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Historical Embroidery News...

Strawberry Fayre: inner Hearts

12/3/2018

12 Comments

 
I've continued work on Strawberry Fayre and have finished the first of the four inner hearts. The stitching is largely the same as for the front and the back heart. As I really did not like the way the picots under the strawberries had turned out on the front heart, I swapped threads. The instructions tell you to use a stranded variegated spun silk (Gumnut Yarns 'Stars'). This thread is far too fluffy to make a nicely defined stitch. As a result, my picots turned quite fizzy. Strangely enough, the picots in the Inspirations pictures are sharply defined... Another hint that the threads listed in the instructions might not have been the ones used by Carolyn Pearce :). As I wanted better picots, I looked for a thread less fluffy and with a tighter twist. So here are my new picots using House of Embroidery #12 perle 'bush'. Much better indeed!
Strawberry Fayre
 
$Unfortunately, I ran out of the green Güttermann Sulky thread. Although I was able to substitute it with a thread from my stash, I wasn't a happy bunny. Reading the comments on my Instagram account, I am not the only one who has run out. I don't think this is acceptable for a kit priced at €138 or $170. So far, I only had good experiences with kits from Inspirations. I stitched my needlecase 'Cottage Garden' and 'Home Sweet Home' with the original kits and had no problems. My issues with Strawberry Fayre, and the solutions I have started to implement, have given me the confidence that I will be able to stitch future projects from Inspirations using my own stash!
Heathway Milano Crewelwool
Seeing today's blog post on real thread cards over on Mary Corbet's Needle 'n Thread combined with a recent enquiry by one of my readers, I am pondering making real thread cards for the Heathway Milano crewel wool I sell. Since there are now 33 fabulous colour families which each have nine lovely shades, this is going to be a huge undertaking. So I'd like to ask if there are other readers potentially interested in these thread cards. I am thinking of wrapping the nine shades of a colour family around a strip of card and then glueing several strips onto an A4 page. Two pages back-to-back in a pocket and the pockets into a sturdy cardboard file. How does that sound? Please share your thoughts below!

For those of you who missed last week's post on the new Heathway Milano crewelwool colour families, you can find a free pattern of a Russian doll here. And don't forget, if you like what you read, please consider making a donation using the PayPal button on the right :)!
12 Comments
velia
12/3/2018 21:46:23

I'm with you re the lack of enough materials included in some kits. Since I've had that experience several times,I now longer purchase kits if they are not offered by a reputable company.

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Anja
12/3/2018 22:31:53

Heel goed idee! Want bestellen vanaf een plaatje is toch lastig.

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Jessica Grimm link
13/3/2018 08:31:44

Dank je wel voor je interesse Anja!

Jessica Grimm link
13/3/2018 08:30:58

I hope you'll count me to the reputable ones, Velia! :)

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Sarah Titcomb
13/3/2018 07:31:38

I would be very interested in a thread card for Heathway wools! I have not seen any available and have yet to find any conversion info for this lovely wools, leaving me unsure of what colours to buy if I want to start a collection. Thank you!

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Jessica Grimm link
13/3/2018 08:32:30

Thanks for your feedback Sarah!

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Karin Lutz
13/3/2018 09:31:31

Jessica, a real thread Heathway Milano Thread Card is definitely something to look forward to. So, yes please!

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Rachel Wright link
13/3/2018 11:06:22

It would be very times-consuming to do real thread cards, so do be sure that you charge a reasonable amount for the time it has taken!

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Cissie
18/3/2018 19:54:23

I, too, ran out of the sulky thread as well as the Gumnut threads. I was able to source them, but not without some difficulty. Totally unacceptable in a kit this pricey. Plus, I have not been completely happy with some of the choices. To use only the middle section of the pink thread seems ridiculously wasteful so I substituted that right away. Oh well. Live and learn! It is a pretty project, though, and I'm learning a lot as I stitch, including to trust my own instincts sometimes!

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Jessica Grimm link
19/3/2018 11:53:11

Oh no, Cissie! It seems to be a consistent issue then. I will definitely let Inspirations know once I have my project finished. Maybe you can do the same?

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Cissie
19/3/2018 13:56:08

I have corresponded with Inspirations. They apologized but said that they were trying to keep the cost of the kit as low as possible. I hope that you'll touch base with them too so that they will know that it's not just some rookie from the States!!
And now I'm finding that they were very miserly with the beads. Really? Beads are inexpensive so why not throw in some extra? Plus, beads tend to jump around sometimes and I really resent crawling around on the floor to look for one itsy bitsy bead!

Jessica Grimm link
19/3/2018 14:41:16

No! That's just not okay. Especially beads; counting them costs more in labour costs than just weighing them on fine scales and round up. But thank you for getting in touch with them! As said, I will do the same once finished (which will take a long time as I need to stitch many more things :)).




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