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Posted by anne on May 2, 2009, 7:54 am
A dear friend just received notification that she passed the last step on her
journey to Master Craftsman, counted work. Now, she's looking to learn other
forms of embroidery and has signed up for a class whose description says that
it will use casalguidi techniques (or words to that effect).
Other than being named after a place in Italy, it seems that casalguidi
embroidery might be considered a form of stumpwork in that it uses 3
dimensional stitches and techniques. How far off the mark is that assumption?
Is it typically worked on a pulled thread ground?
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Posted by on May 2, 2009, 8:14 am
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>A dear friend just received notification that she passed the last step on her
>journey to Master Craftsman, counted work. Now, she's looking to learn other
>forms of embroidery and has signed up for a class whose description says that
>it will use casalguidi techniques (or words to that effect).
>Other than being named after a place in Italy, it seems that casalguidi
>embroidery might be considered a form of stumpwork in that it uses 3
>dimensional stitches and techniques. How far off the mark is that assumption?
>Is it typically worked on a pulled thread ground?
That pretty much describes it - it used to be white on white (think
Hardanger) but now I have seen it done with all colours. I still
think white on white is very lovely as well as traditional, something
like B/W as opposed to colour photography, you need a lot of form to
stand out in monochrome.
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Posted by Dianne Lewandowski on May 2, 2009, 8:39 am
anne wrote:
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> A dear friend just received notification that she passed the last step on her
> journey to Master Craftsman, counted work. Now, she's looking to learn other
> forms of embroidery and has signed up for a class whose description says that
> it will use casalguidi techniques (or words to that effect).
>
> Other than being named after a place in Italy, it seems that casalguidi
> embroidery might be considered a form of stumpwork in that it uses 3
> dimensional stitches and techniques. How far off the mark is that assumption?
> Is it typically worked on a pulled thread ground?
>
I think lumping it in with stumpwork is a bit of a misnomer. It is
raised, but it also incorporates counted work, trailings. And it uses a
few techniques to create baubles which hang free. I was fascinated by
the work and did my first piece quite a few years ago. It is time
consuming, but the results are gorgeous.
Unlike stumpwork, you can actually *use* the pieces. They are sturdy.
There's a great book on Casalguidi: "Casalguidi Style Linen Embroidery"
by Effie Mitrofanis which I picked up at Lacis (who also publishes it).
I purchased it because it was authentic. It's worth learning for
some "fiber art" techniques which can be used in your own creations.
I'd do at least one project.
Dianne
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Posted by anne on May 2, 2009, 9:43 am
dianne@heritageshoppe.com says...
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> Unlike stumpwork, you can actually *use* the pieces. They are sturdy.
> There's a great book on Casalguidi: "Casalguidi Style Linen Embroidery"
> by Effie Mitrofanis which I picked up at Lacis (who also publishes it).
Thanks for the reference which looks interesting.
Online searches found copies for around $30. After a few disappointing online
purchases, I need to be able to leaf through a tome before buying it. A quick
search of my library system didn't turn up anything by 'Effie'; I'll see if
they can get any of her works via interlibrary loan.
If anyone's got a copy that they want to part with, contact me off list.
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>journey to Master Craftsman, counted work. Now, she's looking to learn other
>forms of embroidery and has signed up for a class whose description says that
>it will use casalguidi techniques (or words to that effect).
>Other than being named after a place in Italy, it seems that casalguidi
>embroidery might be considered a form of stumpwork in that it uses 3
>dimensional stitches and techniques. How far off the mark is that assumption?
>Is it typically worked on a pulled thread ground?