Finished!  Well nearly.  Just need to do the hemmed border and mount on card with a blue fabric background.  I'll be doing this in Durham next week with Tracy.  Then it is off to the RSN for assessment.

Advanced Whitework

I decided to start my Whitework again, as I wasn't happy with what I had done so far. So that is what I did when I went back to Tracy in Durham in November and January. The design above is what I chose to do. So this will be in pulled thread work and then I have to do a border and corners showing drawn thread work.

I did most of the work at home, but when I went back to Durham for my two week intensive session I started on the drawn thread work. This is the piece before adding the drawn thread work.

And after three of the drawn thread borders were completed:

Closeups of the borders:

 

Closeup of one of the corners.

I have three more corners to do and I am re-doing one of the borders as I'm not entirely happy with it. I then have to hem the edges and mount it!

Teddy Finished

After a long break due to health issues, I finally finished Teddy. This image was before I mounted him, so the puckers are no longer there. I went back to Tracy in Durham last November and mounted Teddy, and off he went to the RSN for assessment.

Not much to show for the Whitework yet.  I'm attempting to reproduce the William Morris sunflowers shown above.  I do like the whitework technique but having problems knowing how to finish the ends!

After a great many hours and lots of unpicking this is as far as I have got with Teddy!  Will I finish by next summer, so that I can mount him. Let's hope so, but as I am juggling him with Whitework (and a day job!), it's going to be tough.

My first 'Teddy Day' since coming back from Tracy's in Durham.  Not sure if I am happy with what I've done, but I'll move onto his head and perhaps do some 'fine-tuning' on his front later.

Teddy before and after the weekend. Not entirely happy. I don't seem to be getting the hang of silk shading. It's probably just practice, but how long does it take? I think I should have started at the bottom as it looks like his fur is layered that way. I think when I restart I'll start at the bottom. I spent some time on Tanya Berlin's website to see how she does her fur. She draws a lot more on her silk and has a pattern to follow. I'll try this I think.