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Embellished Silk Treasures: class/tutorial

Embellished Silk Treasures: 3 lessons/$30.00

In this class you will take a two silk painter’s hankies and turn them into a work of art! The hankies will be split, sandwiched, then machine stitched into a framed silk canvas base. This silken canvas will be embellished with a Painter’s Potpourri Pack full of threads, cocoons, a silk carrier rod and assorted threads. But the embellishments do not stop there! You will make your own beads and button shapes; and cut the pelmet Vilene into strips. These components will then be embroidered to the silk canvas with silk buttonhole twist. Directions will also be given to make silk ribbon pods and additional fabric beads. A few simple embroidered and beaded stitches will add that final touch, turning this unusual group of materials into a one of a kind Embellished Silk Treasure.

Skill Level Intermediate: sewing machine and embroidery knowledge needed

Lesson 1: In this class you will take the silk hankies and create a canvas with a backing material and lots of machine stitching. One hanky will form the center of the canvas, and another will form the frame. Paint and the dyed yarns from the Painter’s Potpourri pack will be used to further embellish the surface of the canvas.

Lesson 2: In this class you will cut the pelmet Vilene into strips or shapes; and make button rounds and fabric beads from the machine stitched hankies. Other embellishment options will be discussed along with the design of these components. Silk ribbon pods, with thread embellished beads and cocoons will help to complete the design.

Lesson 3: In this class you will learn the embroidery stitches which include: straight, herringbone, Cretan, and colonial knot. These are used to attach the design components to the canvas. A few simple beaded stitches such as single, double, detail bead and long loops will be added to finish the design. Suggestions for backing the canvas will also be included.

Class Information

These classes can be purchased at any time, there is no set schedule.The class can be ordered by contacting Christen: thestoreonthecorner@gmail.com. She will send you an invoice through PayPal.

Once the class is paid for, the supply list will be sent out. The lessons will begin one week after the purchase of the class, unless otherwise stated. You will receive an email with the lesson attached. The following lesson/s will arrive one week after the previous lesson.

A high speed internet connection is recommended, and you must have basic computer and internet skills. You will need to be able know how to download and save a document to your computer’s hard drive, open it and print out a copy.

You can contact Christen with any questions pertaining to the class/class information throughout the length of the class.

Class fees will not be refunded.

Happy Stitching,

~Christen

Embellished Silk Treasures

Apr8

Embellished Silk Treasures is a wall hanging made from two different Silk Painter’s Hankies, 1 package of Painter’s Potpourri Thread Embellishment Packs. The base is made from split silk cocoons, which were adhered to Lutrador, then machine embellished with gold threads. This was then embellished further with bits of painted vilene, fabric circles, fiber beads, and ribbon pods. A few embroidery and beading stitches enhance the components.

Happy Stitching~ Christen

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Wall Hangings

Small Wall Hangings

Happy Stitching to You! Enjoy~Christen

PDF Class Lessons

I have been teaching, encouraging and inspiring students to reach their creative potential for over 30 years. I have a wide range of classes, covering many forms of embroidery, ribbonwork, beading, and fiber art.

The classes that I offer below can be held at your own pace. Each class has a printable PDF handout, that you download. The class instructions are written with photographed step-by-step instructions. Please note there are suggested skill levels for each class, with any additional skills needed.

3 Hours of Flowers: 1 lesson/$25.00
- Skill Level Beginning: hand sewing and ribbonwork knowledge needed
A Crazy Lady’s Guide to Piecing: 3 lessons/ $38.00
- Skill Level Beginning: sewing machine knowledge needed
All That Glitters: 2 lessons/$25.00
- Skill Level Beginning: sewing machine knowledge needed
Beadazzled Somemore Purse: 4 lessons/ $45.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: sewing machine and beading knowledge needed
Beadoodlery: 2 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Beginning/Intermediate: some hand sewing and beading knowledge needed
Chantilly Lady’s Lace Cuff: 4 lessons/$42.00
- Skill Level Advanced: sewing machine, embroidery, ribbonwork and crochet knowledge needed
Color Me Happy: 2 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Beginning
Corsages to Dye for I: 3 lessons/$38.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: hand sewing and ribbonwork knowledge helpful
Corsages to Dye for II: 3 lessons/$38.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: hand sewing and ribbonwork knowledge helpful
Country Cottage Tussy Mussy: 2 lessons/$27.00
- Skill Level Beginning: some hand sewing and embroidery skills needed
Creative Thread Embroidery: 3 lessons/$40.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: sewing machine and embroidery knowledge needed
Dyeing to be Beautiful: 3 lessons/$40.00
- Skill Level Beginning
Embellished Silk Treasures: 3 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: sewing machine and embroidery knowledge needed
Embroidered From the Heart: 2 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Beginning: embroidery knowledge helpful
Fabulucious Felt Florals: 2 lessons/$25.00
- Skill Level Beginning: sewing machine knowledge needed
Flora Dora and Daisy Chain RAW Bracelets: 3 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: beading knowledge needed
Garden at Versailles Bracelet: 2 lessons/$25.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: embroidery and beading knowledge helpful
Gathering Autumn’s Harvest: 2 lessons/$20.00
- Skill Level Beginning: sewing machine and some embroidery knowledge needed
Gingerbread Details and Decorative Trims: 2 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Beginning/Intermediate: hand sewing and ribbonwork knowledge helpful.
Jardin de Grandmere: 2 lessons/$20.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: beading knowledge needed
Kelp Scarf: 2 lessons/$25.00
- Skill Level Beginning: sewing machine knowledge needed
Lace in Bloom: 2 lessons/$25.00
- Skill Level Beginning/Intermediate: some machine and hand-sewing knowledge helpful
Log Cabin Heart Etui and Pincushion: 3 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: sewing machine and some embroidery knowledge needed
Madelaine’s Choker: 2 Lessons/$25.00
- Skill Level Intermediate/Advanced: right angle weave and beading knowledge needed.
Magic Web: 2 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: sewing machine and some embroidery knowledge needed
Melange a Trois: 3 lessons/$32.00
- Skill Level Beginning: sewing machine knowledge
New Fangled Dangle: 2 lessons/$25.00
- Skill Level Beginner/Intermediate: beading knowledge will be helpful.
Ocean Rivers: 4 lessons/ $45.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: beading knowledge needed
Oliver the Owl: 3 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: hand sewing and embroidery knowledge needed
Perky Pincushion: 1 lesson/$10.00
- Skill Level Beginning: hand sewing and embroidery knowledge helpful
Phat Matt and Friends: 2 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Beginning: hand sewing and embroidery knowledge helpful
Ribbon Embroidered Brooch: 1 lesson/$25.00
- Skill Level Beginning: hand sewing and embroidery knowledge helpful
Scarves to Dye For: 2 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Beginning/Intermediate: hand sewing and ribbonwork knowledge helpful
Scrumptious Hearts: 3 lessons/$38.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: hand sewing, embroidery and ribbonwork knowledge needed
Scrumptious Scraps: 5 lessons/$60.00
- Skill Level Advanced: sewing machine, hand sewing, embroidery and ribbonwork knowledge needed
Talisman Dangles (earrings): 1 lesson/$15.00
- Skill Level Beginning: some beading skills helpful
Tandletons: 2 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: hand sewing, embroidery and beading knowledge helpful
Tandleton Rose Bracelet: 2 lessons/$24.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: hand sewing, embroidery and beading knowledge helpful
Tidbits and Tats: 1 lesson/$30.00
- Skill Level Beginning: hand sewing and embroidery knowledge helpful
Treated and Textured Reticule: 3 lessons/$38.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: sewing machine, embroidery and beading knowledge needed.
Vintage at Heart: 1 lesson/ $25.00
- Skill Level Beginning: hand sewing and embroidery knowledge helpful
Zembroodlery: 3 lessons/$30.00
- Skill Level Intermediate: Beginning/Intermediate: some hand sewing needed; minimal beading knowledge helpful.

Class Information

These classes can be purchased at any time, there is no set schedule. The class can be ordered by contacting Christen: thestoreonthecorner@gmail.com. She will send you an invoice through PayPal.

You can contact Christen with any questions pertaining to the class/class information throughout the length of the class.

Class fees will not be refunded.

Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments: thestoreonthecorner@gmail.com

Happy Stitching~Christen

View From The Red Planet….

May5

I found time to clean up the work room, and came across several small projects that have been waiting to be completed. So I hope to dedicate the next few months to completing some of these.

This is the first project, made from left-overs bits of this and that from a class that I teach, “Embellished Silk Treasures”.

The base is made from split silk cocoons, which were adhered to Lutrador, then machine embellished with gold threads. This was then embellished further with bits of painted vilene, fabric circles. A few embroidery and beading stitches enhance the components.

Happy Stitching to all! ~Christen

National Button Day, November 16, 2022

Nov16

I LOVE buttons!!! As a kid my mom kept a wooden cigar box in the sewing cupboard, it was full of buttons and all manner of treasures! When we were sick, or sometimes just bored she would pull out the box and let us play with them. At first I just loved the sound that the buttons made when they fell on the table, then I loved just looking at the colors, then I started imagining what I would do with them all. I learned a lot about color, shapes and sizes by playing and arranging these little treasures on the rug in the living room. My mom in her quiet wisdom allowed us to explore, and to create our own self-taught course on design.

What button box, stash or hoard does not include mother-of-pearl buttons? Here are two pins that I have made for a project that is included in my new book, Creative Embroidery, Mixing the Old with the New. The last image shows you a shell that the button blanks were cut from, and a collection of buttons.

Every discerning collector has a favorite material or type of button that they collect. I happen to love all of them!

Santa Fe Talisman starts with a base of velvet ribbon. I used abalone shell, brown muscle shell, jade and turquoise buttons. Additional components are glass seed and larger beads, shell and freshwater pearls.
Cobble Stone Collar is entirely worked in a beaded stitch. The Tahiti and brown muscle shell buttons, and fresh water pearls were stitched on after the piece was stitched.
Umbrian Vintage starts with a base of two silk rouleau cords, with the buttons and beads worked between them. I used metal, celluloid, and glass buttons as the focal points, with glass seed and larger beads for embellishments.

Buttons are easy to stitch in place with threads or beads, and therefor are not damaged in anyway. This way the beauty of the button can be appreciated, and the history preserved.

Deco Plumeria started with a grosgrain ribbon base, with hand-stitched ribbonwork flowers and leaves. I embellished these with a collection of celluloid buttons and glass beads.
Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride started with a velvet ribbon base. I used black glass buttons, metal buttons, and a few novelty buttons. The embellishments include vintage glass beads, seed beads and larger glass beads.
Woodland Roses also started with a velvet ribbon base. I used carved Bakelite roses for the focal points, and surrounded them with a collection of tagua nut and celluloid buttons.

If you want to know more about buttons, check out Piecework Magazine July/August 2013, for an article that I wrote called My Button Box. And in my new book, Creative Embroidery, Mixing the Old with the New, by C&T Publishing, I have a chapter dedicated to “What’s in Your Stash”, with two pages dedicated to button materials, types and more.

I hope that you too have happy fond memories of your mom’s button box, bag, or jar! Happy Stitching, ~Christen

Friday’s Favorites: Autumn Jewels

Oct21

These are a few of the small wall hangings and wreaths that I have made. The first was featured in my book Ribbonwork Flowers, with the ribbonworked flowers attached to a wire base, embellished with vintage buttons and charms. The second was a class that I taught at my store, with the flowers and leaves made from French wire and woven ribbons, embellished with vintage buttons and charms. The third features a dragonfly that I taught at my store, embellished with silk and woven ribbonwork flowers and leaves.

Here are two neck-pieces that I have created. The first is entirely made from ribbonwork flowers and leaves from the Petals and Posies series that I taught at my store. The embellishments include vintage velvet ribbon leaves, and a sprinkling of vintage and new buttons. The second is a version of a class that I taught at my store, Entwined Treasures. The base begins with a silk cord base, and is embroidered and embellished with beads, ribbons, charms and buttons.

Enjoy this harvest of treasures! Happy Stitching! ~Christen

By the Shore

Aug27

I love the sea, the shore, and collecting treasures along the sand, rocks, and tide pools. Growing up in Southern California is a gift that I treasure every minute of the day. Here are some examples of my interpretations of this life.

Sea Urchins, were made from synthetic felt, one embellished with mother-of-perle buttons, and glass beads; the other embroidered with hand-dyed perle cotton from Artfabriks, with a vintage brown muscle button in the center. Scattered amongst the sea urchins are a group of carved, vintage abalone buttons. This piece and the one below it, can be seen in my book, Hand Embroidery Dictionary.

Tidal Pool Rocks was a piece that I created, intending to add found objects, and other small embroideries. The rocks are made from synthetic felt, and are embroidered with a variety of solid and variegated perle cotton threads. The small bits of “sea ephemera” were created from ribbons, felt, and floral stamens. A ribbon trim poses as kelp, with found shells and starfish skeletons sprinkled around the rocks.

Tidal Pools was a piece that I created for my book, Beaded Embroidery Stitching. The felt base for this piece and the rocks above are based on the “Blowing Bubbles” project in that book. The base is made from synthetic felt, and is embroidered and embellished with seed and larger glass beads, miniature sea urchins made from silk bias ribbon, found shells, vintage buttons, charms, sequins, dentalium shells, fresh water pearls, coral beads, and abalone chips.

Happy Stitching to you! ~Christen

New Jewels and Stuff

Sep29

I have been working on some new pieces and thought that I would share my treasures!

This ensemble started with the earrings, which I found at the Goodwill Store, they were .99. Many years later I found the bracelet on eBay, it was a bit more, $22.99. I started searching for a necklace or something to go with my ensemble, and I found these vintage (new/old stock) glass cabs, with a two-hole channel on the back. I searched for a while longer to find the right beads (all new). The bracelet to the right uses vintage glass sew-through beads with vintage buttons and new glass beads.

This necklace started with the big link chain that is used in the lower portion of the necklace. My friend Phred gave me some smaller lengths of chain to “play with” which I wove through the big links. I then used old coins that had holes in the middle; I inserted vintage livery buttons into the holes. I then inserted a jump ring into the shank of the button, and attached each coin/button combo to a link in the chain. I added a smaller chain to extend the necklace. I found the earrings, made from vintage American coins on eBay.

This is called “Cat’s Meow”, of course! The base of the necklace is made from a picot edge grosgrain ribbon that has been stitched and embellished with a silk rouleau cord. I started collecting cat buttons after I found these fabulous enamel earrings. The larger cat faces are made from papier mache, the other buttons include plastic, metal and glass. I have a charm bracelet with silver and gold colored cats.

This necklace started with bits of left over chain (some given to me by my buddy Phred) in all shapes, metal colors and sizes. I linked the lengths together to make one length for a necklace. I then found all sorts of charms in silver, copper and antique brass colors. These I added at intervals to the chains, in a random-ish pattern (meaning the necklace is balanced but the charms rest on different portions of chain).

Buddy, started with two antique glass doll eyes. I just fell in love with the brown color, and wanted to make a cat face. So I drew a few samples and this is the image that I came up with. He rests at 2-1/2″ wide x 2-1/2″ tall. He is made from synthetic felt, and is embroidered with cotton floss.

Thanks for stopping by! ~Christen

Tassels, The Ultimate Furniture Jewelry

Aug7

I have always loved tassels, and my home is filled with these lovely adornments. Here are a few of the unique tassels that I created for classes or just myself.

Persephone’s Bell

This floral tassel definitely belongs in a fairy tale. The top of the tassel is a dyed gourd; the tassel itself is made from wire ribbon formed into gorgeous fuchsias. Wire leaves and silk flowers are also made to enhance the piece. Beads and charms and ribbon worked leaves complete the tassel, adding a silk cord to hang from your fairy garden trellis.

Morning Glory Tassel

The Morning Glory Tassel showcases the many different types of ribbons that I carry in my store. The tassel top was made from a cardboard tube covered with vintage jacquard ribbon. The top was then embellished with hand made flowers and ribbons from the French Wire Ribbon section. The tassel fringes are made from the Hanah Silk Ribbons, 7mm silk ribbon, gauze ribbon and novelty yarns.

Cotillion Tassel

A very feminine addition to any space inhabited by a woman, perhaps hung on her boudoir mirror or sewing room. The base of the tassel is covered with a small bit of tapestry fabric that is adorned with velvet ribbons and charms. Jacquard ribbons and silk cords are stitched with beads and more ribbon and dangle from the base. These dangles are encrusted with beads and charms. The stem of the silk cord becomes a very stylized fuchsia made from French wire ribbon.

Parisian Couture Tassel

Ribbons and beads are combined to create a magical, colorful, embroidered and festooned tassel. French jacquard ribbon is stitched onto a base with embroidery and beads, which is used for the tassel top. The fringe is a luscious array of Hanah silk bias ribbons combined with beads.

Floral Pastoral Tassel

Floral Pastoral Tassel showcases the many different types of ribbon and their versatility. The tassel top was made from machine stitched cotton paper, reinforced with Timtex, stitched by machine and formed into the shape. The tassel top was then embellished with hand made flowers and ribbons from the Crazy Quilt Ribbon section and our French Wire Ribbon section. The lace and some of the ribbons were hand dyed using the Color Hue dyes. The tassel fringes are made from the Hanah Silk Ribbons. A sprinkling of silk ribbon embroidery and glass beads were added for extra sparkle.

Hope that your home is filled with treasures too!

Enjoy~ Christen

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Search Results for: embellished silk treasures

Embellished Silk Treasures: class/tutorial

Embellished Silk Treasures: 3 lessons/$30.00

Class Information

Happy Stitching,

~Christen

Embellished Silk Treasures

Gallery

PDF Class Lessons

Class Information

View From The Red Planet….

National Button Day, November 16, 2022

Friday’s Favorites: Autumn Jewels

By the Shore

New Jewels and Stuff

I have been working on some new pieces and thought that I would share my treasures!

Tassels, The Ultimate Furniture Jewelry

Persephone’s Bell

Morning Glory Tassel

Cotillion Tassel

Parisian Couture Tassel

Floral Pastoral Tassel