Ang's cross stitch has collaboration arrived, except, it's, not cross-stitch! I'm sure I've read the word 'huck-a-back' before in a book, in relation to some kind of cotton cloth, but with not much idea of what it could be. I was probably too keen to get on with the plot to worry about details.
When I first looked at the design I thought it was longstitching of some kind (you can also see all the other goodies that were included in the box, a CD of piano music and a nail file tucked inside the cloth).
But just have a look at the reverse;
It5a case of 'now you see it, now you don't ' The stitches run under the weft threads of the aida fabric without breaking through to the back. Zoom in on the photographs to see what I mean. I shall study this new technique with interest.
I'm within sight of finishing stage 1 of my piece, and then need to create a final version of stage 2.
What have I done? I have just committed myself to producing an unknown quantity of book marks featuring olive leaves, in time for our World Day of Prayer services on the first Friday of March. Like in excess of 100. That means around six bookmarks a day through the whole of February if I make them individually. I'm giving it some thought. The service material we all use this year was prepared about 5 years ago by the Christian women of Gaza. It's odd, but not unusual, for the the services to somehow be very pertinent to the current world affairs.
There's bound to be a World Day of Prayer service somewhere near you if you want to be part of this very special movement.
I was a cross stitcher for many years and have never come across that technique. Clever Ang!
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm fascinated by it and need to have a go myself!
DeleteMy mother used to buy that huckaback cloth at Woolworths when I was a child, as a good way to introduce me to easy needlework. I think I made trimmed tea towels. World Day of Prayer - thanks for the date, and telling about the Gaza connection, which will be specially powerful this year. Good way to connect with women in my town that I usually meet in other contexts, as many of our different local denominations participate.
ReplyDeleteI've remembered I had a patterned huckaback tablecloth wich an aunt sewed when she was in hospital nearly 50 years ago. I must look and see if it is still there, and see if her daughter would like it. I hadn't thought about it in years.
DeleteLooks interesting and a nice finish. I have several cross stitch book marks from friends, which are very pretty.
ReplyDeleteIt's an unusual technique...if it can be sewn so that Nothing shows on the reverse that would save mounting it... hmmmm
DeleteIt's an unusual technique...if it can be sewn so that Nothing shows on the reverse that would save mounting it... hmmmm
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