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April 8, 2022
Smøyg from Wendy's Quilts and More

 My Smøyg is finished and framed and hanging on the wall.  



The framer suggested that we put a hint of red in the framing, and I'm really happy that we did.


It's hard to get a good photo because it's more than a metre (or yard) long. But here's some close ups from before it was framed.




 




Smøyg is stitched up and down the fabric rather than across the fabric like most other forms of embroidery.  There's a lot of counting involved, and being off by one hole upsets the whole design.  



I bou ...

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added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 2 years ago. under embroidery , norwegian pattern darning , smoyg , vetty creations , yvette stanton
December 6, 2019
Smoyg (and the Peacock Party) from Wendy's Quilts and More

I've been busy preparing a couple of bumper recap blog posts about all the different things I've worked on this year.  I stumbled across some photos of my smoyg embroidery and thought I should give you an update.


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 ...

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added by Wendy @ Wendysquiltsandmore 4 years, 5 months ago. under embroidery , norwegian pattern darning , smoyg , vetty creations , yvette stanton
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