Blackwork Embroidery Presentation at AnGrianan

Another craft week passed on at AnGrianan and I see people had a blast of good times.
I become a bit envy with all the great and beautiful thinks they did there and I got to see them only in pictures.
Well I am hopping to win the lotto and I will have all the time in the world to go there and enjoy my self but by that time unfortunately I still have to work hard: pay mortgage , keep a family and keep my self sane  ....
I got my self there for about 2 hours for a Blackwork presentation .
I still have a track when I am talking in the front of so many people and in special of some of them who teach Blackwork.
But then I do believe this lovely craft have so many interpretations ...

Here I have some help from my lovely friend Josephine who is always very encouraging , which is good and help a lot to break the heaviness of the evening .

 Explaining again and again ...

 Pulling and pushing around , everybody been in hurry to get a little piece of action . No one wanted to be left out in checking and inspecting the samplers.

 

Here  I have my little pretty Bunny for which I still need to find a name . Isn't? any suggestions?

  

I have to say I kind of like Blackwork now but when I finished the module in RSN have swear I will never touch this technique again.

Well keep an eye on this space to see my next project as already is on a frame ....

happy crafting all

Hugs 

Renata

Funn and work toghether

Last weekend was a great one. Meeting with friends and making new friends was the best. I had a great time at An Grianan - Termonfeckin  teaching Romanian Point Lace. As time passes my classes are getting bigger and bigger.
Is not like I complain is just to show how much this craft is expanding . I actually say it from the start is a great craft accessible to young and old.

Lots of concentration at the start but then we had great laughter too .
First all had to do the little flower prepared on the kit but then they all had a try to the cord. So hope they get to remember how to do the single cord and use in many other projects.

I had great experience as always after each class.


Happy crafting all
Hugs
Renata

Embroidery classes

Hi All ,

The count down to the embroidery classes have started ..... Only few places left (2)
So hurry to get yours before is running out ...:) :)

 

 Happy crafting all
Hugs
Renata

Upcoming events

Well looks like life just got so much busy I barely manage to remember about the blog. I don't feel is quite fair but here we are.
Hope soon to get a bit more structure to our life so we can keep up with this too.
Just got this call from a lovely friend about a Blackwork embroidery demo which I had promise to her last year yet I have forgot all about.
I start to be worrying about forgotten thinks , really !!
So decided to do a sampler book and for this I actually finished the second bunny which I had started when I did the one for the RSN Certificate.

Well this is the original from the grading in RSN but the one for sampler is looking nearly same .
I still have to take it out of the working frame and to do a picture.
Cut off couple of stitches from background and can't bet the other stitches are in same successions but they are same .
This picture is only one of the pages and I hope to have around 5 pages at least . Anyway the sampler book is intended to be constructed in such way I would be able to add more pages as I go .
Just have to go now but soon will be back with some news about other pressing upcoming events.
First would be a weekend at An Grianan   teaching Romanian Point Lace where is need a new design and where I hope to be this :

 and then my grand opening of Embroidery classes in RUA RED in Tallaght where the design would be this :

And on between all this madness run for about 6 days to London for another go at Goldwork and Needle Paint modules .
Mad or not ? ...


Happy crafting all
Hugs
Renata

Kit preparation

I am going to make a bit of fuss over my first embroidery kit .

 The background is not off-white is strait grey. :)
Did not was very excited at first but I am yet have to find a good supplier for twill linen. 

There is going to be used in my first official class of embroidery .
Can't wait to see how my students will get on . I try to not crowd the design but in same time I was very tempted to add lots of stitches . I presume they would need to do some work on they own or they will still need to comeback  for more classes after the first session is finished  .

Happy crafting all
Hugs
Renata

Saturday class

Had a great day yesterday at Dublin Embroidery Guild were I had Romanian Point Lace class.
I know sound weird to have a lace class to an embroidery guild .
Anyway taking in consideration the lace is using needle point filling can be consider to have something in common with embroidery or so I like to think .
My class yesterday was very enjoyable and here are some pictures with some of my students work

 So very big concentration I felt a bit left out , kind .
Some of them started to actually download and work some designs from Internet

I am actually very happy about this fact as this mean my lovely craft is starting to take flight and so is start to spread around the world .
I am sure my gramma would be very happy about even if she would tell me '' hey something is loose here and some stitch is not like I told you :( ''


Happy crafting all
Hugs
Renata

Bloglovin

Hi
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Happy crafting all
Hugs
Renata

Embroidery classes

Hi,

I am happy to let you know we got a space for the embroidery classes advertised at Tallaght Library in Nov 2014 .

The chosen venue is RUA RED beside the Tallaght Square ( 2h free parking , Busses and Luas at the door).

We are planning to start with a package of 6 weeks for €95.00 and a €15 kit. This will provide you with a high quality foundation in Crewel work which can be used for all kind of embroidery decoration (household, cloths , bags and all sort).Payment in two installments  - one of €50 before course start and second €45 in week 3.

Course will start on 1^st April2015 from 6:30pm to 8:30pm

After this introductory  course anybody interested can progress to other modules( Blackwork , goldwork, silkshade )and we will progress on your own designs and stuff.

Please can you let me know if you are interested so I can arrange the space in function the number of people by end of next week as demands are great.

Happy crafting all

Hugs 

Renata

''Embroidery Windows '' more updates

Hip hip ura!!!! I have finished the embroidery in this small Sampler .

Now only one step left - to make something with . I am not very sure if to do a wall hanging or a bag.
I will probably opt for a wall decoration as a bag is getting messy and I am not having the luxury of washing it constantly .
All this little motifs will be part of my classes which will start in April I hope.
Here are pictures individual for each motif which I posted so many times thru the process in my blog or FB

Well I will hope to post over the weekend the final piece with edges finished

Happy crafting all
Hugs
Renata

Crewel Embroidery -- past and present - series

Well it have been some time from the last post. I have had another go to RSN in Hampton and started my Gold-work embroidery   and Silk shade embroidery  modules.
Not so much of work done but lots of new projects started .
Anyway manage to do few picture to try to go on with  our explanations in the field of crewel work .
 Last when we did talk about was about the fabrics used.
the next step you want to have is drawing your design
I use at first to get to put together a picture using different small pieces which I got from books or internet. Then when you get the idea about the crewel principles you are going to create your own designs from your imagination. 
Big bold flowers and leaves which are disproportional from each other and will look weird in the nature make the best designs .

After you successfully   draw your piece and you are happy with the outcome next step is to copy to a transfer paper as per below .

Next step to be done it would be to prick the design . Pricking is the action of making small holes with a paper piercing tool or I use a needle with some cork at the end ears end.

Take the transfer paper with the design and put in the top of a cork board , a foam pad or if you don't have such think I usually use a small cushion and with a crewel needle make small holes . 

You can see the small holes in the picture above.
The the fun part begin. You need to line the design perfectly on the middle of you fabric and with pouncing powder you will transfer the design on the linen.
A very important thing is the fabric have to be very well stretch on the  frame or embroidery hoop before you start to use the pouncing powder.

Then will look something like this .
Is a lovely doted picture. With some acrylic paint you have to unify all the dots and paint your lovely design

So now you really start to fun part. I mean the embroidery :) :)

Happy crafting all
Hugs
Renata