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Schwalm Band (17)

By Luzine Happel on 18. October 2024 / blog, embroideries / Leave a comment

Completion

After finishing the whitework, I print a crown that is not too high and is as wide as my border.

It is embroidered with 2 strands of the 6-ply stranded cotton from Anchor in color 888.
However, I will design the basket differently.

So far I have implemented all the main components of Schwalm whitework with my embroidery. These include on surface embroidery stems with forks and tendrils, rounded and pointed, divided and undivided leaves, Blanket stitch eyelets, small flowers and other vegetal elements as well as small hearts, on border stitches Eyelash stitches, Blanket stitch half-eyelets scallops, Blanket stitch scallops, 2short-2long, knife points and Blanket stitches as well as all three different withdrawn thread patterns (simple, Limet and openwork), some fillings without thread withdrawing from the area of early Schwalm whitework and a needle lace filling. All that’s missing is a needle-weaving hemstitch and a needle lace border to immortalize the complete range of possibilities on one workpiece.

Unfortunately, the basket area of the crown is too small for a nice needle-weaving hem. That’s why I use the Peahole hemstitch (coton à broder No. 30).

Year and name abbreviation added,

then the piece can be hemmed. Since I also want to use the band hanging on the wall, I decide on tunnel hems at the top and bottom. The hem should be 2.5 cm wide and have a 1 cm fold. The long sides are attached first. It is important to make sure that you make the fold on the narrow sides before placing the hem on the long sides.

This is the only way the tunnel entrance can look neat and tidy.

Sewing the hem corners through the many layers of fabric is a bit tedious, but with a little patience you can do it.

I quickly look for a free area for noting down the needed hours and then I view the entire embroidery again.

I decide to fill the basket handles after all, withdraw a Limet grid 3:1 and embroider the areas with Diagonal Cross stitches (coton à broder No. 20). Make sure to work the stitches from bottom to top on one side of the basket and from top to bottom on the opposite side in order to get a mirror image of the pattern.

I also don’t like the area with the 3 flowers.

Therefore, I decide to fill the petals of another flower with Satin stitches (2 strands of 6-ply stranded cotton ). The third flower should not be processed further so that the different design options can be kept in mind for the future.

And then into the cooking pot – with enough water and a little washing powder.

Soon all the dirt is pulled out of the old linen and a dark broth forms.

After a long soaking time and a short boil, I leave the piece in the cooling water for a while, then rinse it thoroughly and lay it between terry towels to dry.
While still slightly damp, first carefully iron the hem from the right and then the entire area from the left.

The result will be shown in a final blog post on this topic.

Schwalm Band (16)

By Luzine Happel on 11. October 2024 / blog, embroideries / Leave a comment

Filling Patterns of Section 1 II

The small tulips receive a simple horizontal thread withdrawing 3:1.

The area is embroidered with Honeycomb Darning stitches (coton à broder No. 20).

The circle receives a Limet thread withdrawing 3:1.

The area is embroidered with Röserich No. 453 in variant A2 (The most beautiful Röserich Filling Patterns, page 8).

This pattern only develops its special effect after washing.

The birds’ bellies receive markings that match their shape and are approximately the same distance apart.

Then Raised Band Stem stitch b (Early Schwalm whitework, page 58) is worked using coton à broder No. 20.

The wings receive a simple vertical thread withdrawing 3:1. The area is embroidered with Wave stitches (coton à broder No. 20).

This means that the last section has also received its filling patterns.

Before the big finale with many beautiful pictures of the finished, magnificent embroidery, there will come a blog post describing the final work.

Schwalm Band (15)

By Luzine Happel on 4. October 2024 / blog, embroideries / 2 Comments

Filling Patterns of Section 1 II

The areas of the trefoil are relatively small. Therefore the middle receives a thread withdrawing of 2:1

and a Rose stitch pattern (coton à broder No. 30).

The sides are too tiny for withdrawing thread patterns. A large Daisy stitch on each side – except for the tip, overlaid at two other points so that it holds its shape –

and a smaller Daisy stitch placed in it forms the decoration (coton à broder No. 20).

The little heart receives a thread withdrawing 3:1

and the Limet pattern “Pigtails” (coton à broder No. 25) (Limetrosen I, page 14).

The small tulip receives a thread withdrawing of 2:1.

Filling pattern No. 549 is embroidered with coton à broder No. 25.

The wing of the very large bird receives a thread withdrawing of 3:1.

With coton à broder No. 20 is a strip of the filling pattern No. 578, framed by a row of Stain stitches. The remaining area is filled with Four-Sided stitches.

The bird’s belly should be embroidered with Four-Sided stitches to match the wing. To do this, the thread is withdrawn 3:1 to the edge of the neck.

Four-Sided stitches are embroidered in the Limet grid (coton à broder No. 20). A Satin stitch bar is placed between the head and body as a finish (coton à broder No. 20).

The bleeding heart receives a thread withdrawing 3:1.

With coton à broder No. 20 filling pattern No. 577 is embroidered.

This means that Section 1 II also received its filling patterns. There is only one more section left to be mastered. As always, all patterns look more striking after washing.

Schwalm Whitework Currently

By Luzine Happel on 27. September 2024 / blog / 2 Comments

Many of the current blog posts are not very interesting for my foreign readers. I’m sorry for that. But I would like to document that interest in it is increasing following the inclusion of Schwalm whitework in the Nationwide Register of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Some print media also focus on this needlework technique.

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This is how the course leader Monika Wegener, who teaches at the Family Education Center in Kassel, became

presented twice in the press in detailed reports – once in the local newspaper

and then in an article in “Mein Kassel” in the edition “Heimat”.

This brought interested people who wanted to “get a taste of it” as well as new course participants. There was also demand for compact or weekend courses. It remains to be seen whether enough participants can be found.

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In a completely different region of Germany, the Swabian region Binsdorf, was made aware of Heike Götz’s work.

Because of the article, she received an invitation to the ancient farmers’ and crafts market in Unlingen-Möhringen. She took the opportunity to show and explain Schwalm whitework to a wide audience. It is a good way to advertise Schwalm whitework at events that are attended by many people.

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The autumn course by Marion Weber begins on October 12th in 64853 Otzberg-Lengfeld.

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On Saturday and Sunday, October 26th and 27th, 2024, an exhibition and sale will take place in Guxhagen under the direction of Christa Waldmann: “Hessian whitework in the Schwalm style”.
Every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m
Ehemalige Synagoge Lilli-Jahn-Platz 1, 34302 Guxhagen

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Margarete Grandjot will be at the European Arts and Crafts Days ETAK on the first weekend of April 2025with a focus on Schwalm whitework.

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Here I would also like to take the opportunity to point out the Handwerkbeurs in Groningen/Netherlands, which takes place from November 14th to 16th. I haven’t found whitework there yet, but I have found many other interesting offerings.

Schwalm Band (14)

By Luzine Happel on 20. September 2024 / blog, embroideries / Leave a comment

Filling Patterns of Section 2 I

Since I accidentally showed the daisy in the previous blog post and the small buds were transformed into leaves in the outline drawing, only the large tulip remains from this section.

Thread withdrawing is made 3:1.

A pattern similar to filling pattern No. 569 is embroidered with coton à broder No. 20, but here not as openwork, but as Limet pattern. As such, I like it even better.