Comments on: A new project – Trevelyon Cap Course from With Threaded Needle https://hillviewembroidery.com/trevelyon_cap_course/ Teaching and Learning One Stitch at a Time Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:32:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 By: Francesca https://hillviewembroidery.com/trevelyon_cap_course/#comment-36 Wed, 20 Jan 2016 10:32:09 +0000 https://hillviewembroidery.com/?p=76#comment-36 Alway glad to try to help, feel free to ask if you should need in the future. Enjoy the journey with your project, it will surely be a wonderful experience !

]]> By: Catherine https://hillviewembroidery.com/trevelyon_cap_course/#comment-33 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:55:09 +0000 https://hillviewembroidery.com/?p=76#comment-33 In reply to Francesca.

Thanks Francesa for such thoughtful and useful comments. I wanted to use a linen, and this was one that I had readily available – in the future I will definitely think about the possibility of a more suitable fabric or weave. You are correct – I am using Soie d’Alger, which I really love, but it is a medium sized thread, so maybe in the future I need to consider other options. I’m reasonably happy with the result so far, and am using it as a real, overall learning experience – thank you for sharing and helping me learn and improve!

]]> By: Francesca https://hillviewembroidery.com/trevelyon_cap_course/#comment-32 Tue, 19 Jan 2016 18:03:30 +0000 https://hillviewembroidery.com/?p=76#comment-32 Hi Catherine,
it’s nice to see how enthusiastic you are on your new project, who isn’t ? Your stiching is good but there is a concept that I will try to explain…when a new project is started, there is a DEEP and fundamental relation between the materials one is going to use that is very important to consider and that will put the basis for a good final result.
The choice of threads should be related to the size of the pattern and the fabric used will also be related to the size of threads. The beautiful linen Twill you are using is generally related to Crewel wool so in your case you maybe have made your life harder, that’s why you see the right side of your petal a bit different because the direcion of the fabric is slanted right to left.
Silk threads sits better on a smoother linen fabric ( or heavy silk fabric like Duchesse) that, if the stitching is dense, should have a good weight and a dense weaving. Also silk threads should be a fine kind if the pattern has small elements that are going to be filled in more than one colour; seems me you are using Soie d’Alger which is a medium size silk, there are finer kinds that will make the blending of the silk shading easier specially on small elements.
Hope this helps,
Francesca

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