Stitch Magazine - June-July 2022

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Stitch magazine is published 6 times a year. to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee!
One such exhibition takes place at Windsor Castle from
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Projects
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7 COLOUR POP!
Take your goldwork skills to the next level with STAR!
Disco Dave, Loetitia Gibier’s colourful chameleon!
From beautiful cutwork and chipping, to padding
and Or Nue – your stitches will lead to a dazzling result.
15 FOREVER BLOOMING
Follow Claire Muir’s free-motion embroidery tutorial to create a
stunning three-dimensional magnolia. Stitch up a whole vase of
magnolia blooms or use to create a striking wedding fascinator. 50 ANCESTRAL ART
Be inspired by the prehistoric past! Jay Hooper has drawn from
21 ALLIUM ELEGANCE ancient cave art as inspiration for her original wall hangings which
Learn how to transform a plain garment into something special, combine painting and embroidery stitches to great eff ect.
with Jill Kipnis’ guide to stitching allium seed head motifs onto a
top. Her design includes French knots and beads for extra texture. Inspiration
29 CATNAP DREAMS 24 FIT FOR A QUEEN
Get to grips with traditional crewelwork techniques to create an eye As we celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, read the story
mask, complete with sweet cat design. Alex Law takes you through behind the Royal School Of Needlework’s rich embroidery used to
the steps, with a myriad of stitches to practise along the way. adorn the Queen’s Robe of Estate, ready for her coronation in 1953.
34 THREADS OF TIME 38 COLOURING THE LINES
Burst out of your blackwork rut and try a modern take, with Debbie Debbie Harding and Zoe Acketts share with us details of their
Harding’s colour wheel clock. Debbie shows how to complete your collaboration behind this month’s colourful blackwork clock,
blackwork stitches and mount your work as a clock for your home. their respective creative processes and plans for the future.
41 SHRIVEL UP & DYE 48 ALL CHANGE
Create a unique statement piece for your living room. Mary We caught up with All Threaded Together as they showcase some
McIntosh shows how to shrivel fabric, dye it and produce a richly of the highlights of their current exhibition. ‘Changes’ was in part
coloured cushion decorated with elements of hand embroidery. inspired by the Charles Rennie MacIntosh interiors at 78 Derngate.
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You’ll be putting on the glitz with our colourful chameleon, Disco
Dave! Bring him to life with couching, goldwork and cutting stitches
BY LOËTITIA GIBIER
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Chameleons are the most fascinating
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creatures. The fact they can change
colours is simply a thing of wonder and
I wanted to design one that was
truly over the top.
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YOU WILL NEED
MATERIALS • Threads: • Embroidery hoops:
• Fabric: - Gutermann Sew all: 000 – Black and 392 - 8in
- Background fabric: Moda Grunge, Purple, 1 reel of each - 6in
Snow white, 25cm x 25cm - 6-ply metallic twist – Black • Freezer paper
- Calico, 25cm x 25cm (EMC139), 1m • Iron and ironing surface
- Felt, Purple, 21 x 30cm • Stranded cotton: • Small block of beeswax
• Organza: - Madeira: 1103, 2710, 612 • Optional:
- 25cm x 25cm of these colours: Lavender, - Presencia: 4636, 0007 - Pair of curved embroidery
Lime green and Baby blue, x 2 of each - DMC: 502, 3811, 554 scissors, a mellor and/or a pair of
- 25cm x 25cm, White, x 1 • Soft cotton padding fi ne tweezers, to manipulate the
• Goldwork wires • Sirdar Cotton DK yarn, Snuggly, wires and push them into place
(The code in brackets refer to the codes shade 756, 7m - Painted 8in hoop for framing
on my website, www.korrylittleshop.co.uk) • Other items:
- Smooth purl – Light green (EM41), 1.5m - Felt ball, Purple, diameter 1cm STITCHES & TECHNIQUES
- Smooth purl – Pale turquoise - Round bead, Black, diameter 5mm Couching – Pearl purl, twists, plate and
(EM25), 1.5m other threads; Or Nue, Chipping, both
- Smooth purl – Sea blue (EZ32), 50cm EQUIPMENT traditional and ‘wiggly’ chipping; Cut Work
- Rough purl – Baby pink (EM47), 50cm • Needles: and Padding, both soft cotton and felt.
- Rough purl – Green (EM162), 1.5m - Pack of size 10 embroidery needles
- Rough purl – Purple (CP001), 1.5m (easier to have one for each of the See Stitch Guide for full stitch formations.
- Rough purl – Lilac (CP029V), 1m stranded cottons)
- Bright check – Light green (EM39 or - Large needle for plunging Finished stitched area: 16 x 19cm
EM39R), 1.5m • Scissors:
- Pearl purl, 1mm, Black (EM3), 3.5m - Goldwork with serrated blade Two material packs (one containing all
- Plate – Lilac (EM156), 4m - Embroidery the fabrics and the other all wires and
- Twist – Elphin Green (BJ072), 4m • Fine felt tip pen (I use Stabilo Write-4-all, threads) can be purchased from:
- Twist – Monet (BJ073), 2m fi ne nib, Black) www.korrylittleshop.co.uk
- Twist – Ice Blue (BJ074), 4m • PVA glue
PREPARATION the fi neliner pen. Use a lightbox or a window on one of the two pieces of coloured
Always use one strand of stranded cotton if needed. 1 organza. Trace two full leaves per colour.
or one length of Gutermann Sew All thread. Add the partial leaf to the lilac organza.
Always wax the Gutermann Sew All thread 2 Layer the background fabric on top of
when working with wires by running it a the calico and place both in the 8in hoop. 4 Working each organza colour at a time,
couple of times through the beeswax. Make sure it is absolutely drum tight as it is layer the piece with the leaf shape on top
essential for the heavy stitching. of the second piece of the same colour and
1 Place the background fabric on top of the place in the small hoop. Make sure it is drum
background design template and trace using 3 Using the fi neliner, trace the leaf template tight, so the organza does not tear.
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5 Couch a length of black pearl purl on Don’t hesitate to overlap them. Pay attention IMPORTANT! For the chameleon legs,
the outline of the leaves using waxed black to the placement of the partial leaf, you I will refer to the two legs further back as
Gutermann Sew All. There is no need to need enough space between the outline back and front left legs and the two legs
leave a tail, you can cut the pearl purl fl ush of the chameleon and the leaf for his spiky on top as back and front right legs.
to the surface. 2 ‘mohawk’ but not too much so you can
hide the ends under the plate you will be TOP TIP! For felt appliqué – always
6 Select a twist and couch on the inside stitching later. 6 come from the background and into the
of the pearl purl with one strand of any felt piece or it may shred the edge. Use
stranded colour. Mix and match with each 12 Start by stitching the partial leaf, use black stab stitches – start with four stitches;
leaf for added interest. Leave about a 1in Gutermann thread and attach the leaf by North, South, East West, to make sure
tail at the start and fi nish – it will be used to going over the pearl purl as if couching it the felt stays in place, then fi ll in
plunge to the back when you fi x the leaves again. You only need a few stitches. Use the between every millimetre or so. Use
on the background. 3 large needle to plunge the end of the twists the Gutermann Sew All thread to stitch
to the back. 7 the felt to the background. Work from
7 When all leaves are stitched, apply a little the smallest piece to the largest.
PVA glue on the back, just on the outline. 13 Attach the other leaves the same way –
Try not to put PVA glue on the inside of the start by plunging the end of the twists, then 15 Start with stitching the pieces of felt for
leaves, but make sure that your outline is you can decide to stitch them fl at or give the two left legs, back and front, directly
well covered. them some extra shape and texture by using onto the background fabric. 9
just a few stitches. 8
8 Leave to dry for 12-24 hours and then cut 16 Use the fi neliner pen to plan the areas
off the organza very close to the outline. 14 Next, trace the felt pattern template on of colour, this will help you identify which
the freezer paper, and then iron onto the colour to use as you work.10
TOP TIP! The PVA glue makes sure felt. Only cut the pieces and remove the
that your leaf does not fall apart even freezer paper when you are ready to stitch 17 For the legs, use the Ice blue twist (the
if you cut a stitch by mistake, and them down. matching couching thread is DMC 3811). ➜
makes sure the organza does not fray.
I use a pair of curved embroidery
scissors and use the curve blade to HOW-TO WORK WITH PEARL PURL
cut as close as possible.
•• AAllwwaayyss uussee GGüütteerrmmaannnn SSeeww AAllll thread to slip between the coils making
9 Repeat with the other two colours of thread or similar quality thread. it invisible.
organza. Mix and match the twists and the
colour of the stranded cotton. 4 • Wax the thread by running it a few times • When couching, you should hear a
through beeswax. slight pop when the thread settles in
10 On the background fabric, stitch the the coils.
branch by couching a length of black • Cut the desired length of pearl purl by
pearl purl and waxed black Gutermann roughly measuring around the shape. • If your thread sits on top without slipping
thread. Make sure to stop and start for the inside the coils, the stitch is not at the
chameleon outline. 5 • Hold each end and pull gently to open correct angle and may kink the wire. So,
the coil. Stretching allows the couching come back out and try again.
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Place the colour as you like, use the darker Madeira 1103 and DMC 502. a couple of couching stitches inside the
shades for the two left legs: Madeira 2710 outline and repeat for each spike back and
near the top of the legs to create a shadow, 18 Start near the top of the legs – leave a forth. 14
tail at the start and fi nish. There is no need
to plunge them, they will be covered in 23 Modify the angle of each spike to follow
HOW-TO STITCH USING OR NUE future steps unless you do a partial row. 11 the shape of the back. I marked the fabric
slightly with a pencil to make sure I was
TThhee lleeggss aanndd tthhee hheeaadd wwiillll bbee ssttiittcchheedd 19 I tend to couch the twist fi rst with the turning the angles correctly. 15 16
using Or Nue. This technique consists of matching couching thread to ‘set’ the row
couching a twist using a combination of and then come back and fi ll the coloured TOP TIP! Do not go too far in the
matching and contrasting threads to make splotches with the other couching threads. outline as it will cause problems later
the pattern appear on top by changing the Don’t hesitate to do partial rows to fi ll in the on. Be fi rm but gentle, the plate is quite
colour of the couching thread. shape nicely. 12 fragile and can mark easily. The mellor
can help manipulate the plate or lift it
• In this piece, we will couch one length of 20 Don’t forget to give claws – the felt slightly in later stages when you will
twist at a time, not as a pair. padding is rounded but go off the padding be stitching on top. Never try to stitch
slightly and create a little point to through the plate as it will damage
• I will indicate the matching couching represent the claws. Do both left legs it. A pair of fi ne curved watchmaker’s
thread and for this thread, the couching the same way. 13 tweezers can also help with this.
stitches can be 2-3mm apart.
21 The spiky mohawk is created by 24 The fi rst layer of body padding will be
• For the contrasting couching thread that couching the lilac plate. Use the waxed done using soft cotton, from the base of the
will make up the splotches of colour on purple Gutermann thread. Fix the plate neck to the tail’s end. Work in one length if
top, make sure your couching stitches inside the outline with a couple of couching you can. You will need to adapt the padding
are as close together as possible to stitches. Do not be tempted to try to stitch to the shape of the body. Stay inside the
completely cover the metallic twist. through the plate, as it will damage it. outline for this fi rst layer.
• Only use one strand of stranded cotton. 22 Lay the plate down at an angle to 25 The padding needs to be fl at under the
It is easier to use several needles, one for represent the fi rst spike and do a couple chest of the chameleon but rounder as it
each colour of stranded cotton, as you more couching stitches at the tip of the reaches the beginning of the tail.
will change colour regularly. spike. Fold the plate back on itself to go
back towards the inside of the outline. Do 26 Start with three lengths of soft cotton,
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