Another RSN Class

The second class I signed up for offered by the Royal School of Needlework was "Ayrshire Heart", again taught by Jenny Adin-Christie, our Tutor. Here is the kit, beautifully packaged with everything needed inside.

 Ah...the goodies inside to stitch up this wonderful project...bound, illustrated instruction booklet, special threads, lace threads, needles, bits of fabric....everything to embroider the heart. Of course we supplied our sit-upon-hoops, extra lighting and even magnification. And lots of patience and concentration!

The design was already silk-screened onto the fabric, along with some practice designs off to the side. And I needed the practice on the padded satin stitch!! These are not my best effort, but that's why it's so important to warm up on a separate piece of fabric (a doodle cloth) before working on the project itself, or, as in this case, on the side of the main design that will be cut away later on. You can see the wrapped hoop on the left side and eyelets on the bottom right in various stages of completion.

This was a three day class of intensive techniques, again all Whitework, some of which were already covered in "Whitework Button". But this class had so much more to it: beading, eyelets (all sizes, some with fabric cut away),  padded satin stitch, needle lace with really fine needlelace thread inside the eyelets, ladder stitch, buttonhole scallops, and more. It may be a while before I finish this exquisite Ayrshire Heart Satchet.....So much fun, so little time!