Last May I bought three craft books. For many reason Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches is the one I've been enjoying the most. This book has many, many stitches that I haven't see before, and some others I wanted to give a try at some point.
En Mayo de este año encargué tres libros. Por muchas razones el diccionario de puntadas de bordado de Mary Thomas es el que ha acaparado toda mi atención. Este libro tiene muchas puntadas de bordado que nunca había visto y otras tantas que desde hace tiempo quería intentar.
This has been my "carry around" project for the last week, and I love it. Correct me if I'm wrong but I get the feeling that most of the stitches I picked so far are for smoking, and even for embroidering crazy quilts.
Este es el bordado que he traido en el bolso últimamente y estoy encantada con él. No se si me equivoco, pero muchas de las puntada que he intentado hasta ahora parecen puntadas de punto smock o puntadas para bordar en un crazy quilt.
Source: cqjp2012.blogspot.com via Paloma on Pinterest
Anyhow, I'm enjoying the making of this sampler. Hopefully, I get to fill up the whole area of my hoop so that I can hang it up on my wall.
Yo estoy disfrutando no importa para que exáctamente sirvan estas puntas. Espero llegar a llenar todo el espacio de mi aro de bordar para después colgarlo en mi pared.
Oh, I love the colors you chose for your sampler and the stitches are so fine. Inspiring!
Posted by: Cristy Davies | August 24, 2012 at 05:38 PM
Thank you Cristy! I didn't know how it will turn out so I better use some nice matching emb. floss. So far so good.
Posted by: Paloma | August 24, 2012 at 08:34 PM
Gorgeous Paloma. you are so neat. I hope you meant "Smocking" not smoking!
Posted by: Salley | August 24, 2012 at 09:31 PM
Hi Salley, I was wondering if it was the same word for that embroidery technique. I guess the difference is a capital "S". Then yes, I meant Smocking ;)
Posted by: Paloma | August 25, 2012 at 08:29 AM
Hi Paloma! It was the "c" that you missed out ...never mind.... your work is so lovely no matter how it is spelt. I too am stitching currently...not as even stitching as yours however.
Have you tried Valdani threads? A little thicker than perl 8....thus it gets the job done more quickly!
Posted by: Salley | September 03, 2012 at 06:41 AM
Hi Salley! I'd love to see what you're stitching. I never heard of the Valdani thread but I kind of get an idea of what you're talking about. For this sampler I'm using three strands of DMC embroidery floss. I
At some point I'd like to try different threads.
Posted by: Paloma | September 03, 2012 at 11:45 AM