Stitchworm

"By The Sea" Pendant or Brooch

Abalone shell - who can resist those gorgeous colors? Stitches Included: Beaded drizzles: Design Area: Size varies, pieces shown are pendant 4.5" and brooch 4.75" overall. Floss Needed: For charm cords and drizzles: Glory, 041, 071, 311, 170. For neck cord: Cire: 041, 071, 170, 304, 311, 320

Duvessa

She is "Pretty" as a peacock in her Venetian-style mask, complete with a bouquet of peacock feathers/flowers. We will learn the intensive technique used to create these life-like feathers, peacock eye flowers, plus the jewels and textures adorning her mask. It will be helpful for students to know the cast-on, up-down cast-on, satin stitch, and blanket stitch.

Stitches Included: Stitches/techniques taught in class will be my braided fly stitch, auto-Palestrina knot, stem stitch, how to create the expressive eyes and those luscious lashes. Also – let’s play with color! The feathers are made using four different colors of Glory to create the colorplay/iridescence found in real peacock feathers. Students may want to bring a good supply of Glory colors for experimenting in class. For example, if you don’t like the “orange” color in the feathers, substitute a dazzling pink (204), intense blue (201), or bright green (148). Using a different combination of colors for the mask make it similar yet just different enough from the feathers so that it pops! You can make this design become the colors YOU want it to be! A doodle cloth will be provided for each student.

Edmar Threads Needed:
Cire: 172, 201, 206
Glory: 000, 122 (2), 128, 136, 148, 158(2), 172, 201 (2), 206, 212, 226(2), 407
Iris: 122, 127, 128, 136, 158, 172, 201, 206, 217, 226

Enchanted Forest-3881

An Adventure in Paintstiks and "Organic" Stitch Techniques

Edmar Threads Needed:
Nova: 59(3), 309, 326
Boucle: 29, 050, 132, 309(2), 315(3), 402, 403
Cire: 412
Lola: 053, 080, 150, 215, 315, 402, 403
Iris: 053(2), 062, 132, 223, 225, 228, 304, 305, 402, 407
Frost: 050, 099, 304

Special Requirements: Paintstiks in the following suggested colors: Iridescent colors--charcoal, purple, brown, white, leaf green, light gold, iridewscent blender, Standard colors--asphaltum, olive, sap green, barn red, yellow ochre, meadow green. Paint brushes preferably the flat bristle kind for blending paints, turpenoid or paint brush cleaner. Timtex or Peltex (1/4 yd), Iron on Fabric interfacing, medium or light weight (1/3 yd). Parchment paper, an iron and ironing surface. Warm & Natural quilt batting (1/4 yd). #15 Milliner's needle, #16 darner, three #1 extra long darner needles, drizzle pad or pin cushion, needle gripper, several textured items for creating interesting patterns on the fabric with the Paintstiks. Several small flat rocks, a white fabric marking pencil, a piece of chip board for making the rock template. Tulle in a color that closely matches the rocks (1/8 yd). DMC Perle Cotton, Size 5, Color #988 or similar "green fern" color, DO NOT CUT THE SKEIN. Two pieces of acid free foam core (8" x 11", and 5" x 7"). Stretcher bars, 10" and 12", several sticky back Velcro dot fasteners.

Enchanted Reef

This is an advanced Brazilian Embroidery design. The colorful bounty and stunning beauty of a coral reef--captured in Brazilian embroidery! This piece is dimensional to say the least. Some of the stitching I son the background blue fabric, the reef pieces (corners) are batik fabrics (included in the kit) that have been enhanced with Brazilian embroidery and then attached to the blue background piece. The filtered sunlight effect is achieved with paint sticks. Stitches Included: Tapered single and double cast-ons, Boucle bullions, branching double cast-on drizzles, branching bullions, up down knotted double cast on, long Nova bullions, spider web weaving, automatic Palestrina, and Rhodes stitch. It will be helpful to be familiar with the following stitches: cast on, double cast on, fly stitch, up down cast on, knotted cast on, lzay daisy, bullion straight stitch, satin stitch, French knot, dirzzles.

Design Area: 10" X 8" Fabric Size: 18" X 15". Floss Needed up to 1 skein of each: Glory 071, 106, 109, 124, 128, 133, 144, 146, 148, 206, 212, 217, 315; Iris: 085, 116, 118, 124, 128, 208, 212, 217, 226, 304 (two skeins), 309, 323, 402, 413; Frost: 039, 061, 105, 320, 323; Lola: 155, 211, 323; Nova: 155, 407; Boucle: 102, 115, 317, 321, 413; Cire: 148. Floss Needed up to 4 strands of each: Glory: 122 (or pale orange), 157 (or burgundy-like color) 211 ( or dark red); Iris: 125 (or lavender-ish): Frost: 165 (pale green), 214 (dark green); Nova: 113 (or bright yellow), 127 (orchid or medium purple), 212 (turquoise), 311 (variegated blue/green); Cire: 53 (shaded light/medium yellow green), 65 (red).

Hat Boxes-3862

This is an advanced level Brazilian Embroidery design. Stitches used: satin, bullion, cast-on, blanket, French knot, stem, drizzle, lazy daisy, Turkey, & back stitch. This is available on white fabric.

Edmar Threads Needed:
Glory 96, 135, 206, 216, 221, 228;
Iris 226, 115, 211, 163, 159, 225, 59;
Cire 101, 311;
Lola 029, 132, 153, 159, 209, 211, 223, 303, 314, 315.

Special needs: Rainbow Gallery brand Petite Very Velvet V626, V657, V665, V601, V639; Mill Hill Petite Seed Beads 40123, beading thread and needle.

Hibiscus Trio-3880

This is an advanced/intermediate Brazilian Embroidery design. Stitches used: blanket, cast-on, lazy daisy, couching, drizzle, buillion, and stem. This is available on white or cream.

Edmar Threads Needed:
Glory 53, 115, 127, 131, 136, 203, 207, 211, 220, 310;
Iris 53, 119, 134, 220;
Frost 113, 115, 219.

Special Needs: Drizzle pad and 3" #1 or #3 long darner.

Johara-3885

The first design in the "Mask Series", Fancy lives up to her name! Each fan that surrounds her lovely face is edged with a different faux-lace technique using Brazilian embroidery stitches. One fan is decorated with pearls, the other is decorated with a woven running stitch ribbon, and the third features cast-on/bullion combination lace. The flowers that adorn her mask are my Sugar Drop, Twisted Bud, and Beaded Cast-on Flower. It will be helpful for students to be familiar with beginning B.E. stitches plus the up-down cast-on.

Stitches Included: Stitches taught will be the beaded cast-on, the three lace techniques, complete instructions for the three flowers, woven running stitch, my automatic Palestrina knot, l-o-n-g Ciré bullions, and how to create expressive eyes and those luscious lashes. A doodle cloth will be provided for each student.

Design Area: 5.5" x 6"

Edmar Threads Needed:
Cire: 155 (2), 211
Frost: 202
Glory: 000, 058, 122, 211, 206, 214, 216
Iris: 015, 121, 155, 157, 163, 202, 211, 214, 216, 221, 321, 413
Lola: 121, 163, 202, 216, 221

Showgirl Orchids

New orchid species are being discovered almost every month. This new orchid, "Showgirl", has three different species, Cirque, Flamingo, and Bellagio. This design is a fun review of several of my original stitches, the automatic Palestrina knot, DV’s Crazy 8’s (created with Virginia Chapman’s assistance), cast-on cast-on, and bullion/buttonhole weaving technique.

Stitches Included: All of the above stitches will be taught in addition to my new double cast-on into five bullion stitch and split stem stitch! It will be helpful for the student to be familiar with the bullion, cast-on, drizzle, up-down cast-on, satin stitch, double cast-on, blanket stitch, stem stitch, fly stitch. A doodle cloth will be provided for each student.

Design Size 5" x 6"

Edmar Threads Needed:
Cire 131, 155, 172;
Frost: 153, 137, 204, 205;
Glory; 109, 155, 167, 172, 204;
Iris: 29, 104, 118, 131, 153, 155, 167, 172, 203, 204, 402

Soltice-3877

This is an intermediate/advanced Brazilian embroidery design. Stitches used: stem, outline, Hopper, bullion, knotted lazy daisy, blanket, satin, couching, Turkey work. This design is available on white fabric.

Edmar Thread Needed:
Glory 000, 008, 062, 156, 165, 210, 401;
Iris 406, Lola, 118, 119, 311, 323;
Frost 95, 106, 323;
Cire 165, 203, 311;
Nova 311, 323.

Special Needs: 3 small shsha mirrors; beading thread & needle, 32 #18 darner needles, drizzle paid, old CD you no longer want, strong scissors for cutting the CD.

Succulent Southwest Sampler-3808

This package contains the Brazilian Embroidery design printed on fabric. Full instructions are in the book "Thorns & Roses." This is available on white or cream fabric.

Edmar Threads Needed:
Glory 008, 049, 050, 059, 121, 124, 126, 128, 151, 156, 165, 166, 167, 202, 206, 216
Iris 030, 041, 051, 059, 095, 102, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 124, 125, 126, 128, 132, 135, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149(3), 150, 151, 153, 167, 171, 202, 206, 214, 215(2), 216(2), 219, 222, 223, 2254, 226
Frost 156, 165, 209
Cire 030, 065, 158, 306
Lola 025, 053, 121(2), 132, 136, 137, 149, 150, 165, 166, 167, 215(2), 216, 220, 227
Boucle 053, 114, 151, 168, 225
Nova 165 (2), 167 (2)

Tears of a Clown-3882

This is an advanced/intermediate Brazilian Embroidery design. Stitches Used: Bullion, cast-on, lazy daisy, satin, stem, up/down cast-on, stacked stem, pistil. This is available on white fabric.

Edmar Thread Needed:
Glory 122, 128, 137, 158, 201, 212, 401;
Iris 122, 128, 137, 158, 201, 212, 401;
Lola 122, 128, 137, 158, 201, 212, 217, 401;
Nova 137, 158, 201, 212.