My Hardanger Angels are freestanding designs that require fabric and water soluble stabilizer.
These designs have the option of using a wing needle.
Hardangers Angels – Mary Jane
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Angels
My angels to date are Hardanger and Smocked – lacy, wing needled, floral , and other varieties.
Smocked angels have smocked wings. They are gathered then embroidered in the hoop.
Instructions include how to make the body and head with a skirt to add the smocked wings too.
Hardanger angels most fit into greeting cards to send to that special person.
This small Hardanger Angel fits perfectly in cards and hanging on the tree.
Floral angels fit into greeting cards as well.
Other angels are embroidered in sections and the zigzagged together.
Take an angel home today!
Angels
 | Hardanger Angels - Bella |
| Hardanger Angels - Heather |
| Hardanger Angels - Mary Jane |
| Hardanger Floral Angels |
| Hardanger Ornaments |
| Smocked Angels |
Hardanger Machine Embroidery aka “Hardangish”
Hardangish is my term I coined for my Hardanger Machine Embroidery because, let’s face it, no machine can truly duplicate handmade Hardanger embroidery. But I try. As a consequence, I’ll sometimes use the terms interchangeably when talking about my machine embroidery interpretation of this fabric art style.
These designs require fabric and water soluble stabilizer.
Some of my Hardanger designs are free-standing designs (not free standing lace). Rather, they’re of ornaments, bookmarks, etc. which can also can be applied to items impossible to hoop. In some instances, they can even be sewn together into larger projects…that really make a statement.
Hardanger and jeans are an unlikely combination. But I like embroidery on jeans. Regrettably, they’re too much trouble to hoop. However, free-standing designs make embellishing those favored jeans sooo easy. Slide the pants leg over the cuff feature of your sewing machine and stitch down the pre-fabricated design.
After the designs attached, you may turn the item inside out and cut away the fabric from behind the designs for a peek-a-boo method. The open, lacy parts show up so nicely this way.
In some cases, designs can be sewn in blocks, and stitched together to make larger, bolder projects, such as table covers, bedspreads and jackets. Oh, my.
Hardanger Rainbows was my first attempt at adding color sequences to a traditionally monochromatic fabric art form, thereby giving it more contemporary look.
Don’t miss out on showing off some Hardanger to your family and friends.
Hardanger Machine Embroidery
| Hardangish |
| Hardanger Alphabet |
| Hardanger Angels - Bella |
| Hardanger Angels - Heather |
| Hardanger Angels - Mary Jane |
| Hardanger Dimensions |
| Hardanger Eggs |
| Hardanger Floral Angels |
| Hardanger Floral Hearts |
| Hardanger On-Point |
| Hardanger Ornaments |
| Hardanger Rainbows |
| Hardanger Squared |
| Hardanger Stockings |
| Hardanger Wreaths |
Cultural
Embroidery and fabric arts in general, like other artistic expressions, often have a cultural component unique to the people and places from which they originated. Regardless of origin, I’ve been fascinated and amazed with the richly different expressions of fabric, as well as how borrow from other forms. It’s why I’ve tried my hand at translating some of these techniques.
Over the years, I’ve hobbled together a unique collection of machine embroidery that I hope pay homage to a few cultural origins of inspirations. That collection includes a rather extensive series of Hardanger Machine Embroidery – or I use to call it, Hardangish.
Also favorites are Hmong and Mola inspired designs
But more recently a collection of Mehndi art transformed to thread. These are by no means the sum total of artistic creativity and I have more art forms and ideas to explore than I suspect I have time left to finish. But isn’t that a good thing.
Hardanger Machine Embroidery
| Hardangish |
| Hardanger Alphabet |
| Hardanger Angels - Bella |
| Hardanger Angels - Heather |
| Hardanger Angels - Mary Jane |
| Hardanger Dimensions |
| Hardanger Eggs |
| Hardanger Floral Angels |
| Hardanger Floral Hearts |
| Hardanger On-Point |
| Hardanger Ornaments |
| Hardanger Rainbows |
| Hardanger Squared |
| Hardanger Stockings |
| Hardanger Wreaths |
Hmong
| Hmong |
| Hmong's the Way |
Mehndi
| Mehndi Body Art |
Molas!
| Molas Nouveau |
| Mucho Molas Nouveau |
Cutwork
The first time I put scissors to my fabric while stitching out one of my own cutwork designs left me with a little trepidation. However, I got over that really quick and became a seasoned pro at the whole cutwork thing. Of course, cutwork technique is used in more that just traditional cutwork designs and is integral to Hardanger Machine Embroidery, Reverse Applique and Outdoor Quilts. For those not content to simply put fabric to thread, exploring the world of cutwork designs is a must. Be bold!
Machine embroidery cutwork has been around for a long time. There are various forms of cutwork accomplished within the embroidery hoop.
These are but a few of mine:
• Eyelets – shown here in pink
• Traditional Cutwork (cutwork + lace)
• Prisms (cutwork + applique)
• Hardanger – a concept I’ll cover in a page all it’s own
Eyelets are simple and beautiful cutwork that creates a design with holes. It’s a very old fashion form of cutwork. I made this from a very old antique piece that I own.
Cutwork + Lace is what I call ‘traditional’ cutwork.
The process goes something like this:
• Hoop fabric with water soluble stabilizer on the bottom
• Sew an outline where the fabric is to be removed
• Remove the hoop from the machine but do not remove the fabric from the hoop
• Cut away the fabric inside the stitch lines but don’t cut the water soluble stabilizer
• Return the hoop to the machine
• Sew the lace inside the opening and the finishing stitches that cover the raw edges of the opening.
• Wash out the water soluble stabilizer.
Prisms (cutwork + applique)
This method goes something like this:
• Hoop fabric with water soluble stabilizer on the bottom
• Sew an outline where the fabric is to be removed
• Remove the hoop from the machine but do not remove the fabric from the hoop
• Cut away the fabric inside the stitch lines but don’t cut the water soluble stabilizer
• Return the hoop to the machine
• Place a layer of see through applique fabric over the area i.e. organza or organdy
• Sew the tack down stitches that attach the applique fabric to the main fabric
• Remove the hoop from the machine but do not remove the fabric from the hoop.
• Cut away the excess applique fabric from outside the stitches
• Return the hoop to the machine
• Sew any details on top of the applique fabric followed by the the finishing stitches that cover the raw edges of the applique and the opening at the same time.
• Wash out the water soluble stabilizer.
Hardanger – includes a cutwork concept I’ll cover in a page all it’s own.
Cutwork
| Beginnings Cutwork - Heirloom Insertion Lace |
| Cutwork |
| Diamonds Cutwork - Heirloom Insertion Lace |
| Heart Cutwork - Heirloom Insertion Lace |
| Nancy's Jacobean Cutwork |
| Prisms Amour |
Hardanger Machine Embroidery
| Hardangish |
| Hardanger Alphabet |
| Hardanger Angels - Bella |
| Hardanger Angels - Heather |
| Hardanger Angels - Mary Jane |
| Hardanger Dimensions |
| Hardanger Eggs |
| Hardanger Floral Angels |
| Hardanger Floral Hearts |
| Hardanger On-Point |
| Hardanger Ornaments |
| Hardanger Rainbows |
| Hardanger Squared |
| Hardanger Stockings |
| Hardanger Wreaths |
