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Blog > Olive Owl by Lena Thiel from Sweden
Hello stitching world :)
Today I have a beautiful project to share with you, created by Lena Thiel from Sweden.
Lena made this remarkable iPad cover by combining silk ribbon embroidery, thread work and felting — an outstanding fusion of crafts and I thought that you would enjoy seeing her creation.
This piece Lena entered in the International Silk Ribbon Embroidery Competition and it was one of the winning entries.
Lena wrote:
“My name is Lena Thiel and I live in Sweden with my family. I have always been working with my hands. After school I went for Art education here in Sweden, and also followed a two year distance course at OPUS School of Art, London, England.
I work with many different handicraft techniques of which silk ribbon embroidery is one. I enjoy to mix different techniques in my work. I also like sewing, crochet teddy bears, making dolls, make creations with pearls and free machine embroidery.
My inspiration comes from everywhere and from anything.
It can be something I see in a paper or on the Internet. But also when I visit exhibitions or fairs. This picture of me was taken in my garden. The first time I found out about silk ribbon embroidery was some time around 1995. It was a shop here in Sweden that presented ribbon embroidery courses which I attended over weekends".
“For this challenge I chose to do Olive, the owl and I wanted to make something special, so I decided to do the embroidery on a felted IPAD case, which I also made myself.
I used merino wool roving in different colours and made the felted pieces using hot water and soap. First I made a simple sketch to plan my project.
I made a special pocket on the front of the case, where I could place the owl and sew him to the IPAD case. I used mostly silk ribbon to embroider and create my owl.”
Click on images to enlarge
Here is the felted background that Lena made... and then she embroidered onto the printed panel of Olive Owl (which we print onto pure cotton fabric.)
Lena worked from a sketch that she drew and swatches of my silk ribbons and DMC threads. Don't you just love this concept? I think it is so colourful :)
Click on the image to enlarge
And here is the completed piece ♫♥♫
Lena used simple stitches to embroider Olive the owl, mainly straight stitch and ribbon stitch and it looks like she used whipped back stitch or whipped chain stitch for the branch.
Here is the list of ribbons and threads that she used. The felted wool background was made with Merino wool in different colours, used for felting with water.
List of Ribbons and Threads used by Lena Thiel.
Di van Niekerk’s Silk Ribbons:
2 mm, nr: 86
2 mm, nr: 103
4 mm, nr: 26
4 mm, nr: 51
4 mm, nr: 77
4 mm, nr: 80
4 mm, nr: 82
4 mm, nr: 90
4 mm, nr: 91
4 mm, nr: 99
7 mm, nr: 79
7 mm, nr: 103
7 mm, nr: 117
DMC thread:
Nr: 310
Nr: 372
Nr: 606
Nr: 725
Nr: 754
Nr: 758
Nr: 3348
Nr: 3774
I hope that you were inspired by this beautiful creation. Thank you Lena for sharing your wonderful talent with us.
I will show more projects soon and you are welcome to subscribe for free to stay in touch with the latest news.
Have a wonderful week. It is very cold and windy in Cape Town and winter has arrived on our shores..... perfect embroidery weather!
Happy stitching
Love
Di
♥
Lena wrote:
“My name is Lena Thiel and I live in Sweden with my family. I have always been working with my hands. After school I went for Art education here in Sweden, and also followed a two year distance course at OPUS School of Art, London, England.
I work with many different handicraft techniques of which silk ribbon embroidery is one. I enjoy to mix different techniques in my work. I also like sewing, crochet teddy bears, making dolls, make creations with pearls and free machine embroidery.
My inspiration comes from everywhere and from anything.
It can be something I see in a paper or on the Internet. But also when I visit exhibitions or fairs. This picture of me was taken in my garden. The first time I found out about silk ribbon embroidery was some time around 1995. It was a shop here in Sweden that presented ribbon embroidery courses which I attended over weekends".
“For this challenge I chose to do Olive, the owl and I wanted to make something special, so I decided to do the embroidery on a felted IPAD case, which I also made myself.
I used merino wool roving in different colours and made the felted pieces using hot water and soap. First I made a simple sketch to plan my project.
I made a special pocket on the front of the case, where I could place the owl and sew him to the IPAD case. I used mostly silk ribbon to embroider and create my owl.”
Click on images to enlarge
Here is the felted background that Lena made... and then she embroidered onto the printed panel of Olive Owl (which we print onto pure cotton fabric.)
Lena worked from a sketch that she drew and swatches of my silk ribbons and DMC threads. Don't you just love this concept? I think it is so colourful :)
Click on the image to enlarge
And here is the completed piece ♫♥♫
Lena used simple stitches to embroider Olive the owl, mainly straight stitch and ribbon stitch and it looks like she used whipped back stitch or whipped chain stitch for the branch.
Here is the list of ribbons and threads that she used. The felted wool background was made with Merino wool in different colours, used for felting with water.
List of Ribbons and Threads used by Lena Thiel.
Di van Niekerk’s Silk Ribbons:
2 mm, nr: 86
2 mm, nr: 103
4 mm, nr: 26
4 mm, nr: 51
4 mm, nr: 77
4 mm, nr: 80
4 mm, nr: 82
4 mm, nr: 90
4 mm, nr: 91
4 mm, nr: 99
7 mm, nr: 79
7 mm, nr: 103
7 mm, nr: 117
DMC thread:
Nr: 310
Nr: 372
Nr: 606
Nr: 725
Nr: 754
Nr: 758
Nr: 3348
Nr: 3774
I hope that you were inspired by this beautiful creation. Thank you Lena for sharing your wonderful talent with us.
I will show more projects soon and you are welcome to subscribe for free to stay in touch with the latest news.
Have a wonderful week. It is very cold and windy in Cape Town and winter has arrived on our shores..... perfect embroidery weather!
Happy stitching
Love
Di
♥
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