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Historical Embroidery News...

Embroidery bits and bobs

29/2/2016

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This weekend, I taught a goldwork class at my studio. It meant that I spend last week updating the class model and translating the instructions from Dutch to German. Why update a class model? Well, we embroidery tutors are mere humans and it sometimes turns out that what we think is a good idea for an embroidery class, in fact isn't. My old pomegranate model used Japanese Thread #12 to fill the pomegranate halves. It works up quicker as the finer Japanese Thread #8, but is a pest to get around the tight corners neatly. So I swapped that out for the finer version.

Furthermore, the old model had a red core out of long-and-short stitch in red silk. It is a smallish area and thus no problem for intermediately experienced embroiderers. But wrapping your head around the concept of long-and-short stitch when you are a new hand: not so easy. So I swapped that for a piece of red silk attached with Vliesofix. And I updated the leaves, just because I didn't like the old ones. And last but not least, I threw in a bit more sparkle by adding spangles for the pomegranate seeds. What do you think?
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Want to try your hand at creating this pomegranate? I am teaching this at ArtTextil in Dachau on 12th of June and from my home studio on the 17th of September. I am also offering a five day goldwork course were you can work your own design or recreate something you saw in a book or on the internet. This course takes place from the 28th of March till the 1st of April. Only two places left, so hurry! And for those of you not near, but still very dear, to me: would you be interested in a download of the instructions and/or a full kit? Please leave a comment below.
One of Saturday's students brought with her a book she wrote a contribution for: Mit Leinen leben by Ernestine Reisinger-Brüger. It is a really nice coffee table style book on linen furnishings. Beautifully photographed and the texts are full of useful snippets of information on how to choose the right kind of linen and how to care for linen. At the end of the book is a list with suppliers of good quality European linen as well as a list with white work embroidery teachers in Germany.
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The book isn't an embroidery book with instructions. However, it is packed with pure inspiration. If you like cross stitch and white work embroidery and you generally love the feel of a well-made book with superb photography, then this is for you. You can order the book through the author or on Amazon.
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Last week, the mailman delivered this to my door. My parents had found it in an antiquity shop in the Netherlands and they were told that it came from Switzerland. It is partly cut out and partly has a temporary seam. The thread used is white and has lost is sheen in some areas. As the whole piece was quite dirty with rusty stains, I decided to gently wash it. I soaked it in detergent and rinsed it thoroughly. Steaming it brought back some plumpness to the embroidery. Although not really visible in the pictures, the piece greatly improved!
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I will take the piece with me to Appenzell next week and hear what my tutor Verena Schiegg has to say. I'll keep you posted on this one.
9 Comments
Loes van Harinxma
29/2/2016 10:06:49

Dag Jessica,
Wat een prachtig borduurwerk hebben je ouders jou gestuurd! En het boek over linnen ziet er fantastisch uit!
Dank voor de fotot's.
Groet,
Loes

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Mabel
29/2/2016 11:09:52

Hallo Jessica,
Het goudborduurwerk ziet er echt geweldig mooi uit!
Het borduurwerkboek is prachtig.
Groetjes vanuit een zonnig Dordrecht Mabel

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Karen
29/2/2016 12:03:24

Hi Jessica. Your "new" embroidered linen looks to me to be what is known as a fond du bonnet or a cap back. Most I have seen are from France. Many are very elaborite in the flowers and leaves and some were for children while others were for women. Check out this website: http://belovedlinens.net/Embroidery/embroidered-caps.html. Let us know what you might learn about it!

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Alessandra
29/2/2016 12:57:42

Hi Jessica,
I would love both a download. Since I'm in the U.S. it would probably be easier and less expensive to buy the materials here than to buy a kit. I've only recently started following your blog and I greatly enjoy it.
Thank you!

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velia
29/2/2016 18:57:39

The wonderful embroideries one finds in flea markets and antique shop.What a lovely piece, what do you intend to do with it, have you something in mind?

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velia
29/2/2016 19:02:05

Sorry, forgot to mention my interest in downloads only too, since I am in the US. Thanks

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Jessica Grimm link
1/3/2016 08:46:44

Thank you all for your lovely comments. I'll translate the goldwork instructions into English in the near future and let you know when they are available. However, at the moment I am tacking a back seat as my nasty cold has finally gotten the better of me...

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madelein sint nicolaas
1/3/2016 12:43:08

Goedemiddag Jessica, ik lees je wekelijks nieuws altijd met grote
belangstelling. Zelf ben ik met goudborduren bezig bij Ulrike in Voorschoten. Onlangs heb ik een workshop gevolgd in Mountmellick. Je werkstukken zien er altijd prachtig uit, ik kan hier
echt van genieten. Wat een voorrecht om dit te mogen doen.
Ik ben geinteresseerd in een download van het gouden appeltje. Ik hou me aanbevolen als je deze download op de mail zet. Alvast hartelijk bedankt en veel succes met je werk. Madelein.

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Jessica Grimm link
3/3/2016 13:37:00

Dear all,
Download of the instructions for the golwork pomegranate in English or German, now available from the download section of my webshop: http://www.jessicagrimm.com/store/c18/Downloads.html.
Have fun, Jessica Grimm

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