Follow-on machine embroidery

Well since I have withdrawn the photos of the Pfaff embroidery here are a couple of pieces I did a while ago which shows what can be done in free machining.
I traced my design onto a silk background and then with much changing of threads and alterations of tensions during the work I filled it with solid stitching - which is why the 6 or 7 embroideries I did on the machine were only 9 x 7 cms. As I described before I find machining enjoyable but very bad for back & neck muscles!

Voilà 2 morceaux en piqué libre que j'ai fait il y a quelques temps. Je les montre car je sais qu'il y a des brodeuses qui veulent voir un tel travail. Elles mèsurent toutes les deux 9x7 cms - trop grande et mon corps souffre pendant le travail!

Pfaff embroidery challenge

VERY SORRY BUT HAD TO WITHDRAW THE PHOTOS HAVING RE-READ THE RULES OF THE PFAFF.
DÉSOLÉ MAIS JE NE DOIS PAS PUBLIER LES PHOTOS SELON LES RÉGLES DE PFAFF

Well here is the finished embroidery which is difficult to photograph showing sufficient detail. The whole of the top area was machined freely in straight stitch using green overlayed with yellow incorporating the buttercups which had the effect of changing their look . I then used the zigzag freely to create all the golden buttercups on top of this machining spacing them out more as I went down the field.
I hand embroidered the stems and added some lovely gold thread here and there which I'm afraid simply doesn't show here. I'm quite pleased with it.

Hope you all had a good Easter - see you soon!

Voilà la broderie pour le Pfaff challenge. La partie en haut est librement brodée à la machine à coudre, d'abord en vert superposé avec jaune en traversant touts les boutons d'or. Ensuite j'ai utilisé le point zigzag afin d'ajouter beaucoup de petits boutons d'or. Les tiges j'ai brodée à la main et les points finals était la placement de fil d'or (on le voit pas dans la photo) ici et là.

J'espère que vous avez passé une bonne fête de Paques - à bientôt!

pfaff broderie, beau temps

Am making progress with the pfaff embroidery. I don't know how anyone can embroider only with the machine. I have to leave it after about half an hour of work with aching shoulders, a crick in my neck and somewhat boss-eyed from the long concentration. Hand embroidery is so calm! But I think the end result will be worth it - well I hope so as I ain't doing another!
Anyway here are a couple of pics of it before machining began.

Gorgeous weather at the moment. We have redstarts building nests all over the place - one right outside the kitchen door so I hope Bello our cat doesn't get them.

Je fait le progres de ma broderie pour le pfaff challenge - mais le piqué libre me beaucoup fatigue! Il me faut changer ma place après 30 minutes de travail - mes pauvres épaules, le cou et mes yeux qui sait plus quel direction aller!

Quel beau temps à ce moment. Des rouges queue bâtent leurs nids partout et j'espère que notre chat Bello ne fait pas des betises avec eux.

rien en particulier

It's a fairly quiet time right now and I'm composing a landscape for the Pfaff embroidery challenge. I'm applying painted vliesofix to the background with cut materials and threads attached before I tackle the free machine embroidery - the most important part as far as Pfaff are concerned. I'll do some try -outs first.

Just had my son & partner with new daughter Eva (remember my post re her birth)? to stay for a few days so here she is again. She's such a sweet natured baby, so adorable. I'm missing her already since they left on Monday.
C'est un périod calme donc je travail sur le paysage pour le Pfaff challenge. Sur le fond j'utilise le vliesofix peint sur lequel j'ajoute des fils et des morceaux de tissus coupés avant que je commence le piqué libre - le plus important travail pour Pfaff. Mon fils et sa compagnon et Eva viennent de passer quelques jours chez nous. Eva est adorable avec un temperament très calme. Elle me manque déjà depuis lundi.