xst over a very open mesh

Posted by on May 23, 2009, 9:51 am

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If it gets too large you need to work in sections. Years ago my aunt
in England did a wonderful Persian type carpet, 9 x 6. She did it in
4 pieces, cut all the wool herself, did a traditional pattern and took
about 9 years to do it.

She followed tradition and when friends or animals died in that
period, shifted the pattern one out. She worked her initials into the
pattern, you need to know where to look.

She sent it off to Liberty's to be stitched together, she didn't feel
she could attempt it herself. They loved it and asked if she would
like to sell it and offered 400 Guineas, a great deal of money back
then, maybe early 60s.

She said no, she had made it for herself. Back it came, beautifully
stitched and she put it down on the stone floor in front of the fire
where she intended it to go. Labradors, puppies, the odd chicken,
assorted cats and kittens all relaxed on it. She just said, 'well I
made it to use' lol

I made mine, much less ambitious about 4 ft by 2 1/2 to a personal
design done for me by Anna Pearson. She worked it out when I did a
weekend course there. Unfortunately although it is finished, I don't
much care for it, had really forgotten about it. Think I will take it
out and put it down by the window in here and let the cat sun herself
on it. She will appreciate it.

Posted by on May 21, 2009, 12:28 am

Anne , i am glad i have given you a creative idea ,,
My canvas is rather big , and i found that [like others here
suggested , rolling up the sides i don`t work with are best , and i
cut two length of elastic and bind the rolled `pipe so it does open
while i work .. i rolled it under the work and put the rolled part on
the table thus the working space is open towards me . Of course the
more i work i will have a `full mesh` to roll , which i intend to roll
with a piece of cotton [ secure on it with safety pins , so that no
cloth or ribbon gets dirty.

If you are into working on mesh , see if you can find the wonderful
booklet
Scrap Needlework , from the `Fabric Crafts` series , Eaglemoss
publications 1997 . It is really an eye opener as to what one can on a
big mesh ..

Ps i used some Shoe Laces yesterday ,, just the thing to work with ,,,
i also tried beads , i first put them on a very strong embroidery
thread than i put then in a `hole` , and embroidered around this hole
with blanket stich which covered the canvass , this was my trial for
making eyes in my intended work ,,,
Since i realy try out new ideas i cut out a piece of the cnavas to use
as Trial part ,,,,
mirjam

Posted by Bruce Fletcher (remove denture on May 20, 2009, 7:36 am

mirjam@actcom.co.il wrote:
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The 1940s were an age of austerity in the UK. My grandmother made
several fire-side rugs using old hessian sacks and old clothes cut into
strips.
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
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