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by mops 06 Nov 2009 ( edited Nov 08'09 03:23 )
+35

I've been quite busy making stoles and antependiums for a nearby church. I digitized the embroideries and stitched them out in gold metallic. Here's one of them. The picture is not as sharp as I wanted it to be. The stole is draped over a dummy dressed in one of my tablecloths.

For this design I scanned three vine leaves from the garden and resized them to a size I could use. The rest is just curly lines and satin stitch circles. Size 12 x 23 cm, 11645 stitches.

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Comments (25)
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by marthie 06 Nov 2009
+5
Wow this is great. Wonderfull job.Well done
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by annita1 06 Nov 2009
+5
heel mooi , werkt dat goed met metalic draad, ik heb het nog niet geprobeerd.
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by mops 06 Nov 2009
Neem er nooit de goedkoopste soort voor, zet de machine zo langzaam mogelijk. Bij het ontwerpen heb ik ook de dichtheid lager dan normaal gezet.
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by pennifold 06 Nov 2009
+3
Martine this is just beautiful - great job with the scanning of the vine leaves. I love the simplicity of the design - I often think the more simple the design is, the point that the designer is trying to get across, is easier to understand.

Great job - love and blessings Chris
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by mops 06 Nov 2009
Thank you, Chris. I was told to do just what I liked, which is far more difficult than strict guidelines. So I did what I liked best: rather simple designs that can be recognised from a distance as well.
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by gerryvb 06 Nov 2009
+4
it's beautiful! great job!
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by juanitadenney 06 Nov 2009
+4
Just beautiful and your work is great. Thank you for sharing this with us. **4U
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by manami 06 Nov 2009
+4
Martine, these stoles are beautiful! You have done a wonderful job!
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by mops 06 Nov 2009
Thanks, Yoriko, as I was left completely to my own devices a lot of time went into thinking what symbols to use and what sort of embroidery to choose, applique, full colour. You can see what I eventually went for: fairly simple gold embroidery.
by manami 06 Nov 2009
I admire your work so much, it's difficult to chose a design to go with something, and you did a wonderful choice on these ones!
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by shirlener88 06 Nov 2009
+4
So simply but so stunning! *4U
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thanks.
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by sorval 06 Nov 2009
+3
wow this is real great work and lovely design
hugs Sonja
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by ron111otter 06 Nov 2009
+3
Another lovely piece of embroidery, *4U
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by designgirl 06 Nov 2009
+3
This is lovely.
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by waterlily 06 Nov 2009
+3
This is great! Very nicely done!
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by americangirl 06 Nov 2009
+2
Great job! You have been busy!
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by edithfarminer 06 Nov 2009
+2
Heel erg mooi gedaan.
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by suzettebritz 06 Nov 2009
+2
I am sure this will be admired by everyone! Professional and beautiful Martine!
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by mops 06 Nov 2009
Thank you. my dad is staying till Tuesday, after that I'll send you what I promised.
by suzettebritz 07 Nov 2009
Thank you very much!
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by kttyhwk4 06 Nov 2009
+2
Beautiful stole...great work!
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by michelej 06 Nov 2009
+2
Great job!!!
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by jrob 06 Nov 2009
+3
beautifully done.;)
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by castelyn 06 Nov 2009
+2
Martine, great job *4u
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by tippi 07 Nov 2009
+2
Very Pretty
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by katydid 07 Nov 2009
+1
This is wonderful!!! I wish you could make it available for us to purchase. I could put it on things that I stitch for the Spa and Boutique. They love wine designs and I think they serve wine to customers. I have never been to spa section. Too pricey for me!!! This would be so good for wine gift bags, don't you think?
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
I think you might be right, although I never thought of wine bags when I made it. What inspired me to do this were the first verses of John 15.
Anyway, I think the design is too big. I measured the circumference of a wine bottle (24 cm) and the hight of the thick part (17 cm). The design is 12 cm wide and 24 cm high.
by mops 07 Nov 2009
Oh oh, I mean the height.
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by nanniesara 07 Nov 2009
+1
Great Job!!
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by vickiannette 07 Nov 2009
+1
Have you any tips for using the metallic threads? Would like some help, as I'm trying to make a Xmas Bauble wallhanging. Thankyou.
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by mops 07 Nov 2009
Iused 4 needles for 16 embroideries, so tip #1 is change the needle when thread starts to fray, metallic seems to blunt the needle quickly. #2 make sure the design is not too dense. I digitized them with the density set at 5 instead of the default 4 for fillings and .5 higher than default for satin stitch. Maybe you can lower the density of designs? Test stitch with metallic first, maybe not the whole design but at least a filled part of it and see what happens.
by mops 07 Nov 2009
#3 stitch at slow speed! I set my machine on 400 st p min and that worked finr for me.
by vickiannette 08 Nov 2009
Thankyou "mops" will try again! So far the metallic is not looking good.
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by vixentlc 07 Nov 2009
+1
It looks lovely!
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by mops 08 Nov 2009
Thank you.
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by lbrow 08 Nov 2009
+1
Marvelous Martine. *4U
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by mops 08 Nov 2009
Lilian, thank you. They'll be used today for the first time, it's harvest Sunday here.
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by lflanders 08 Nov 2009
+1
Beautiful, as was the other design! You have done a wonderful job on these!
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by mops 08 Nov 2009
Thank you, it wa a real labour of love.