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Embroidery, not knitting: Why do you enjoy embroidering? (no advertising)

22704 Posts Recent Started
Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 5:15 PM
Dear users, dear authors,
what is special about embroidery?

9955 Posts Recent Started
Friday, April 28, 2017 at 10:42 AM
Ich sticke gerne (allerdings nur Kreuzstich), weil ich da mit dem Faden "malen" kann, d. h. man kann jedes beliebige Bild auf Stoff sticken. Das ergibt dann z. B. sehr schöne Glückwunschkarten, aber auch Tischdecken oder Wandbilder, wenn man die nötige Geduld aufbringt, denn Sticken ist eine langwierige Sache.
Leider scheint im Zeitalter der digitalen Stickmuster das Sticken mit der Hand völlig aus der Mode gekommen zu sein. Da wird eine aufwendige Handstickerei wenig geschätzt, wenn man das gleiche Ergebnis ruckzuck mit der Nähmaschine erreichen kann. Es gibt auch relativ wenig Vorlagen (Ich entwerfe meine Stickmuster meist mühsam selbst) und auch die Auswahl an Stoffen ist nicht berauschend. So wollte ich für meine Schwiegertochter eine Weihnachtstischdecke aus Damast mit Aidafeldern haben, um sie zu besticken, habe aber erst nach langem Suchen nach Weihnachten einen entsprechenden Stoff gefunden. Naja, jetzt habe ich das ganze Jahr Zeit, um sie bis nächstes Weihnachten fertigzustellen

9188 Posts Recent Started
Thursday, December 31, 2020 at 10:29 AM
I’m really enjoying embroidery right now, too. Yes, it’s actually like painting with thread, just as ruthk wrote above. 

Right now, I’m embroidering designs that I’ve sketched out beforehand—for example, traced from a coloring book or sewing patterns. So I embroider the design and then sew something out of my fabric. I embroider all kinds of fabric—linen, old tablecloths, and old jeans.







For a short while, I was interested in embroidery machines, but to me, that has nothing to do with embroidery as I know it. They create beautiful embroidered designs—I’m still thrilled by them—but the machine does the work, not me. It’s a completely different kind of embroidery. 

391 Posts Recent Started
Friday, January 1, 2021 at 3:40 PM
Ich sticke mit der Maschine, digitalisiere die Bilder. Das ist wie ausmalen. 
Es macht mich  stolz, wenn mir wieder ein Bild gelingt und gestickt gut aussieht .
Ich verschenke sehr viel, gestickte Sachen. Und habe Freude, wenn es den andern auch gefällt. 

9955 Posts Recent Started
Friday, January 1, 2021 at 3:44 PM
I’m currently embroidering (by hand) a cross-stitch picture based on a photo of my two grandchildren that I received as a Christmas gift:

5071 Posts Recent Started
Friday, January 1, 2021 at 4:04 PM
I used to really enjoy embroidering by hand; these days, I only embroider by machine, which opens up a whole different range of possibilities

Here are a few of my hand-embroidered pieces: I once embroidered a table runner with a patchwork pattern during rehab, then this wall hanging for one of my daughters to hang in the stairwell, and I’ve also embroidered several 80cm x 80cm tablecloths, such as these silver thistles.

5071 Posts Recent Started
Friday, January 1, 2021 at 4:10 PM
Mit der maschine ist das eine meiner Aufwändigsten Arbeiten, sowas könnte ich nie von Hand sticken, habs ja schonmalö gezeigt meine Geisha

3 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 9:49 AM

I’m passionate about embroidery and have been doing it by hand for over 40 years. It’s fun, and for me, it’s also therapeutic. I’ve given away almost all of my work, which has brought a lot of joy to others,
because a hand-embroidered tablecloth, table runner, pouch, or whatever it may be, is still something special—because it’s one-of-a-kind.


2049 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 6:11 PM
Ich sticke auch sehr gerne, eigentlich nur noch Kreuzstichborten auf Handtüchern. Früher habe ich Glückwunschkarten mit Blumen-oder Weihnachtsmotiven bestickt, doch heute habe ich etwas Mühe mit dem feinen Zählstoff. Ruth bewundere ich für ihre Ausdauer  und bin gespannt auf das Ergebnis.

3499 Posts Recent Started
Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 10:45 PM
Embroidery is also one of my old hobbies. I could actually pick it up again sometime. I’ve had an embroidery piece of Norway waiting to be finished for years. It’s such a delicate piece. Someday.

Here are my works from days gone by. Very finely embroidered.


9188 Posts Recent Started
Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 12:50 PM
That little boy is really adorable. Did you use cross-stitch for that? 


3499 Posts Recent Started
Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 3:21 PM
Petra, yes, it’s all embroidered with cross-stitch, but very finely (using only 2-strand embroidery thread). I had lots of those A4 cross-stitch booklets. But I have no idea where the pattern with the boy came from. It’s been too long.
Your angel looks interesting, too.

9188 Posts Recent Started
Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 3:28 PM
So delicate—just two threads. Your patience is incredible. But it was worth it.

My angel was traced from a picture and embroidered using the step stitch (is that what it’s called?) with three threads.

3499 Posts Recent Started
Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 4:15 PM
I found the pattern. It’s in the magazine “Dein Kreuzstich,” issue 2/2008.

9188 Posts Recent Started
Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 5:28 PM
Es ist immer gut, wenn man seine "Alten" Schätze aufbewahrt. Ich habe auch noch ganz alte zeitschriften und finde immer wieder etwas interessantes. Dies ist mein ältestes Musterheft und ich nehme es noch immer oft auf der Suche nach einem neuen Muster

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310 Posts Recent Started
Monday, January 4, 2021 at 11:53 AM
Ich sticke gerne und hab schon viele sachen auch Bilder gemacht nun beschränke ich mich auf kleine Deckche. Oder Bilder für Karten. Iin letzer Zeit hatte ich für Deckchen Stickpackungen bestellt bei Margaretha.

3499 Posts Recent Started
Monday, January 4, 2021 at 12:07 PM
willkommen Hilde,
Dein Schild ist megaschön geworden, sehr einladend.
War das komplett eine Stickvorlage, oder hast Du Dir aus mehreren Vorlagen Dein Eigenes zusammengestellt? Gefällt mir, vor allem der Urlauber im Campingstuhl, wär so mein Lieblingsmotiv.

liebe Grüße
Andrea

3499 Posts Recent Started
Monday, January 4, 2021 at 12:18 PM
Ich habe diesen "Schatz" noch. 1. Auflage 1987, Verlag fuer die Frau


9188 Posts Recent Started
Monday, January 4, 2021 at 12:55 PM
Oh, what a treasure. Great!

I’m always trying to snag old books at flea markets. I’ll have to check in a few days to see if there’s one on embroidery.

Hilde, your picture is great. Is it hanging in your RV? It makes me want to enjoy a cozy drink to kick off my vacation.

310 Posts Recent Started
Monday, January 4, 2021 at 4:42 PM
Yes, it was a complete set—I left out one chair because my mom was alone.

There are now lots of great patterns available there.

310 Posts Recent Started
Monday, January 4, 2021 at 4:44 PM
Petra  nein es war für meine Mutti ,jetzt hat es ein Nachbarn am Platz

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