Linda’s Butterfly
Linda H came all the way from Pennsylvania to work on the jacket this weekend. Here’s a pict
ure of Linda pointing out one of the motifs she worked, a butterfly.
Linda brought some of her needlework for show and tell, which was today. Here’s a picture of some of her stitching, which will be part of a beautiful needlework accessories book.
Linda was inadvertently part of a very rude awakening I had today. Wendy was showing her some of the frames, and pointing out what remains to be done. I had thought that the plain worms were stitched in ceylon stitch, like this
. Ceylon stitch period. Stop. Done.
So Wendy was saying, “and then the worms get this funny wrapping thing.” And I said, “The Fancy Worms.” And Wendy said, “No, the plain worms.” And she started telling Linda how the wrapping is done. And I said “The Fancy Worms. The plain worms are done.” And Wendy said, “NO. The Plain Worms.” “WHAT?” So apparently the plain worms are NOT DONE. They need 
wrapping, like this. And I am getting used to that idea.
A couple of updates – Robbin explained in the comments that Laura didn’t have a name tag yesterday so we gave her a spare. Her grandmother’s name is Irene so she picked that one.
I ran into the interpreter whose stays Lacey altered over the last couple of days, and she was all appreciation. Her stays fit so much better and she is much more comfortable. The only problem now is her waistcoat is too big! We can fix that – over her next weekend.
Tags: , , butterfly, ceylon stitch, interns, Lacey, Linda H, motifs, Pennsylvania, plain worms, show and tell, stays, Stitches, waistcoat
June 22nd, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Does “funny wrapping thing” mean “weaving of thread between the ’spokes’ of the thread and no more than that? That’s what it looks like …..
June 22nd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
“Funny wrapping” means it is different than other stitches we have done on the jacket parts as of this moment.
Tricia has spent time examining the various bits and it appears that there are three different types of worms or caterpillars.
We are now calling them; plain ones, worms with heads and Fancy. The worms that have been stitched thus far are the plain ones. Once their basic shape has been done using Ceylon stitch they are then further embellished by wrapping – this creates the “bumps”. The stitch an exampleis done in a similar to fashion to wrapped spiders and the thread color that is used is of high contrast to the caterpillar body; as cream ( Bisse) body and Black middle (Noir).
June 27th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Thankyou
July 8th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
[...] And a few butterflies. Maybe some honeysuckle buds or a pink split by a gusset. But not the worms. I bear them a grudge for not being what I thought they were. [...]