Tuesdays with Lydie
I have had the wonderful pleasure of meeting an embroidery artist from France who patiently teaches stitchery techniques in her home on Tuesdays.
Then someone convinced her to give a lecture and display her work at the local quilt guild meeting this month.
Her work is primarily all hand-done with a large variety of ribbons and threads and yarns. She finds a technique each week that may relate to a holiday custom in France or just simply something fun and beautiful.
Her work is very precise and elaborate—fabric story books—a few large quilts–and wonderfully creative sculptural pieces.
Here is a small sampling of her work and from her collection of other French artists:
Our workshop consisted of combining various fragments from her extensive toile collection and assorted embroidery techniques—more than just a stem or outline stitch and French knots—but a wide variety of stitches using fancy threads from France. None of us finished our pieces but we all stayed until the last minute each day working.
Sylvia Weir Art 