Monday, January 7, 2013

Triangular hardanger












Some stitchers might think that this is a very oddly shaped piece!  This is my own design and I made this piece specifically to fit a corner curio cabinet that we have. 

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Lacy edge hardanger

 
 
This is the most recent hardanger piece that I've done and it was finished probably 6-7 years ago.  I loved the lacy edge that I saw in a early 1900's pattern book - and it did have the instruction diagrams.  I had to study the diagrams and really focus, but I tried and got the edge to work out.  If I wanted to do the edge again, I'd have to study up again - but, hey, it worked out once.
 

My first hardanger

 
I believe that this was one of the first hardanger pieces that I ever did.  The basic pattern was in a beginning hardanger book and it was fairly easy to learn the stitches from the great diagrams that were shown.  This was a good learning piece.

White crochet

 
 
This is a little crochet piece that I did several years ago.  Sweet and easy.  I do like a portable little piece that can be worked on while football is on the TV or while I'm a passenger in the car.
 

Hardanger - football shaped

 
 
 
One of my favorite pieces that I've ever made - mostly because it has lavish embroidery and lots of wrapped bars.  I'm drawn to all hardanger with lots of embroidery and lots of wrapped bars, but those are the pieces that are the hardest to do!!!  I guess you get out of anything whatever effort you put into that thing.   
 
It's been quite a few years since I made this piece but I believe I actually followed a pattern that was in a book.

Cream hardanger





This little doily is cream color and has some drawn thread work.  I think that I modified a freebie pattern that was posted on nordicneedle.com and made it smaller.  This piece went fairly fast because there were few wrapped bars.