Wessex Pincushion

After a lovely holiday, in Munich (my birthplace) and Banbury, England, (where my son lives), I am back on the farm. Suitcases are unpacked and everything is back to normal. I can't believe how fast the time has gone by....

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As promised, here is the Wessex Pincushion.

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The Pincushion measures 8cm x 8cm.

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I used 28ct antique evenweave fabric and  hand dyed Chameleon Threads in the colours Slate, Cornflower, Pine Needles and Moss.

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I added some fantasy bullion flowers to the design. (I love to mix techniques)

Do you like it? Any Comments? Please???

Until next time, enjoy your stitching,

Petra

More Wessex items

Hello you all

I see from my visitor counter that a lot of you are finding my blog by searching for Wessex Stitchery in your browsers. Quite a few of you have kept returning over the past few weeks looking at the

 wessex embroidery entry.

I am planning on adding more information, patterns and maybe a mini tutorial in the near future. Ladies, please leave a comment if you are looking for anything specific on the subject. Or why not email me? I would love to know what you are interested in, and I would love to get comments .......

There won't be much time to blog over the next four weeks as I am going away for a while. During that time I will be working on a little wessex pincushion which I will hopefully be able to show you in the first week October.

I hope to hear from you soon, enjoy your stitching

Petra

Wessex Embroidery

is a very old type of embroidery which is thought to have originated in medieval England. 

It is made up of a sort of counted background motive which is then woven with another thread to form little flowers.

 I decided to make a little needle book and team the Wessex embroidery with some of my own ideas.

It is worked on 28ct evenweave fabric.

 I used variegated Chameleon threads and added some petite beads around the border as well as a little verse on the back of the booklet

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Feel free to print and use the pattern below. Please bear with me, I am still learning about adding photos to my blog. Below is a scanned copy of the design. I have no idea how to convert designs out of EasyCross to put up on my blog yet. Will practice though.

Enjoy your stitching.....:)