24 August 2013

Silk Shading Part Two

In March, I attend a wonderful beginner's silk shading course at the Royal School of Needlework at Hampton Court. We embroidered this daisy, which I blogged about HERE

Last week I attended the two day follow on course, lead by Kate Ferrer, it was great fun and Kate was a wonderfully patient teacher! You can see some of her stunning designs HERE I love attending the RSN the setting at Hampton Court is magnificent and the tutors are always very relaxed and great fun.
This class focused on achieving a more delicate painterly look to our stitching, using one strand of embroidery floss and a size 12 needle. Kate had designed a lovely fuchsia for us, here is her original embroidery.
And my start...
This is only the second piece of silk shading I have worked, I was really pleased at how much better it looks than my first attempt.
I need to finish this design and then keep practicing, there is an advanced class planned for next year, I am really tempted to sign up now!

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  1. They are both beautiful!

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  2. Hello there., I am Joanne and was a fellow stitcher on this course! Very pleased to have found your blog and look forward to seeing your finished piece.

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    1. Hi Jo
      Thank you for visiting :) - I tried to reply to you, but you are a non-reply blogger!

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    2. Oh, i didn't realise this. i'll have a look and try and change that! sorry for the repeated comments! I've deleted those!

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  4. Your embroideries are beautiful. What an amazing venue you have for your lessons.

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  7. Beautiful work on both well done !!!

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  8. Lovely! I did a lot of silk shading with my goldwork - it is very addictive!

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  9. Very pretty, I'm looking forward to see your finished piece.

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  10. You should definitely sign up for the next class! Both pieces are just wonderful!

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  11. Fabulous work - so delicate!

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  12. Oh Elaine thank you so much for sharing it is wonderful to see and hear about your lessons and what a beautiful surrounding it looks so so romantic and stunningly beautiful. My mother use to dream about attending needle classes there from NZ/???? I loved your daisy and now your fuchsia is going to look just a lovely what a thrill to be able to attend a school like this. I do hope you are able to attend next years school. Cheers Glenda

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  13. My goodness what a wonderful thing to attend a class at Hampton Court! Seems so far away now but I grew up not far from there. I bet they have some amazing historical textiles to inspire you. Lovely embroidery!
    Hilda

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