Bullion stitches are beautiful. I have not had much occasion to use bullion stitches so I'm not that great at executing them.
It took a while for my left-handed brain to visualise how to make the stitch. I'm used to reversing right-handed stitch diagrams, but it took me a while to get a handle on bullions. Once I did things got a lot easier. I still require more practice, but I can make decent bullions.
A few years ago, I wanted to force myself to work on these stitches and found this little kit from Roseworks.
The kit is called 'Elizabethan Window'. It's tiny (about 3" x 3") and very pretty. The kit consists of the silk screened design and basic instructions. The stitcher provides the threads.
There's a spray of yellow bullion roses over the upper right hand side of the window. I thought it would be a good way to try bullion roses.
You start with the window which is satin stitch covered with a trellis.
Here's my first attempt at bullion roses. They're not horrible, but as I look at them with the benefit of hindsight I wish I could redo them. On the plus side, when seen in the context of the entire piece they look fine.
The finished window.
It was a lovely little kit and I very much enjoyed stitching it. I made a few small adjustments to the placement of the colours, but I mostly stitched it as designed.
Roseworks has many nice designs for surface embroiderers. This was my second Roseworks piece and I have a couple more in the stash awaiting attention.
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Summer 2024: Google ended its email subscription service in 2021. I believe I've found a replacement, but haven't had time to test it. I have been stitching a little bit here and there and have some posts ready for when the email subscription is active again. Fingers crossed, I'll have time to rouse this blog out of its dormancy sometime this year.
29 September 2017
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Bullions are one of those stitches aren't they! I don't mind working them, and have a good technique now, which is the big thing! I don't mind having pieces that aren't as good as what we could produce now, it's a good way to remember where we've come from
ReplyDeleteI agree. I used to cringe at the thought of bullions. Now they don't bother me. As for bullion roses, however, I know that I still don't have the layout of the roses settled in my brain. I have to be able to visualise the process and I haven't done enough of the roses for it to stick. I was glad to find this little kit so I could force myself to work on them.
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