Mabel's Hardanger - thread closed

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:09 pm

beautiful. I love what you do with colors.

Carole

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:31 pm

Love it!!

JA Fan · Post by **JA Fan** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:59 pm

You're a professional! It's all beautiful.

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:30 am

Love the pastels!!!!!!!

Mrs Milkybar Kid · Post by **Mrs Milkybar Kid** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:24 am

Beautiful

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:28 am

Very delicate in those pale shades, how different they all look!

tiffstitch · Post by **tiffstitch** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:49 pm

Both of these new projects look beautiful.

I love that dark fabric and the Dinky Dyes as well as the new Round Dozen. Very delicate shading.

Thank you for the info about the wool, good to know when I get a chance to experiment.

nachosmiley · Post by **nachosmiley** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 7:42 pm

Wow....just wow! Your designs never cease to amaze me....they are indeed beautiful

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:10 am

Wayhay! I have finally finished the small version of Frozen Flower

-- and charted the large version too! I'm still contemplating a few colour changes though.

Someone also suggested that in red the woven picots would make a great poinsettia; I thought I could then fill the centre with yellow french knots. Or use brown french knots and yellow woven picots for a sunflowers

hmm, lots of possibilitites!

Mrs Milkybar Kid · Post by **Mrs Milkybar Kid** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:27 am

Beautiful! I love the contrast between the fabric and thread - this one could be open for so many flower variations! I've made sure I've subscribed to your new blog too!

I have a newbie Hardanger question

- when you are stitching rows of kloster blocks to be cut (as in if frozen flower was made up entirely of kloster blocks instead of the woven bars) - how do you decide which direction your satin stitches will go in? I know that ideally your stitches should go down into the fabric on the areas to be cut - just wondered if there was a special method when dealing with this situation or not!

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:36 am

It doesn't happen often, and I try to avoid it in my own designs, but when you do come across a Kloster block that will be cut on both sides, there's very little you can do I'm afraid! You will just have to pick a direction.

To be fair, although it is a good idea to stitch "into the cut", so to speak, it is perfectly possible to cut even when you haven't (by mistake or because you're being contrary

). I just find that it's just that little bit easier to cut along the line where the stitches went down into the fabric; perhaps because they pull the block away from the threads that need cutting

?

Mrs Milkybar Kid · Post by **Mrs Milkybar Kid** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:46 am

Mabel Figworthy wrote:I just find that it's just that little bit easier to cut along the line where the stitches went down into the fabric; perhaps because they pull the block away from the threads that need cutting ?

That's what I thought the reason was! I've been looking at other Hardanger designs (maybe more traditional?) and noticed all the kloster blocks to be cut on both sides.......much prefer your contemporary designs

!

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 10:53 am

I think this must be the first time I've been called "contemporary" -- I'm usually considered rather traditional and old-fashioned! (Perhaps my designs reflect some long-repressed part of my personality

)

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:04 pm

beautiful design. I love the contrast. Running out of adjectives to describe your designs though.

Carole

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:16 pm

I noticed you can't really see the 3D effect in the pic, so here is one taken at an angle:

Nachstenliebe · Post by **Nachstenliebe** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:56 pm

It's 3-D?! How on earth did you do that! I am so scared to even hear the answer

That is amazing Mabel! I am once again blown away!
Faith

Lessa54 · Post by **Lessa54** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 1:16 pm

Wow! That's amazing!

Nachstenliebe wrote: It's 3-D?! How on earth did you do that! I am so scared to even hear the answer That is amazing Mabel! I am once again blown away!
Faith

I'm with Faith on this- that's so far beyond what I can imagine being able to do with a needle and thread

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:17 pm

You've obviously never seen the miraculous things some incredibly gifted stitchers do with stumpwork -- this, I assure you, is mere beginners' stuff

!
The stitch is called a "woven picot", and involves the use of a pin, and some weaving; it's a little fiddly (I need to sit at a table rather than curled up in my armchair to do it), but not actually difficult, and the effect is quite impressive

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 2:56 pm

that is just amazing Mabel!! Very very effective!!

K1nS · Post by **K1nS** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:28 pm

Stunning work, as always Mabel

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