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CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT - NEW YEAR, NEW EMBROIDERY WITH VINTAGE PATTERNS


Hi, everyone!  This is Beth from the New Embroidery with Vintage Patterns group on Flickr writing my second  Feeling Stitchy post for the month of December because I have some exciting news to share with my fellow stitchers:  For January/February the New Embroidery with Vintage Patterns group will be hosting their second stitchy contest!   

Contest begins.............................. Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Contest ends................................. Sunday, February 10, 2013
Category winners announced ...... Sunday, February 17, 2013
Door prize winners announced .... Sunday, February 17, 2013


HOW TO ENTER:

Join our Flickr group, New Embroidery with Vintage Patterns, to enter the contest.  And be sure to read **this discussion post** that provides the complete list of rules, details, etc...   


THREE CONTEST CATEGORIES:

New Year, New You - Choose any vintage embroidery pattern that you feel captures the meaning and spirit of one of your new year's resolutions or something important that you want to accomplish this year.


New Year, New Stitches-  This category is for specifically for showing off your fancy stitches!  "Fancy stitches" means (1) using fill stitches so there is hardly any bare/exposed fabric inside your embroidery AND/OR (2) learning and using a variety of new stitches in your embroidery.  You may use any vintage embroidery pattern of your choice.  


New Year, New/Old Mixed Media with Stitches - This category is specifically for combining "media" with any vintage embroidery pattern of your choice.  Entries in this category should have a significant amount of mixed media incorporated into their embroidery.  Examples of "media" to add to your embroidery include sequins, buttons, home improvement hardware, fabric, decorative papers, random and surprising found objects, etc.... You may use any vintage embroidery pattern of your choice.  

prize sponsors:

We have 8 brand new, awesome prize sponsors!  There are prizes for the three category winners and plenty of door prizes too!




  

   

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AMOR - My best wishes for 2013

Olá! I'm passing by only to wish a great 2013 and to offer you a late Christmas gift...

After reviewing the book "Traditional Embroidery of Portugal" I begun adapting and recovering some vintage patterns that came in the design sheets. To end 2012 I decided to share with you one of my favorite patterns, already embroidered in my cork fabric book cover...

This pattern belongs to Azores embroidery (that I will review soon), called the Long and Short stitches embroidery, usually embroidered with two shades of blue.

Amor motivo para bordar - "Amor" (love in Portuguese) embroidery pattern
Embroidery pattern adapted from "Traditional Embroidery of Portugal".

Pattern from Traditional Embroidery of Portugal
Design sheet from "Traditional Embroidery of Portugal"

Book cover and back cover
Book: Traditional Embroidery of Portugal

I believe that in 2013 "all we need is love"... And as the Portuguese word for LOVE is AMOR, this is my way of wishing you all the love in the world!

See you next year!
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Christmas preparations!

It has been a very busy lead up to the holidays, but now there is a little more time to make presents for friends and family. And the 'card', which I did not do last year and though I DID survive and the world did not end, I did do one this year and am pleased with it. I also designed a free downloadable one for the Christmas Newsletter. But here are some photos of what I have been doing, and enjoying myself in the doing ....





















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NEW WEBSITE!

Please take a look at the new website, and with ... very exciting a shopping basket!
http://www.modernvintageembroiderydress.blogspot.com/
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Dear Papa!

A dear freind has just sent me this which she found as she says

"This is an exhibition catalogue of 1955. Inside the cover it says "Cover design by Roger Nicholson adapted from No. 20 in the Exhibition". No. 20 says "River and Garden Scenes. Plate-printed in red. About 1785." I found it in rummaging around in my collection of old catalogues while helping one of the V&A's archivists"

Does anyone happen to have similar or the same catalogue? I would so love to hear from you.
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Sam Smith












I was prompted recently to look at the work of an inspiration from my college days and on whom I wrote first first year thesis ... Sam Smith. His surreal figures, so beautifully executed, depicting his own world of myth and fantasy completely blew me away as a first year art student. It fed my own deep seated love of toys and play which has not left me to this day.
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Threads

The first order packed and ready to post!

Wonderful threads
Finished framed 'Cat' embroidery, and packs.
Well the stranded cotton came today and it looks wonderful in such a huge quantity ... not sure if I have enough but this is still a steep learning curve. Now the kits can be assembled at last. Though it is lovely to do now, I suppose the novelty may wear off after the 200th kit!
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I am building up to Top Draw, showing the cards and kits, but also trying to finish some prototypes of the new range of colouring sheets. I am really hopeful for these ... but I can't share images just yet, frustrating though that is!
Photos taken by Sarah


My favorite mugs .. I won't say vintage but they are
I also had a great afternoon with Sarah from Lion Street Store in Rye the other day and we had a satisfying time exchanging ideas and dreams ....  her little girls were so, old fashioned word but they just were, enchanting, and had fun making blackberry mush with heaps of sugar and trying out the colouring sheets which looked amazing, so good to see it working.
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Back again ...

It has been a long time, but in real time I have just been whirling around, and doing much including designing a new range of sewing kits, of which the first orders are going out now ... more on that soon. But thanks to Emily for all your help, heaving me into the 21st century ...

But here are some photos of ...  a recent trip to The Weald and Downland Museum 












Shepherd's hut on wheels

Interior

Perfect little wood burner
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