I started this piece back in March 2019 - you can read all the background in that first post here.
I made a fair amount of progress and I took it show the designer, Yvette Stanton, at the QuiltNSW Sydney Quilt Show in June 2019.
Unfortunately I haven't done any more on it since then and I now know why. I studied Yvette's beautiful example on her stand at the quilt show, and saw that her version of the block I was currently stitching is quite different to mine. Yvette had used the laying tool and separated each of the strands in the silk thread to get a very different result.
There was no way I was going to unpick all I'd done on that block, so I told myself I was fine with my version. But perhaps I wasn't! That's probably why I stopped working on it.
Anyway, time has passed, and I've accepted that Yvette is the designer, author and teacher, so her work has to be perfect. I'm just a mere student and if I'm happy with my version, it will be fine.
So, I'm going to be a rebel and start a new block tonight. Using new colours is always exciting, and getting back to the wool threads will avoid thinking about the silk threads. I do love this Norwegian pattern darning type of stitching, but you do have to be 100% accurate because errors show up really easily.
I know that people in other parts of Europe have different names for this technique, but I'm calling it Smoyg because I trust Yvette's research and I'm working from her book.
5 comments:
I think your smoyg work looks lovely! No one is going to even notice you did a section differently. I've never even heard of a laying tool. You're going to have a beautiful table runner when you're finished. Happy Stitching!
It's easy to get discouraged when you think you've made a mistake or your work doesn't measure up. But what you have done looks beautiful.
I love it - I think my daughter would love that embroidery too she does a lot of cross stitch I must mention this type to her
Unless you are going to provide a copy of the pattern and a magnifying glass to each person who looks at your gorgeous work and invite them to check them, I really don't see anyone even knowing yours isn't exactly like the designer's!! What you have done is gorgeous and I couldn't see a difference between your work and the picture you have below it!!
You certainly find the most intricate things to work on! This is amazing and I admire you for choosing to work on this during the busy pre-Christmas season. I've been so busy that I haven't had time to write a blog post this week! Hope to change that soon. Thanks for being so reliable about blogging, and hosting the Peacock Party.
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