My Dad's Old Shed

The Old Shed, as seen from the new. Well, actually it's not a new shed it's a newish green house. Built by my bother and my neice.

Humberston Allotments, June 2014. Sitting in the greenhouse looking out at the old shed. It got a bit more wonky in the process of fixing it on the picture. In real life it had fallen over completely and been pushed back up again. 

The fabric is mainly oddments, but The Shed is mixed silk from a saree, as is the bottom layer of the sky. For texture for trees I used shering of a dress I found in a skip. The stick on the left is from the Lime tree in front of our block of flats. 

I got rid of the old long building in the background and I added dandelions in the foreground. I'm sorry about that, they're dreadful to get rid of but my inner 8 year old won out in the end.

The grass was much more impressionist at first, but Dad wouldn't leave a lawn un-mowed so it all came out and I had even more fun doing it again.

Detail of the door

Inside the shed door

The original sketch

KDJ PHD MBE BMJ

KDJ detail

Stitches used :

The stitches

Fly and Straight Stitch

Oyster Stitch

Sailor Edging (alternating blanket and chain) with Upright Detatched Cross Stitch

Stem Stitch

Triangular Feather Stitch

Pekinese Stitch (I have seen neater, I don't know how that one got past me. I unpicked plenty of the others, sometimes several times)

Backstitch

Basque Stitch

Bullion Rose (shows how under the weather I was that day. I gave up and sewed on the other roses instead.) Discretion is the greater part of valour so they say and that seems to be extra true when it comes to bullion knots and me lol

Blanket Stitch

Buttonhole Stitch Cups

Cable Chain Stitch

Chain Stitch

Couched wool

Detatched chain, (Lazy Daisy)

Feather Stitch

Feathered Up And Down Stitch

Alternating Fly Stitches

French Knots

Herringbone Stitch

Sailors edge, Woven detached chain stitch

'Good Morning' TAST Stitch 57: Sailors edge
Stitch 58: Woven detached chain stitch

'Good Morning' 
Fancied sewing some cheerfulness :-) Got some Anchor threads cheap off internet so felt free to lay it on thick. Bit under the weather so allowed myself to use all 6 strands non separated and to use knots. Am pleased with the result. The leaves are just how I saw them in my head. The flower was going to be 3 flowers but it grew a laced basque stitch edge instead :-)

TAST Stitch 57: Beaded Sailors edge, bullion stitch, Stitch 58: Woven detached chain stitch, Whipped and Beaded Buttonhole Wheel, Laced Basque stitch,

Beaded Sailors edge, Woven detached chain stitch

Stitch 58: Woven detached chain stitch

 Whipped and Beaded Buttonhole Wheel,

 Laced Basque stitch,

bullion stitch

Lace Experiment

'Cauliflower'. § Learning curve - don't bite off more than you can chew.

Whipped Wheel, Buttonhole Stitch

'Card for Auntie F'

'Card for Auntie F'.
 TAST 11,Whipped Wheel ,  TAST 2, Buttonhole Stitch
Experimented with adding beads. Learning Curve :  Not sure about doing them random here. Also difficult to keep tight in. Can't use thick thread and small beads. Like them on the last row though.

Knotted Buttonhole Stitch

'Majesty'

Stitch 36: Knotted buttonhole , 'Majesty'. Double, beaded and looped. Circles, neatness. Got the idea for the colours from a picture on Pinterest, maybe a Persian tile. The rest is geometry. Rather pleased with this if I do say so myself ! :-)

Pistil Stitch

'Speedwell heart'

'Speedwell Heart', Stitch 34: Pistil stitch border. Enjoyed working the pistil stitch. Pleased with the effect, but not the best showcase for the stitch. Should have incorporated it in the flowers. The button and bead come off a necklace - been looking forward to using them. Needed the seed stitches in the flowers to give them some life.

Up and Down Buttonhole Stitch

'Gigot the Lamb'

* Stitch 26: Up and Down Buttonhole stitch, 'Gigot the Lamb'. Interesting the difference the different lighting makes - neither is really quite right. The grass is Up and Down Buttonhole Stitch too - bit more random. With  French Knots. Woolly coat cut from old Barbie coat. Finally managed a balanced butterfly with * Detatched Chain Stitch,  but a bit small, or pale ? I like the pale pastel colours, but could look a bit insipid - the sun leeches all the colour out of them. No scale on the grass hummocks - learning curve :-)

Half Chevron Stitch

'Jade Princess'.Stitch 18: Half Chevron  and overlapped and used as couching. Couched ribbon and ruffled ribbon. Beaded centre. Steep learning curve - working in circles, neatness, measuring out. Learning Curve : Message to self - use a compass, not just a ruler. Pleased with the colour effects though.

Crossed Buttonhole Stitch.

'Poppy and Wild Barley Study'

'Poppy and Wild Barley Study'. Wheatear Stitch again. Crossed Buttonhole Stitch again, freehand this time. Design - steep learning curve. Study based on walks on the digue river bank. Beginnings of remission making my senses very open to nature. First attempt at drawing from nature. Attempt at windblown wild barley looked like a failed attempt to Annik :-) Chain stitch border. First attempt at a border. Satisfying. Invented Life Ring Stitch for the poppies.

Crossed Buttonhole Stitch

 TAST 17. Crossed Buttonhole Stitch. Message to self - do geometric stitches on geometric fabric. I like the shaded layers of colour.

French Knot and Wheatear Stitch

'French knot Starfish'

 French knot Starfish. Attempt at drawing perspective. TAST week 15.

'Jar by Ruth'

Jar made for me by Ruth. Now full of beads.

Fern

Stitch 16: Wheatear stitch 'Fern'. Flower threads. Got comments for the violin heads. Finally making myself learn to use a hoop. First pic on my sampler piece using a lovely bit of linen given me by Bev my sister. Felt brave to do something on a big piece of material :-)

'Sea Picture'

Attempt at a sampler picture. Weed made with ribbon ruched, couched down cord, and bugle beads left overs of Ruth's. Such fun using this twinkly treasure.

'Shoal of Minnows'

Detatched Stitch 16: Wheatear stitch 'Shoal of Minnows'. Bugle beads present from Ruth. Made the mistake of using shiny thread - had to do mortal combat with it to get it to lie down. Got a mention on the Pintangle TAST 5 featured pieces !