This is the finished cable plait stitch outline of the opening lily. This is the back of the lily so that you can get an idea of how spaced apart my cable plait stitches are. A long time ago, I used to pack them in quite close, and then I realised that if I spaced […]
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Today in the Mountmellick embroidery stitch along we continue learning more about cable plait stitch. When you are working cable plait stitch, no doubt at some point you will run out of thread before you finish the part that you are needing to stitch. With cable plait stitch looking to be quite a complicated […] Today, after a little break to hopefully help those who need to catch up to do so, we’re back to our Mountmellick embroidery stitch along. We’re moving on to the opening lily flower. I’ve decided to work this one in cable plait stitch. Cable plait stitch is one of three stitches that are said to […] In deciding what stitch to use for the stem, foremost in my mind is the fact that a lily stem is reasonably smooth. Therefore I should use a linear stitch that is reasonably smooth too. My options could be: stem stitch coral knot stitch – worked close together, not spaced apart couching chain stitch So, […] I’m using my new big hoop (because I got it for my birthday and I want to use it!). In working the coral knot stitch, I’m finding it is difficult to insert the needle in a sewing action without some of the fabric threads of the satin weave breaking. To stop this from happening, I […] After working the large lily flower, I have now turned my attention to the pair of leaves below the flower. Traditionally in Mountmellick embroidery, when leaves are in groups e.g. pairs, three, five, etc, the whole group is worked similarly, not each leaf worked differently. When I am designing, I like to have a good […] Ok, a little botany lesson here, courtesy of my botanical artist sister and co-author Prue. I have no idea what the bits in the centre of the lily are called (I think I’ve been calling them sepals…), but fortunately she does! So, the centre bit that sticks up is the style, and the knobby bit […] I was working on my exhibition embroidery recently and decided to test something that I had been wondering about. I had been pondering what would happen if you worked a feather stitch, stab-wise (ie, not scooping), but instead of just bringing the needle up inside the curve of working thread, you wrapped the thread round […] When you’ve done the first petal of the large lily, you can also work the others too in the same way. The “dirty” spots that you can see on the surrounding fabric are actually needle holes from where I have parked my needle at various stages. They will go! I might just make the statement […] Just to recap, so far in the Mountmellick stitch along we have covered tracing the pattern, and getting inspiration for embroidering lily flowers. I suspect that yesterday’s post did not come through in the RSS feed (probably due to my little mistake last week!), so if you didn’t see it, my apologies, and please make […] |
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