I used some of the threads in my stash for creating a piece I call the Chesapeake, symbolizing the water and waves in the Chesapeake Bay for a banner to be created by the Chesapeake Region Lace Guild.
My pattern, my work. The threads I used for this project are Wonderfil Accent and Gold Dust as the gimp.
Karen
I would like to submit the attached photo of what has inspired me to use thread from my stash. The tatted pattern was designed by Marilee Rockley. She was inspired by a necklace worn by Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Click here to see the Dissent Collar designed by Marilee Rockley.
I immediately saw this lovely pattern worked in Lizbeth metallics size 20 color 325 Gem Stone by Handy Hands with dark colored beads. Click here to see the thread.
Thank you for the Challenge!
The pattern called Brigitte Circle is by Jenny Brandis of Perth, Australia, and has 60 divisions around the outside, so I knew immediately I wanted to make it for the purpose of eventually using it as a clock face. The clock part isn't done yet, but the lace is. Why it fits the Stash Challenge is this. Early in the Covid lockdown, I had decided to avoid ordering thread or anything else non-essential. The delivery people at the time were working very hard and were fearful, as so much was unknown about the virus then.
I wound all my bobbins with black Gütermann silk S303, except I ran out with two pairs to go! Those I wound with Gütermann 100% Cotton that I had on hand. Additionally, a couple of my worker pairs in the narrow trails ran out and although they had started out silk, I had to add cotton then. The metallic is Presencia 50, two-ply gold. Because I had three different kinds of thread, with three different shrinkage rates, I starched the piece still pinned in place.
Sally Jenkins