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Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 20

By Luzine Happel on 19. December 2023 / Advent Calendar, blog, embroideries, tips and tricks / Leave a comment

Advent Calendar 2023 – Nativity Scene
Joseph’s Robe

The sleeves of Joseph’s shirt only have very small areas. Therefore, no thread withdrawing is made, so Chain stitch boundaries can be omitted. When working with filling pattern 571 I noticed that the pattern could look quite attractive even if only the first half was embroidered. So I embroider the Cross stitches (coton à broder No. 20) in this way, but only without thread withdrawing.

The vest should have an openwork pattern. Because of the small area, thread withdrawing is made 2:1.

Some threads are also withdrawn in the area between the hairs. It would have been better to leave these areas without thread withdrawing.

Since I don’t want to weave the threads back in, the area is inevitably filled with filling pattern 147 from Openwork Needleweaving Patterns.

The skirt of the vest also gets a thread withdrawing of 2:1 and

Cable stitches (coton à broder No. 25). A marking thread is withdrawn for the other half of the vest so that the pattern can be worked at the same height later.

Filling pattern 147 from Openwork Needleweaving Patterns is embroidered into the shape.

For the sleeves and collar I want a dense, small Limet pattern, which I found in “Feather Dress” in Limerosen II .

The hat brim is embroidered with geschlossenem Fischgrätenstich (auch geschlossener Federstich genannt) closed herringbone stitch (also called closed feather stitch)??? (Who can help with right translation?) (coton à broder No. 16).

The shirt that looks out of the vest receives the same decoration.

At the end, the hat shape is withdrawn 2:1 and a Rose stitch pattern similar to filling pattern 543 – only with non-staggered rows of Rose stitches – is worked.

The seventh figure, Joseph, is now finished.

Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 17

By Luzine Happel on 16. December 2023 / Advent Calendar, blog, embroideries, tips and tricks / Leave a comment

Advent Calendar 2023 – Nativity Scene
Maria’s Robe (B)

I had actually chosen pattern 137 from Openwork Needleweaving Patterns, but then I had doubts whether it would match the Röserich pattern of the dress.

So I work with copies again and back the corresponding area with different patterns.

My choice is pattern 80 from Openwork Needleweaving Patterns.

The sleeve should have a small pattern that matches the Röserich. Rose stitches (coton à broder No. 25) are worked into the limet grid (3:1).

The outercoat is still missing. Since its surface is very narrow in some places, a thread withdrawing of 2:1 is used. The resulting grid is also embroidered with Rose stitches.

The other side of the outercoat remains unembroidered because of the very small areas.

Now all that’s left is the borders on the hem edges. They are decorated with witch Herringbone curved lines (coton à broder No. 16).
(Find further information about Curved Lines in my book Schwalm Curved Lines, Narrow Borders, and Ornamental Stitches)

Figure 5 – Maria – is now finished.

Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 16

By Luzine Happel on 15. December 2023 / Advent Calendar, blog, embroideries, tips and tricks / Leave a comment

Advent Calendar 2023 – Nativity Scene
Maria´s Robe

Maria’s cape is outlined with wide Stem stitches (coton à broder No. 16).

All other outlines are embroidered with Coral Knot stitches (coton à broder No. 16).

The dress should have Röserich as a surface filling pattern, as in my opinion this pattern adapts well to the shape of the skirt.
(Find further information about Röserich filling patterns in my book The most beautiful Röserich Filling Patterns)

Into the limet grid (leave 3, cut 1)

as usual, the Rose stitches are first embroidered (see filling pattern 472).

and then the pattern is completed.

Since the top of the dress is supposed to have the same pattern, but the area is very small, I use copies again to determine how I have to place the stitches so that the pattern remains recognizable.

The cape should have an openwork pattern.

The leave 2, cut 2 thread grid is first secured with Cable stitches (coton à broder No. 30).

Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 15

By Luzine Happel on 14. December 2023 / Advent Calendar, blog, tips and tricks / Leave a comment

Advent Calendar 2023 – Nativity Scene
Robe of the third Shepherd

For the coat of the third shepherd, simple thread withdrawing 4:2 is made in the vertical direction. Filling pattern 568 is embroidered with coton à broder No. 20.

Since I’m not sure if I will use the pattern in the sleeves horizontally,

or also run vertically, I made two copies of the figure. In one copy I cut out the sleeves

and deposit them on a trial basis with the pattern of the second copy.

In the end, I decide to orient the pattern vertically, but slightly offset from the existing pattern.

The dress is decorated with Chain stitches (coton à broder No. 16) to match the hat.

The collar is trimmed with Blanket stitches to match the stick pattern.

So the fourth figure – Shepherd 3 – is finished.

Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 14

By Luzine Happel on 13. December 2023 / Advent Calendar, blog, tips and tricks / Leave a comment

Advent Calendar 2023 – Nativity Scene
Stick of the third Shepherd

The third shepherd also holds a stick. This time it should be embroidered before the coat gets a filling pattern.

For this I choose Blanket stitches (coton à broder No. 16), because with these stitches one can trace the curve of the stick knob well.

The stitches are placed at a small distance so that more stitches can be placed between them from the opposite side.

However, in order to cover the ends of the thread withdrawing for the filling pattern, I have to work Chain stitches next to the Blanket stitches. This makes the stick look very wide at the end.

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