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I've been experimenting with some traditional embroidery styles. The first two pictures are examples of the Hardanger style (from 17th century Norway). These are stitched in quite thick cotton thread. The third is in the Assisi style (from 16th century Italy) in which only the spaces between the motifs are stitched. This is stitched in ordinary sewing thread. The fourth is a traditional European cross stitch design actually stitched in embroidery thread.
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All are lovely samples. The hardinger style is quite interesting. We don't often see that type of stitching these days. Very nice work!
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so the past is moving to the present to be carried on, well done
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You are so talented! This is all done by hand right?
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No - I've digitised the designs to be as much like hand embroidery as possible.
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well done Sue. Do you have a favorite? Hugs Loralye
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The first Hardanger, I think.
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Mar 12, 2013 Always so creative. Nice to go back to our beginnings to get new ideas.
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They are all lovely and would look nice made up into a sampler together.
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Nice experiments! The simplicity of those old designs always fascinated me, and so did the mathematical quality of them.
I started on a hand embroidered cross stitch UFO again last Sunday and love it, although I need a magnifying glass (got one of those lamps for OAPs - and that helps) - one of the reasons it was unfinished. Once you start the ideas seems to multiply, I'll work those out in the software - less time consuming than stitching them.
I started on a hand embroidered cross stitch UFO again last Sunday and love it, although I need a magnifying glass (got one of those lamps for OAPs - and that helps) - one of the reasons it was unfinished. Once you start the ideas seems to multiply, I'll work those out in the software - less time consuming than stitching them.
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I just love watching the sew simulator!
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You are getting so clever Sue, to think that these styles can all be done on our Embroidery machines is fascinating. Kudos to you! Love and blessings Chris
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it's always nice to rediscover our roots in embroidery you have done these samples wonderfully..thanks marian
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I just love doing Hardanger [by hand of course] but my eyes let me down a bit these days. Will you be brave enough to cut your machine hardanger Sue? You have made a great job of these old handicrafts.
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I haven't worked out how to do a design with pulled thread or cutwork in the Hardanger. IT is on my to-do list!
Open the cross stitch design in Studio (you can by right clicking on the design in Editor and choosing Edit stitch file in Studio), then digitise a slight zigzag around the open areas (as if you were doing cutwork). You can even add bars to larger open areas. Then save and convert the object file as usual.
Editing makes spaces disappear - should have left the one typo, now I have several!
I had a look and noticed Embird saves the cross stitch designs as eof too (5D uses a different .crz for cross stitch and .can for other designs) so it's easy to edit and add in Studio. I'll need to buy the Embird module for the Hardanger things.
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This is really beautiful Sue. You must have that creative gene that scientist talk about.
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