The cherry blossoms on my piece are worked in long and short stitch. Kusano-sensei indicated that she would like me to stitch one of these petals first. Did she know how I have struggled with this technique? Once I had transferred the design to the fabric and twisted some silks, Ishii-san demonstrated how to do the first row of long and short stitch. She began in the centre of the petal and stitched to towards the right. When she stitched the right hand section, she invited me to stitch the left hand section of the same petal.
When I had completed the left had section, Watakabe-san demonstrated how to stitch the next rows in long and short stitch. Again, she began at the centre and stitched the right hand section then invited me to stitch the left had section.
When that was done, Kusano-sensei demonstrated how to stitch the last rows of long and short stitch and again she stitched the right hand section leaving me to complete the left had section.
© Shizuka Kusano/Carol-Anne Conway
As a result I have a very special reminder of the class (as if I needed one) - one petal stitched by Kusano-sensei, Watakabe-san, Ishii-san and myself.
Happy Stitching
4 comments:
That is so cool.
I'm sure you will think of your 3 teachers every time you look at that petal. I am working on a piece started by a friend who I don't see very often. I think of her every time I sit down to sew.
A Very Special Petal Indeed! And watching three different teachers has got to be better than just one!
wow that is so cool.loved the simplicity of it.
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