Tuesday Threads - Saskia Gijselhart

Every Tuesday we put a beautiful embroidery from one of you in the spotlight! Because what could be more fun than inspiring each other? 

Do you also have a beautiful embroidery that you would like to share with us? Submit your photo(s) via the special form and maybe your work will soon shine in the Tuesday Threads!

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Then email us a photo of your embroidery at atelier@soedidee.nl. If you also have photos of details or progress, you can send them along.
 

Please include the following information with your photo(s):

• What is your name?
• Can you tell us something about the work? For example, why did you choose this pattern?
• What is the name of the pattern?
• Who is the designer of the pattern?
• What fabric was used for the embroidery?
• What thread was used for the embroidery?

This week's Tuesday Threads are made by Saskia Gijselhart. 

Saskia embroidered this beautiful pattern based on a design by Irene Mol.

Saskia told this beautiful story about her embroidery: 

"I have been a subscriber to the craft magazine Ariadne for a very long time. The February issue of 1989 featured the pattern for this special cloth in response to a request for 'a very modern design with fresh colours'. I fell in love with it immediately. So different from the average embroidery patterns of that time.
 

It was my first large embroidery. I had no idea of ​​the fineness of embroidery fabrics, and instead of 12-thread (instructions) I used 10-thread linen. DMC was the sole ruler in the field of threads at the time, so I could easily buy the four colours required: 791, 792, 799 and 993.
 

The contours and the frame were easy to do. But it became difficult when the areas had to be filled with horizontal, vertical and diagonal running stitches and mesh stitches. It was beyond my level and the cloth ended up in the UFO basket for ever. Many years of crafting Later I came across the beginning again and fell in love again. Then it didn't take long before it was framed and hanging on the wall. It still hangs in the living room."