme? Instead of Stitch Fun! I love the Stitch ….
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JEPlus: May 2016
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Site to manage my Japanese Embroidery progress, plus other needlework projects. Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Master Craftsman Step on Illusion. The theme of this step is illusions: luminosity, iridescence, luster, and transparency. I am attempting luminosity and luster. After 8 attempts, I think I got it. I'm going to call this Moon River. This is based on an attempt from several years ago:. Moon on black background. One of the earlier tries this time:. The second to last that almost made it:. 65 x 5 inches,...
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JEPlus: March 2016
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Site to manage my Japanese Embroidery progress, plus other needlework projects. Saturday, March 19, 2016. I consider all three pieces done; I'll sit on them for a few days to see if I come up with anything else:. The relative sizes of the three pieces:. Now to get onto the MC Step 5. Posted by H Gotts. Monday, March 14, 2016. EGA Challenge First Piece Really Done (maybe). Posted by H Gotts. Friday, March 11, 2016. EGA Challenge Second Piece Done. Posted by H Gotts. Thursday, March 10, 2016. The during: (...
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JEPlus: September 2016
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Site to manage my Japanese Embroidery progress, plus other needlework projects. Thursday, September 15, 2016. MC Step 6 - Red Boat - Done. Detail of the hill, with the smooth rocky edge behind the vegetation:. The boat and its reflection:. The sparkle in the water, which can be seen at an angle:. Reminds me of an impressionist painting. Posted by H Gotts. Wednesday, September 14, 2016. Master Craftsman Step 6 - Unity. My painting teacher should be proud of me; I painted it first. Detail of the hill:.
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JEPlus: Gatsby
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Site to manage my Japanese Embroidery progress, plus other needlework projects. Thursday, December 22, 2016. I ordered some Southern Belle white cotton before I read that it's not as good as it once was. It appears to be thinner than the Southern Belle I ordered from Trish Burr several years ago. Hopefully it will hold up to the stitching. Posted by H Gotts. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Happy Holidays from Gatsby. How about a variation on a theme? Instead of Stitch Fun!
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JEPlus: October 2016
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Site to manage my Japanese Embroidery progress, plus other needlework projects. Monday, October 31, 2016. The Nestlings, Technique and Tools. As well as on youtube. This last technique is the best, and is what I have been using since. While I'm on the subject of framing up, I have been using this thumb tack kit from lacis. Corjac" Thumbtack Kit; it works so much better for putting in and removing thumb tacks than using my bare hands. Better still, it works with my existing clover thumb tacks. I've decide...
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JEPlus: Gatsby Done
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Site to manage my Japanese Embroidery progress, plus other needlework projects. Thursday, January 12, 2017. It turned out to be more difficult than I imagined, judging by how many times I had to rip and re-stitch a section. It turned out well; I prefer not adding most of the outlines as specified by the instructions. Here's the original. Posted by H Gotts. January 12, 2017 at 10:32 AM. January 12, 2017 at 10:35 AM. January 12, 2017 at 10:51 AM. January 12, 2017 at 1:14 PM. January 12, 2017 at 1:42 PM.
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JEPlus: Wishing You a Happy New Year from Gatsby
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Site to manage my Japanese Embroidery progress, plus other needlework projects. Sunday, January 1, 2017. Wishing You a Happy New Year from Gatsby. The new stitch I learned for Whitework is the eyelet stitch - it's a lot of fun poking a large hole in the fabric, except I have to re-stretch the fabric to be drum tight after that. Well there are a lot of eyelet stitches coming. I tried using a lighter color for the beads background but it turns out the black looks the best, and balances the eye lashes,.
