Shirley Bourkes Craft

"Bottoms Up"  embroidery is from Ribbon Embroidery and Stumpwork by Di van Niekerk.  It is a great book that has 4 different silk embroideries to do.    

The lambs are candlewicked using Cascade House embroidery wool.

Rico traced runned using stranded threads.

Silk print...Colour Stream, Cascade House, Maytime and Madeirs  silk threads were used.

This was a Bucilla kit but we changed the stitching.  Silk ribon flowers and stump work swans werre included.

Hardanger stitched on  28 count blend using Wildfrowers and Pearl No. 12 thread.

Teddy Bear embroidery with Glory, Iris and Lola.

Beginners hardanger on 22 count Sulta using Pearl No. 5 & 8 threads.  These are needle cases.

Hardanger pattern taken from Vaughnies Visions II. Stitch on 25 count cloth using No. 8 Pearl.

Brizilian embroidery stitched on Trigger Cloth using Iris, Glory and Lola.  Pattern from Cross Stitch & Emb. Book.