Monday, 13 July 2015

Trees

Hello, I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful weekend.  Last week was a busy week for me but, I had a nice quiet weekend and that can only mean one thing.... lots of stitching!!

 In my last post I shared with you two backgrounds that I prepared for one of Kathy Shaw's crazy quilt classes. The backgrounds are for the ICQC 107 Class which is a class designed to teach various silk ribbon embroidery techniques by adding miniature flowers to the backgrounds to create two garden scenes.  I really enjoyed embroidering the backgrounds and in particular the tree as I learned a new technique for embroidering the leaves.

However, this is not the only tree I have stitched this past week. I am also signed up to take another of Kathy's classes, ICQC 103 which, is designed to teach basic surface embroidery motifs.

You may recall that I showed you the base blocks that I made for this class a couple of weeks ago.


Well, the first couple of surface embroidery motifs that I have learned are both trees.  The first was an embroidered tree using french knots, stem stitch and chain stitch.  The second is a 'twisted' tree which uses a technique where threads are twisted and then couched onto the surface of the block.


I really enjoyed learning both techniques and I am looking forward to the next lesson.

 I will be linking this post with 'Super Mom - No Cape' for the latest stitchery link up party.
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  1. Martina13 July 2015 at 12:08

    Beautiful backgrounds and trees! So lovely, Christine!

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    1. Christine B13 July 2015 at 12:30

      Thank you Martina! I really enjoyed working on them! :) x

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  2. Ali13 July 2015 at 12:11

    Loving those trees! X

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    1. Christine B13 July 2015 at 12:30

      Thank you Ali! They were a lot of fun to stitch! :) x

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  3. Dorfymid13 July 2015 at 13:15

    That French knot tree is beautiful, love it 😃

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    1. Christine B13 July 2015 at 19:04

      Thank you! It was really fun to stitch and I love the overall finished effect.

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  4. Tanya Rachelle13 July 2015 at 14:36

    Ohhhh beautiful! You have made my creative mind start thinking! I love these.
    ~Tanya

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    1. Christine B13 July 2015 at 19:06

      Thank you Tanya! They were a lot of fun to stitch! :) x

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  5. Linda13 July 2015 at 16:46

    These are so pretty Christine. I love the leaf stitching on the first one, especially the middle part of the leaves - is that called a Cretan stitch? You are gaining some impressive skills! And having fun too. :)

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    1. Christine B13 July 2015 at 19:07

      Thank you Linda! I am having a lot of fun! The leaves on the first tree were stitched using fly stitch, it is quite quick to do. There is a tutorial on Kathy Shaw's blog how to create them. :) x

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  6. Cattinka13 July 2015 at 17:04

    Your trees look nice, and they really enhence your blocks
    KATRIN W.

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    1. Christine B13 July 2015 at 19:08

      Thank you Katrin! I really enjoyed stitching them!

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  7. Sheryl13 July 2015 at 18:20

    Interesting work Christine, both trees are gorgeous.

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    1. Christine B13 July 2015 at 19:08

      Thank you Sheryl! It is always lovely to learn new techniques! :) x

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  8. Christine B13 July 2015 at 19:05

    Thank you! They were a lot of fun to stitch! :) x

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  9. Monika Kunstnadel13 July 2015 at 19:47

    Liebe Christine,
    welch wunderschöne Bäume hast Du gestickt. Es passt gut zu den toll gestalteten Hintergründen. Da bin ich gespannt auf weitere Arbeiten.
    Liebe Grüße
    Monika

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    1. Christine B13 July 2015 at 20:52

      Thank you Monika! It is fun to learn new stitching techniques and there are lots more lessons to come! :) x

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  10. Janet Pring13 July 2015 at 20:21

    Your trees both look fab! I like your stitchery!

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    1. Christine B13 July 2015 at 20:52

      Thank you Janet! I am really enjoying learning these new techniques! :) x

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  11. Gina13 July 2015 at 20:44

    I love your trees. So fabulous

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    1. Christine B13 July 2015 at 20:51

      Thank you Gina! I had a lot of fun learning how to stitch them! :) x

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  12. Christine M13 July 2015 at 22:22

    Your trees look fabulous, Christine xx

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    1. Christine B14 July 2015 at 14:24

      Thank you Christine! They were a lot of fun to stitch! :) x

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  13. Magpie's Mumblings13 July 2015 at 23:29

    What fun Christine! These are great trees - you should be proud. Wish I had more time at the moment to take part in more of Kathy's classes...hopefully in the fall.

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    1. Christine B14 July 2015 at 14:25

      Thank you Mary Anne! I really enjoyed stitching them and the classes are so helpful and informative! :) x

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  14. Leanne14 July 2015 at 06:55

    Wow Christine, those blocks with the trees are beautiful. Great job.

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    1. Christine B14 July 2015 at 14:25

      Thank you Leanne! I am having a lot of fun with these online classes! ;) x

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  15. Wendy14 July 2015 at 13:09

    really lovely trees, I'd be hard pushed to choose a favourite

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    1. Christine B14 July 2015 at 14:26

      Thank you Wendy! May favourite always seems to be the last thing I have stitched! :) x

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  16. liniecat14 July 2015 at 21:50

    Those beautiful blocks, such pretty colours! are you going to do different trees in each one?

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    1. Christine B15 July 2015 at 10:51

      Thank you Lyn! They are a lot of fun to stitch. There are other embroidered motifs to learn as well as the trees, so I will be working on those next. :) x

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  17. Dawn15 July 2015 at 07:06

    Love your trees, your crazy quilting is coming along just beautifully. You are very talented to pick it up so quickly.

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    1. Christine B15 July 2015 at 10:52

      Thank you Dawn! I really enjoy working these surface embroidery designs and I am learning so much from the classes! All thanks to that first post on your blog!!! :) x

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  18. Sheila15 July 2015 at 16:29

    I love ypur trees , what a great technique to stitch them and your backgrounds are beautiful !

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    1. Christine B15 July 2015 at 22:16

      Thank you Sheila! They were tremendous fun to stitch! :) x

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  19. Renee15 July 2015 at 19:42

    I just love embroidered trees and these are fabulous! I had a friend point me to Kathy's twisty tree tutorial shortly after I began crazy quilting, and I just loved it! Your work is all so very pretty!

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    1. Christine B15 July 2015 at 22:19

      Thank you Renee! I am learning so much from this class.... it is fabulous! The trees were so much fun to stitch, I really enjoyed trying the different techniques! :) x

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  20. Christine B18 July 2015 at 10:44

    Thank you Angela! I really enjoyed stitching them all! :) x

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  21. SuperMomNoCape20 July 2015 at 13:22

    Oh my Christine... the trees are so beautiful!

    I have got to get some projects checked off my list so I have time to take some of these classes. The things I'm seeing everyone learning all look so interesting.

    Thanks for linking up to last Monday's Stitchery Link Party and for linking back. Aloha hugs!

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    1. Christine B20 July 2015 at 14:28

      Thank you Sue! The classes really are such a lot of fun and I am learning so much! Thank you for hosting the link up! :) x

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