Friday, February 24, 2012

Second Piece of my Cloth

"Let the beginner of embroidery set up a piece of plain linen and practice sending the needle up and down without regard to design. When the hands are trained by this movement, mark out on the linen large squares and seek to send the needle up and down at will."
Corticelli Lessons in Embroidery, 1838

Here's my second piece, it's been damp-stretched:
I went a little frenzied with the French knots again.
Some cutwork. It will be backed with white.
And . . . below is the beginning of my third section. (Sorry about the photo, I had to take it at night.)
Puffy stuff! I hope to visit some of you this weekend! Love, Linda

Posted by at

10 comments:

  1. KarenFebruary 24, 2012 at 8:58 AM

    lovely Linda...I have left comments on flickr! I hope you are well.....

    ReplyDelete
  2. Honey at 2805February 25, 2012 at 7:07 PM

    Thank you for sharing your creativity at Potpourri Friday!

    ReplyDelete
  3. VictoriaFebruary 27, 2012 at 8:22 AM

    How beautiful..such talent...how I would love to make such charming creations...beautiful!!
    Victoria

    ReplyDelete
  4. debFebruary 27, 2012 at 10:31 AM

    These are simply stunning!!French knots are my fave stitch!
    LOL
    *hugs*deb

    ReplyDelete
  5. The Porcelain RoseFebruary 28, 2012 at 7:36 AM

    Beautiful! These pieces will be lovely additions to your cloth! Can wait to see the finished product.
    Will visit again soon!
    Blessings.
    Elizabeth

    ReplyDelete
  6. LindaFebruary 28, 2012 at 8:50 AM

    Amazing work Linda..So very beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

    ReplyDelete
  7. JuneFebruary 28, 2012 at 11:56 AM

    Oh Linda, you do such beautiful work!!! I can't wait to see your finished piece.
    I am so glad that you left your note at my place so I could find you. I'm off to see your Etsy shop now!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Castles Crowns and CottagesFebruary 28, 2012 at 6:03 PM

    OMGOODNESS, you made THIS??? My mother used to do the most BEAUTIFUL embroidery work. She lived in Mexico for about two years with her BLIND GRANDMOTHER who taught her how to embroidery!! And she did similar pieces that you show here...oh how this is a fading but BEAUTIFUL ART! And I thank you for looking at my blog today, showing others!!!! That is so kind. ENJOY and do come back! I so love your header. Is that your home?

    Anita

    ReplyDelete
  9. Tracie~MyPetiteMaisonFebruary 28, 2012 at 6:54 PM

    Hello Linda,
    It's beautiful, love all the detail. Precious!

    ReplyDelete
  10. LindaMarch 2, 2012 at 8:58 AM

    I love it! Your French knot frenzy is striking with the cut work. Just beautiful.

    I can't wait to get going on my barely started cloth - we have been in process of moving! So I miss doing all this with our class - I will be far behind but catching up will be fun.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)