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Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 22

By Luzine Happel on 21. December 2023 / Advent Calendar, blog, embroideries, tips and tricks / Leave a comment

Advent Calendar 2023 – Nativity Scene
Robe of the second Wise Man

The second wise man is to receive a subtly patterned shirt. For this purpose, simple vertical thread withdrawing 3:1 is made.

Honeycomb Darning stitches are embroidered from the back between the withdrawn threads (coton à broder No. 16).

The cape should have a distinctive pattern. The Limet grid is withdrawn 4:1.

Filling pattern 571 is embroidered in two steps (coton à broder No. 20).

The cuffs of the trousers are embroidered with Satin stitch bars (coton à broder No. 20).

The trousers have a large surface area that offers space for a distinct filling pattern. I decided on a slight modification of filling pattern 448 (coton à broder No. 20). The dividing seam is subsequently attached with wrapped Chain stitches and additional Chain stitches.

The shirt sleeves are given a Honeycomb Darning stitch pattern.

Especially when illuminated at the back, this pattern harmonizes with the back Honeycomb Darning stitches of the shirt.

With the wise man 2, the second-to-last figure is embroidered.

Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 21

By Luzine Happel on 20. December 2023 / Advent Calendar, blog, embroideries, tips and tricks / Leave a comment

Advent Calendar 2023 – Nativity Scene
Robe of the first Wise Man

The robe of the first Wise Man is relatively easy to embroider, because he wears a simple, one-piece coat, which is supposed to achieve its effect through a magnificent filling pattern.

In order not to have to interrupt the difficult-to-embroider pattern too often, only the outer outlines are embroidered with Coral Knot and Chain stitches.

Thread withdrawing 2:1 is made over the entire shape of the coat.
With coton à broder No. 20 double crosses (Openwork Pattern Samplers, p. 77)

are embroidered in two steps.

At the end, the drapery is set with wrapped Chain stitches (coton à broder No. 16).

The cuffs are filled with Satin stitches (coton à broder No. 16)

and with the wise man 1 the eighth figure is already finished.

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).

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Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 22

Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 21

Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 20

Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 17

Advent Calendar 2023 – No. 16

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