Well. I’m still a bit bereft of ideas for how to work the lily bud. Looking at the whole design, I think it needs to be a thin outline (perhaps), with a light filling. This is because the other parts of the design that are nearby have either wide outlines or are completely filled. The […]
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Back to the opening lily flower. I’ve filled the central petal with some feather stitch. I left a small gap inside the cable plait stitch outline, then starting at the tip, worked down the petal. If I started at the bottom, the feather stitch would look upside-down! Because the width of the petal changes, […] Here’s the first full pic that we’ve seen of the whole design in our Mountmellick stitch along. I’ve finished the French knots in the petals, and put in all the stems except the last bit up to the final flower (the bud). I’m thinking of putting a sparse filling in the petals of the opening […] Today we are heading back to our very first flower, in this Mountmellick embroidery stitch along. My intention was always to put some filling in these petals. If we remember the photos of the lilies that I had right near the beginning of the stitch along, you may have noticed that lilies often have some […] What’s the difference between cable plait stitch and plaited braid stitch? cable plait stitch This is cable plait stitch. It is the stitch used in Mountmellick embroidery. It is a reasonably simple stitch, with only a few steps. Also known as figure of eight stitch to the ladies of Mountmellick, because that’s what each […] Now we move on to the uppermost pair of leaves, just below the lily flower bud. I have ummed and aahed about how to work these leaves. I really want to use a filling that fills without having an edging. All our other shapes so far have an edging around them, so I really would […] Here are the finished leaves – the set between the opening lily and the open lily. I have not yet decided whether I will add anything to them. I wonder about a centre vein, or adding a row of perhaps small French knots inside the outline of the leaves. I will leave that decision until […] I mentioned in my last Mountmellick embroidery stitch along post that I wasn’t entirely happy with the way the stitches sat on the lower left side of the leaf. I wondered if I’d be happy leaving it like that. Of course the answer is “of course not!” When I drew lines on the picture so […] Back to the Mountmellick embroidery stitch along today, where we are moving on to the pair of leaves above the main lily flower. Straight away my mind said “it needs to be satin stitch”. This is the classic way to work a leaf like this, with the wide outline worked in satin stitch. I would […] It seems that from our Mountmellick embroidery stitch along, some people have discovered the beauty of cable plait stitch for the first time. Its been a favourite of mine for some time because it is so very pretty. cable plait stitch I discovered all sorts of weird and wonderful stitches while researching and putting […] |
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