Category Archives: My work

Leaves for the Bluebird Floral

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Hannah

I’m still going strong on the project (the Bluebird Floral by Elsa Williams with modifications). I filled in the center of the peach flower with french knots. The other flowers are supposed to have dark green centers, but I’m still … Continue reading →

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Bluebird Floral: More flowers

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Hannah

I’ve been working away on the kit. Here are my progress photos. When I was at the store selecting floss I initially tried to find a match for each wool color individually. But that was a slow process which rapidly … Continue reading →

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New Project: Bluebird

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Hannah

Y’all, I am back!  I was totally swamped by work for a few weeks, but I am resuming posting now. To motivate myself, I started on this lovely Elsa Williams kit, Bluebird Floral. Pretty, isn’t it? I’m just doing this … Continue reading →

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Eyeballs for the Joker

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Hannah

He’s looking at you. I’m afraid it’s gotten very dusty. I’m not sure what to do about it, at least until I have a few more of the sketch lines covered. I don’t want to wash them off. I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Lots of flowers

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Hannah

It’s all flowers in today’s update on the bellpull from the Mary Jane Collection. My blue flower is filling in and I love, love, love my yellow french knots. And look, farther up on the vine I’ve made progress on … Continue reading →

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Update: Trish Burr Wild Rose

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Hannah

I worked two more leaves trying to incorporate y’alls suggestions and hints from the introductory post on this needlepainted flower (it’s also now listed on my Projects page). As you can see in the close up photo of my new … Continue reading →

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Plas Teg Bellpull Part Ten Trillion

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Hannah

Y’all, I lost count of the number of posts I’ve done on this project. Behold the update photo! I finished the last berry on the left side with purple at the top for variety. I might add some horizontal laid … Continue reading →

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Progress on my chrysanthemum

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Hannah

You know, I don’t think I really understood before just how many petals a chrysanthemum has! I’m still working on outlining the petals. It’s definitely coming along, though. The end is nigh. (That really doesn’t sound as positive as I … Continue reading →

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Trish Burr Needlepainted Flower

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Hannah

Y’all, I got the new beginning needle-painting book by Trish Burr! I started my first project this weekend – it’s not the simplest or smallest project in the book by a long shot, but I liked it. I want to … Continue reading →

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Tambour work

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Hannah

A lot of blogs have linked to the NPR story on the French embroidery studio Maison Lesage, plus Dr. Shirazi sent me the link. It’s about tambour embroidery, which is the type of embroidery used in French fashion embroidery. This … Continue reading →

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