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Rona Pietrzak replied to the topic my stab at Lesson 2 in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Thanks, Anneli and JM for your support and helpful thoughts. I’ve already pulled out that pink stitching on the farthest left vertical band, and I incorporate both your suggestions. Stay tuned!
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J Michler replied to the topic my stab at Lesson 2 in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Rona – The colors read well in the photo. Wonderful medley of stitches- great job! The medallions do pull the focus to that one section. I would experiment with small circle motifs to see if their placement can draw the design together.
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J Michler replied to the topic Lesson 3 finished in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Anneli – A beautifully finished piece, your background work has done wonders. Glad to hear it has been a learning experience!
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Anneli Hilpinen replied to the topic my stab at Lesson 2 in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Rona,
don’t be discouraged, you have great ideas in the works.
I like the left side of the narrow horizontal band, where you have the yellow and grey-blue stitching – why not adding that to the other sections of the band, too?
The same thing with the black and grey-blue stitching in the lower middle band. Adding black increases contrast and…[Read more]-
Anneli, I love that tan satin stitch band and want to look at it more closely, but I don’t think I can zoom in. If you have time, could you post a close up of that section? thanks so much, Rona
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Anneli Hilpinen replied to the topic how I'm doing in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Barbara,
great start, looking forward to seeing your progress!
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Anneli Hilpinen replied to the topic how I'm doing in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Barbara, I wish you and your sister the best of recovery.
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Anneli Hilpinen replied to the topic how I'm doing in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Michelle, for some reason I had not looked at this thread before. I think the violet half-circle with its complement color yellow make an awesome statement! I hope you have continued with that idea and I am looking forward to seeing your progress.
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Anneli Hilpinen replied to the topic Lesson 3 finished in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Thank you, Rona, for your valuable analysis, I truly appreciate it. The background stitch in the lower right is called Japanese Darning, which belongs to the running stitch family. It is easy to stitch, and it looks pretty.
In order to see the colors better, this photo was taken outside in the shade in the afternoon. (Some of my earlier photos…[Read more]
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Rona Pietrzak replied to the topic my stab at Lesson 2 in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
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Rona Pietrzak started the topic my stab at Lesson 2 in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
I don’t feel this is as done as I would like (or as well done as I would like) but I could not stand working on it any more without getting some feedback. I share Anneli’s enthusiasm/frustration with the process of learning and using new stitiches and incorporating them into a “real” piece. I spent hours trying to figure out that d*** coral…[Read more]
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Rona Pietrzak replied to the topic how I'm doing in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Michelle, I think your work is beautiful. I don’t how to stay it any better! it looks carefully stitched and wonderfully detailed. As to your concern about the French knots: as a general matter, i think the imperfections of hand stitching are what make it special and beautiful. We’re not machine stitching, and the variety shows that. I vote for…[Read more]
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Rona Pietrzak replied to the topic Lesson 3 finished in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Anneli, I love this in so many ways. Here are just a few (I feel like I just cribbed William Shakespeare. LOL): the fill is amazing; I’m particularly intrigued by the fill in the lower right — the section with the orange and turquoise circles. I’m hoping you;ll share what stitch that is. The balance is great between the blue and orange wedge on…[Read more]
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Emma Broughton FRSN started the topic Candy Cane lesson one in the forum Forum: Candy Cane Christmas Decoration 3 years, 3 months ago
Hello Everyone,
My apologies for not posting earlier on this course, due to an oversite I was not added to the course and so did not have forum access. I look forward to seeing any progress that you wish to share with me and the other students. If anyone has any questions or you are not sure about an instruction in the PDFs please don’t hesitate…[Read more]
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Emma Broughton FRSN replied to the topic Kits in the forum Forum: Candy Cane Christmas Decoration 3 years, 3 months ago
Hi Sue,
I’m really glad that your kit arrive safely and so quickly after I sent it. My apologies for not replying to your message before now, there was an oversite and I was not added to the course so I had not been able to check the forum until today.
Please feel free to ask me any questions as you work through the course and I will get back to…[Read more]
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Anneli Hilpinen started the topic Lesson 3 finished in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
My finished work looks like this. I made the design come out stronger from the background, as I added some stitching over it. I was quite at a loss of what to do, as my reference sources really did not explain how to do it. This project taught me to do many stitches that I had not tried before – so I feel all the work was worth the time.
The next…[Read more]
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J Michler replied to the topic How is Everyone Doing? in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Thank you, Michelle, it’s great to hear your feedback. I’m so glad you had a good time!
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Michelle Renee replied to the topic How is Everyone Doing? in the forum Forum: Freestyle Hoop Embroidery 3 years, 3 months ago
Ms. Michler,
Thank you so much for such an enjoyable course. I learned a lot! Before starting, my thinking was something like, “This should be easy- just do some stitches”. But I really had to think about my choices carefully, and still experiment at the same time. Your guidance, pictures, and feedback were very helpful!
I hope everyone had as…[Read more]
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