springlakeside.pdf

Spring Lakeside

By Connie McEvoy

This project was worked on a sewing

machine, and is aimed at improving beginner

to intermediate level, so some experience at

machine embroidery would be useful.

Materials Required:

Embroidery hoop and calico, cut enough on the

straight of the fabric to fit your hoop.

Acrylic paints: White, Blue and Red and

a small paintbrush.

Sylko machine threads: D127 Blue Violet, D462

Blue Pearl, 140 Lotus Blue, D349 Jubilee, 3 Light

Blue, D240 Peacock Green, D375 Dark Lime

Green, 202 Khaki, D466 Gay Yellow and D255

Blue Green.

Tracing paper and a Black pencil.

Dressmakers pins, masking tape and scissors.

Scrap piece of thin card 10cm x 15cm.

Paint palette or an old saucer.

Water erasable pen.

Lightbox: LB001.

Double sided tape: ADH13.

Card mounts: AP12U-68 Europa Ivory and

AP07U-29 Dark Blue.

with the blue to get a nice sky blue and colour

all the areas which are to be water and blue sky

with this mix, painting right up to the frame.

Leave a gap just above the horizon for the pink

sky as shown by the marks made on the frame.

Keep a little white paint aside for the clouds.

Add a dot of red to the remaining white and mix

to a light pink colour, paint the gap between the

sky and horizon with this allowing the edges to

merge naturally into the blue where they meet.

Lightly paint some clouds across the sky in

white. Discard the frame and leave the design

aside until completely dry.

Trace the design and border onto the tracing

paper using the black pencil. Place the tracing

onto a lightbox with the fabric centrally on top

so the tracing lines up with the painted area, the

light from behind will allow you to see the

design. Hold the paper and fabric together with

To Make The Card:

Draw an oblong 7.5cm x 9.5cm onto the spare

card and cut it out. This will leave a frame with

an aperture approximately 1cm larger all round

than the card mount (AP12U) aperture. Place the

frame over the diagram (next page) and mark the

horizon line onto each side of the frame. Make

another mark each side to show where the pink

sky meets the blue, this will be lower on the left

than the right side.

Lightly dampen the calico and place on a

clean surface ready to paint. Lay the hand cut

frame in the centre of the damp fabric. Use an

old saucer to mix paint on if you don’t have a

palette. I usually paint with my fingers, if you

are not comfortable with this, use a small paint-

brush instead. Start with small separate amounts

of blue, white and red paint. Mix enough white

pins and use masking tape to hold them onto the

surface of the lightbox.

Draw the design onto the painted calico using

a water erasable pen. The dotted lines show

where the aperture will fit, the dots show the

french knots, these are both for guidance only

and don’t need to be traced. Remove the tape,

pins and tracing from the fabric. You are now

ready to begin the embroidery, use the close up

picture for guidance as to where each type of

stitch is used as well as the colour. The stitching

will cover most, if not all of the pen lines.

Work the rocky areas first in zigzag stitch

using D127 blue violet for the darker rocks and

D462 blue pearl for the lighter ones. Work the

tree in zigzag stitch for the trunk and larger

branches and straight stitch for the finer branches

using 202 khaki.

The water is worked from side to side in

straight machine stitch using a mixture of four

colours and allowing the paint to show through

in places, this gives the lovely random effect and

needs a bit more explaining before you begin.

The overall shade of the water changes from

dark at the bottom to slightly lighter towards the

middle and top. This is achieved by changing

the mix of colours gradually as you work up (or

down) the design. These are not ‘hard and fast’

rules, as the effect should be random, but it may

help to use them as a guide and remember to

allow the blue paint to show through in places.

The colours used are 140 lotus blue, D349 jubilee,

3 light blue and D255 blue green.

Actual Size

Work the grasses and leaves in straight stitch

using D240 peacock green and D375 dark lime

green. The lower left corner should be completely

filled with grasses, those shown on the diagram

being just the outermost ones. Work the flowers

by hand as French knots using D466 gay yellow.

Check for any pen marks still showing and

remove them using a little water or the eraser if

your pen has one. Press the work on a folded

towel and cut off the excess fabric from around

the painted area.

Make a thread tassel if desired from colours

used in the project and stitch it onto the corner of

the work before mounting. Cut both outer panels

from the ivory card and trim the centre panel so

it fits neatly inside the blue card. Stick the ivory

panel behind the blue using double sided tape.

Place strips of double sided tape round the

back of the ivory aperture and making sure the

tassel goes through the aperture (if used), posi-

tion the work and press into place. Stick the card

closed using double sided tape.

Hello,

We hope you enjoy this free project. You may hand make copies of this project,

to give away or sell, as many times as you like. You may not use the pattern,

project, text or pictures for any other purpose nor make the project using

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