$ 48.75
This is the 2023 Christmas Ornament kit in limited release. 75 kits are available for the project, including just the right amounts of the silks, spangles, beads and trim to work one ornament. The instructions for the 4" diameter ornament with sampler stitches are available for free on the teaching site for download. If you like buying ala carte, the spangles and trim are also currently available in the shop.
The kit includes 40 ct Picadill White Linen, soie paris silks, five types of shaped spangles, beads, a needle and the gilt bullion/check cord or 9 OR gilt bullion/silver check No 6 needed for finishing. Not included are fabric backing and card stock/felt for building the ornament.
$ 53.00
This project was inspired by the pincushion in the Martha Edlin casket using a different pattern but a similar color scheme. A small piece, 2" x 2.5", it is worked on 24-count Rain Barrel with Soie Paris threads. A piece of wonderful real silk velvet is included for the backing. A perfect quick project as it requires very little counting and is large scale!
$ 7.00 - $ 35.00
At least a half dozen embroidered cabinets are known to have small posies inside built out of silk braids and wire. The lacet braids are whip-stitched together at their edges in patterns to make petals while wires are wrapped with silk floss to make stems that can be attached to the braid petals. My reproduction lacets are made just for this purpose and come in many colors.
Try these instructions to make your own pansy to place in a drawer of your casket - or use the instruction to inspire you to make a whole bouquet of flowers to display in a small bud vase.
Something to keep the lacet braid from raveling is useful. You can use fray check or Japanese rice glue. You can buy a tube from the pull down menu.
$ 7.00 - $ 25.00
Make a set of these 2.5" long gloves by whip-stitching lacet braid along the edge to itself. They were inspired by a set that were found in the Martha Edlin Casket at the V&A. Many caskets had small projects in them that the girls made, perhaps as starter projects.
This kit contains the lacet braid, soie paris threads, gold thread, needle and contact paper and muslin needed. The instructions are available here for free.
It is helpful to have something to protect the ends from fraying while working. Fray check or Japanese rice glue works well. You can buy Japanese rice glue from the pull down menu.
$ 19.00
Family register samplers became popular on the East Coast during the last part of the 18th century into the early 19th century. Ittenerant painters traveled up and down the coast, drawing family trees for hire. One artist had his paintings replicated in needlework by a unknown school in the Middlesex region of Massachusetts. The majority of the known samplers of this style were made by girls from Lexington or Watertown.
This needlework nibble is in support of the new tree samplers acquired in 2014 by the Lexington Historical Society that are in need of conservation. $5 of each kit sale will go to the conservation effort.
The kit contains the finishing materials including check silk, ultra suede, ribbons, and doctors cloth. A limited number have the mother-of-pearl buttons or you can use your own.
The instructions for the sampler are not in the kit but are available online.
$ 25.00
A new needlework nibble!
This is a super simple ornament that uses couched 1/8 Tresse de Sofie (choose either gold or silver) to make the calligraphy design in minutes. Then spend a little longer making the creative edging to the ornament with applied silk facette - using its wire as an advantage to make shapes off the ornament. I finished it with some purls and check to give a heavier Renaissance-inspired edge. This is the first in a series of ornaments taking advantage of many of the passementerie threads and what they can do as the edging of simple ornaments.
Choose either gold or silver! If you like red instead, order the materials for that version separately too.
The instructions are for free download on the teaching site: https://thistle-threads.thinkific.com. Make a free account and download.
Kit Includes: Linen, Silk Backing, Noir Soie Paris, Noir Silk Facette Gimp, Noir Silk Wrapped Purl, 1/8 Tresse de Soie (either gold or silver), and Gilt Special Diamond Check or Silver Check #6
$ 10.00 - $ 360.00
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