Elsa Williams bell pull, designed by Michael A. LeClair. Kit name: Floral Festive Bell Pull. 7″ x 33″ finish size. Worked in Paternayan, 100% crewel wool and Renaissance Dyeing Company (France), 100% sheep wool, naturally-dyed.… Read more
Category: Crewel
Jacobean Crewel: Jacobean Summer Loving, ME
Machine embroidery design purchased from Embroidery Library designs. Resized to 4.73 x 6.85 inches, count of 45,431 stitches.… Read more
Crewel Strawberry Patch
Vintage 1981 strawberry patch crewel design, produced as a kit by Creative Expressions, purchased on eBay.
Approximately 7-inch square worked area.
Kit included design stamped on 10-inch square white 65% polyester/35% cotton fabric, Persian-type wool crewel yarn, an 8-inch hoop … Read more
Pillows
My mom would have done a lot of hand basing and pinning when crafting a pillow and then use the sewing machine. Well, I like to wing it. Just go for broke and use the sewing machine … no hand … Read more
Mayflower, Elsa Williams
Mayflower is a crewel design worked on 100% linen using Paternayan yarn. Elsa Williams collection, designer Michael LeClair. Finished in pillow size 12-inch by 12-inch.
Click below photos for enlarged view. This linen was nice but slightly a loose weave. … Read more
Snowy Evening
This vintage (1986) Creative Circle kit is called A Winter’s Night (kit number 2518). Designed by Dianne Sage.
Worked in crewel wool on a printed fabric. The finished worked area is 12 by 16 inches. The original design has a … Read more
Elsa Williams vintage Fall crewel
This kit was another of my eBay finds. 10 x 13 inch design printed on Belgium linen which I stitched then finished as a 12-inch square pillow. It was an opened kit that did not come with the cording or … Read more
Nantucket Wildflowers, Erica Wilson design
This crewel is a blend of wool yarn and stranded cotton threads. Designer is Erica Wilson, design name is Nantucket Wildflowers. This kit was produced in 1982. Purchased 2014 on eBay as a full kit (minus the pillow fill). Design … Read more
Flower circle, 1960’s DMC crewel
Stitched this about 10 years ago.
This was a wool crewel kit (pillow). I started, thought the wool too heavy changed over to DMC floss.
It took me many months of stitching, I got to where I carried this piece … Read more
Farm, 1960’s crewel
My second wool project was this farm scene.
I am glad my early stitched projects have held their color and look nice enough to be displayed still.
This is about 16 by 20 inches.… Read more