{"id":2098,"date":"2014-03-12T22:42:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T22:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=2098"},"modified":"2014-09-10T22:43:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T21:43:08","slug":"technique-broderie-suisse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/12\/technique-broderie-suisse\/","title":{"rendered":"A new technique; Broderie Suisse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2103\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6099.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2103\" alt=\"Bargain: embroidery hoops\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6099.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6099.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6099-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6099-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6099-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bargain: embroidery hoops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I recently bought a collection of embroidery hoops, \u00a32 for 5 at my local charity shop. I\u2019m making a collection, not that I do embroidery you understand, the idea was to use them to showcase some of my beautiful fabrics, the ones I can\u2019t bring myself to cut up, by using the hoops like picture frames and hanging them in groups on the wall of my studio.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2102\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2102\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6100.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2102\" alt=\"showcasing favourite fabrics\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6100.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6100.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6100-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6100-150x98.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6100-600x393.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2102\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">showcasing favourite fabrics<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>See this one with a piece of patterned silk which my mother gave me.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2101\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2101\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6102.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2101\" alt=\"everything I need\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6102.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6102.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6102-300x203.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6102-150x101.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6102-600x407.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">everything I need<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I also had two pieces of red and white gingham, which had been languishing under the lamp table beside the sofa since Christmas, it had been used to wrap small gifts and being an avid recycler I could not bring myself to throw it away.<\/p>\n<p>Then on Pinterest the other day I stumbled upon Broderie Suisse, (or chicken scratch) and thought\u2026.hmmm.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2100\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2100\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6107.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2100\" alt=\"first attempt\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6107.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6107.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6107-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6107-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6107-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">first attempt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Embroidery silk\u2026 no problem, I have a large tin full under the bed\u2026 backing, because the gingham is a bit flimsy\u2026 no problem, I have some old sheet which will do\u2026 embroidery hoop\u2026 what size? I have plenty in varying sizes. Working from the photographs I found on Pinterest, because most of the tutorials are not in English, I made this little heart shaped embroidery.<br \/>\nThen I began something more ambitious \u2026<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2099\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2099\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6140.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2099\" alt=\"lets try something on a bigger scale\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6140.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6140.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6140-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6140-150x119.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/1-IMG_6140-600x477.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">lets try something on a bigger scale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When it is complete, I think I will make it into a cushion, perhaps a hop pillow, or a sleep herbs pillow, with herbs cut from my own garden, and dried.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Then I began something more ambitious \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[63,11],"tags":[749,358,750,752,10,755,758,751,757,357,754,753,748,980,756],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2098"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2178,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098\/revisions\/2178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}