So, I'm sorta kinda back to blogging. My camera's taken a permanent sabbatical...so no pictures unless they've been scanned/swiped off the internet.
On another note, I am now on phase... (counting in head)... phase 5 (!) of le masterpiece 0.o I've finished the couching (literally like yesterday) and am now working on the filling stitches!! Muahahahaha.
Also, I've started working on another "piece" (that always sounded funny to me), where I make my first picots! It's almost done, I just have to finish the picotisized outline and buttonhole everything up =D
Be sure to check out the new page! Notes (More like observations)
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Thursday, April 12, 2012
My Masterpiece =D =D
Soooo..... I have decided to join all of my vast (not really) skills into one beautiful (amateur) work of art!
I started it like four days ago, and it's a piece of a significant size, so I've decided to publish posts of the "phases" (or "phases" of phases):
Phases 1, 2, and 3: Drawing the pattern, sewing it onto the backing, and pricking!:
Those red squares in the background (the big ones, not the little itsy bitsy ones) are centimeters--which makes this bad boy a whopping: 10cm x 15cm!
Whoa...
I started it like four days ago, and it's a piece of a significant size, so I've decided to publish posts of the "phases" (or "phases" of phases):
Phases 1, 2, and 3: Drawing the pattern, sewing it onto the backing, and pricking!:
Those red squares in the background (the big ones, not the little itsy bitsy ones) are centimeters--which makes this bad boy a whopping: 10cm x 15cm!
Whoa...
Monday, April 9, 2012
pretty pretty flower
Hiya there, so, I've been working on a little project that took waaaaaaaaaaaay longer than it should of, what with school and all. It was smaller than the palm of my hand, but then again priorities are priorities =)
So, on your left you see the pattern. It's been sewn onto the backing (two pieces of fabric) and pricked to make the couching easier. Also, though you can't see it, I sewed another piece of paper (normal notebook paper) onto the back so I could see the pricking on that side also.
The great thing about needle lace is that you can make just about anything. It's great for free form shapes.
Here, I've already finished the filling stitches. (I forgot to take the picture of the plain outline, whoops). The dense part is a corded Brussels stitch, with a single Brussels stitch along the edge of the outline to give it that sort of suspended effect. I learned it from here. You can see the same effect on the left hand side of the picture, where the stitching is dense. The lighter area in this picture is a questionable pea stitch. it was definitely an educational experience.
Tada!! In the final stages of production, I have finished the buttonholing and now need to remove it from the backing and fix up a few details here and there.
Also, that loopy thing on the right hand side is not a pitiful excuse for a picot, but a loop for a clasp. I was thinking of selling this, but I screwed up a couple things and I honestly couldn't turn it over unless it was as well made as possible.
She lives!!! =D
What felt like a month later, and it's done. Muahahahahahahahaha =D
So, on your left you see the pattern. It's been sewn onto the backing (two pieces of fabric) and pricked to make the couching easier. Also, though you can't see it, I sewed another piece of paper (normal notebook paper) onto the back so I could see the pricking on that side also.
The great thing about needle lace is that you can make just about anything. It's great for free form shapes.
Here, I've already finished the filling stitches. (I forgot to take the picture of the plain outline, whoops). The dense part is a corded Brussels stitch, with a single Brussels stitch along the edge of the outline to give it that sort of suspended effect. I learned it from here. You can see the same effect on the left hand side of the picture, where the stitching is dense. The lighter area in this picture is a questionable pea stitch. it was definitely an educational experience.
Also, that loopy thing on the right hand side is not a pitiful excuse for a picot, but a loop for a clasp. I was thinking of selling this, but I screwed up a couple things and I honestly couldn't turn it over unless it was as well made as possible.
She lives!!! =D
What felt like a month later, and it's done. Muahahahahahahahaha =D
Monday, March 19, 2012
Other ventures
So, I've been going on and on about needle lace (don't ask me what kind, because I take techniques from different styles)... but, what ever happened to bobbin lace?
Bum bum ba-da!!!!! I present to you: Camile -->
She is my lace-making pillow. I made her myself, stuffing her with tow (some of it cut up, some not) and two socks filled with rice.
For instructions on making your own lace pillow... try to touch that face's nose: ^_^
Anywho... the sticks with the rubber bands around them are my makeshift bobbins. They're actually dowels that I got for like ___ at this Mexican wannabe version of Micheal's called Parisina.They're really supposed to look something along the lines of this, or this depending on what type of lace you're making (click here for a brief summary of what "depending on what type of lice you're making" means)
As you can see... they don't exactly match up, which, my dear readers, is why I got a little OCD and decided to take matters into my own hands... mwahaha.
<-- Here left, I give you the results of my boredom (and a little bit of hardheadedness).
The first stick, is obviously the original dowel. At about six and a half inches long, it was a little clunky to say the least.
Stick #2, stage 1 of production: I chopped off the end at 4 1/2 inches and carved out the area that held the string.
Stick 3.0 --> Here's where I discovered that I have a problem: I can never let it go. It was just nagging, and nagging and nagging at me that the freaking bobbin looked too plain. Of course, I thought long and hard about my sore thumbs, potential calluses and possible future arthritis... but then decided to screw it. I wanted my bobbins to look nice--even if it took me two years to whittle out a decent sized set.
I think it turned out pretty nifty if I do say so myself =D I've decided on a schedule: I will only work on these things during the weekend, and I will only make two--and I mean two--at a time. This being a measure to make sure I keep my hands young (0.0) and to make sure I can retain enough feeling in them to type up my notes for school =D
Bum bum ba-da!!!!! I present to you: Camile -->
She is my lace-making pillow. I made her myself, stuffing her with tow (some of it cut up, some not) and two socks filled with rice.For instructions on making your own lace pillow... try to touch that face's nose: ^_^
Anywho... the sticks with the rubber bands around them are my makeshift bobbins. They're actually dowels that I got for like ___ at this Mexican wannabe version of Micheal's called Parisina.They're really supposed to look something along the lines of this, or this depending on what type of lace you're making (click here for a brief summary of what "depending on what type of lice you're making" means)
As you can see... they don't exactly match up, which, my dear readers, is why I got a little OCD and decided to take matters into my own hands... mwahaha.<-- Here left, I give you the results of my boredom (and a little bit of hardheadedness).
The first stick, is obviously the original dowel. At about six and a half inches long, it was a little clunky to say the least.
Stick #2, stage 1 of production: I chopped off the end at 4 1/2 inches and carved out the area that held the string.
Stick 3.0 --> Here's where I discovered that I have a problem: I can never let it go. It was just nagging, and nagging and nagging at me that the freaking bobbin looked too plain. Of course, I thought long and hard about my sore thumbs, potential calluses and possible future arthritis... but then decided to screw it. I wanted my bobbins to look nice--even if it took me two years to whittle out a decent sized set.
I think it turned out pretty nifty if I do say so myself =D I've decided on a schedule: I will only work on these things during the weekend, and I will only make two--and I mean two--at a time. This being a measure to make sure I keep my hands young (0.0) and to make sure I can retain enough feeling in them to type up my notes for school =D
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
First genuine attempt
Okay, so this time I actually just made something to make it, and to try to get a little fancier. I
think it turned out pretty good, and I have to say that it took an
insanely long time to make it, what with school and all. Counting only
pure labor it took like... somewhere upwards of 15 hours to make (that's
a loose estimate) give or take three or four hours--But all together it was somewhere like maybe three weeks or so.
So, let's see what we have:
The solid areas area a very closely packed whipped buttonhole stitch. The netting is a point d'espagne (single twisted buttonhole stitch) and the edges are just your typical single brussels stitch, except just on the outside of the lace instead of the inside.
The edging was one of two new things that I tried. The second was the thin bars connecting the little loopy things in the middle of the design. Those are called Sorrento bars --> which I will soon post pictures of (really, I already have some sample stitches ready).
All in all, I think it turned out okay. Any comments?
The solid areas area a very closely packed whipped buttonhole stitch. The netting is a point d'espagne (single twisted buttonhole stitch) and the edges are just your typical single brussels stitch, except just on the outside of the lace instead of the inside.
The edging was one of two new things that I tried. The second was the thin bars connecting the little loopy things in the middle of the design. Those are called Sorrento bars --> which I will soon post pictures of (really, I already have some sample stitches ready).
All in all, I think it turned out okay. Any comments?
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