Atelier Soed Idee

*** NOTE! PRE-ORDER. Will be shipped February 14th ***

Step into the world of red school samplers and uncover the fascinating history and tradition of this unique embroidery art. Once a mandatory part of girls’ education, these red samplers are now cherished by embroidery enthusiasts around the globe.

This book offers 64 pages with:

• A captivating insight into the history of red samplers and their educational significance.
• Patterns for 6 carefully selected red samplers, chosen by embroidery fans as favorites from my collection.
• Detailed explanations of stitches and techniques, including an extensive description of a darning sampler by Nan van der Storm.
• Authentic finishing techniques: no framed reproductions, but samplers finished with open seams and scalloped edges.

Bonus Material:

Gain exclusive access to two instructional videos, providing step-by-step guidance on how to master these finishing techniques.

Pre-order Benefits:

• Receive an exclusive set of 6 unique floss tags with your order.
• Shipping begins on Friday, February 14th, a day before the official launch on Saturday, February 15th.

Price: €26.00

Order your copy now and immerse yourself in the rich tradition of samplers with this unique book full of history and inspiration

Details:

• In both Dutch and English.
• Professional photos
• A4 size
• 64 pages

De Randjes are inextricably linked to Soed Idee and continue to attract people! A while ago I bought three red school cloths from one maker “Tona Janse” from Hellevoetsluis. 2 patches are dated 1908 and 1909, the third is probably from 1910. It is clear that this concerns 3 years of craft education. The patches contain a lot of Edges (and a few alphabets and number series), which increase in difficulty. Some edges are familiar and others are completely new. I was able to combine them relatively easily into one whole “Tona's Edges” (coincidentally, my mother-in-law's name was also Tona and she was a fanatic embroiderer!) 

Tona's Randjes are a complete pattern of both the complete version and the adapted version on tape, published in a beautiful book.

The book is in both Dutch and English.

Softcover, full color, A4 format, 20 pages.

Package of finishing materials for making a "Party Cake" cake.

MATERIALS IN PACKAGE

• metal baking pan
• round cardboard
• piece of antique lace
• piece of fiberfill

PLEASE NOTE: you still have to add embroidery fabric and thread yourself!

Complete package "Marietjes Purse". In the package you will find the book and the necessary materials.

Book details:
* 16 pages
* In both Dutch and English
*Softcover
*A4

MATERIALS IN PACKAGE

• 32 ct. Weeks dye Works “Straw” 45 x 68 cm / 18 x 27 inches
• Classic Colorworks “Cherry Cobbler” (4 skeins)
• Classic Colorworks “Deep Blue Sea” (1 skein)
• Weeks Dye Works Woolfelt “Camel” 16 x 17 cm
• Quilting fabric Moda French General Solids 13529-23 for the lining 25 x 55 cm
• 1 skein of DMC 3777 for the cord

Marietje Brouwers, born somewhere in the Netherlands in 1908, stitched a small purse with a sampler on the backside at the age of 12. “JB” and “AvG” are presumably her parents.  

In 2022, I bought the framed purse at Marktplaats. Inspired by the purse, I designed a matching needle book and a scissor fob, creating a lovely sewing or embroidery set.  

MATERIALS USED   

• 32 ct. Weeks dye Works “Straw” 18 x 27 inch 

• Classic Colorworks “Cherry Cobbler” (4 skeins) (DMC 3777) 

• Classic Colorworks “Deep Blue Sea” (DMC 931) 

• Weeks Dye Works Woolfelt “Camel” 

• Quiltfabric Moda French General Solids 13529-23 for lining 

• DMC 3777 to crochet the strings 

• Cotton fusible lining 

• Sheeps wool or stuffing of your choice 

• Buttons (from Grannies buttonbox

Cross stitch pattern by Atelier Soed Idee "LM1914-17"

Number of Stitches: 226 W x 313 H
Size stitched: 36 x 50 cm on 32 ct linen
Fabric:  32 ct.  “Vintage Mocha” by Zweigart
Floss:

This sampler "Ivlie Godefroid" caught my eye because of the beautiful colours. Upon closer inspection, the sampler turned out to be full of nice motifs. A landscape with a church, butterfly, shepherdess with all her creatures and the more traditional motifs such as the reclining deer in the garden, a ship, cradle, etc.
The sampler is not dated but was probably made in the mid-19th century in Belgium, France or Luxembourg.
I charted the sampler and used a number of motifs to make a pin drum, pin cushions and needle book. These are all in this beautifully designed book.

Sampler size: 249W x 226H cross stitch (32 x 29 cm on 16 thread linen)
The book contains the pattern of the sampler, all patterns and work descriptions of the pincushions and needle booklet.

The book is softcover, A4 format, in Dutch and English and has 32 pages. In addition, a handy separate thread card has been added with the legend.

Would you like to surprise someone with a gift voucher from Atelier Soed Idee? Which can!
The Gift Vouchers can be ordered from € 10.00 and can be sent via email or in a nice gift wrap by post.
(If you want to give a higher amount as a gift, choose multiple quantities for the desired amount.)

The voucher is provided with a unique code, which can be used when placing an order in the webshop. The gift voucher can also be sent directly to the recipient with a personal message.

When you say "Soed Idee" you say "Randje per Week", "RED" and "Pincushion Club".
And if you throw all those elements into Simone's brain with a good dose of inspiration, you get "Simone's Smalls"!
Simone designed a number of small embroidery projects ("Smalls"), inspired by the Randjes and embroidered them all in her favorite color red. Such as a pindrum, biscornu, mattress cushion, needle roll, etc. Finished with a beautiful French General fabric, it became a beautiful collection!

All patterns with complete work descriptions are in the new book "Simone's Smalls". The book is in both Dutch and English and also contains a bonus pattern for a small sampler.



Details:
* 40 pages
* In both Dutch and English
* Soft cover
* 21 x 21 cm

A few years ago I bought this beautiful antique sampler "GH1857" that stands out because of the use of color. This was the inspiration for the Pincushion Club of 2020-2021. By popular request I have now also put the entire sampler on a pattern and published it in this beautiful book together with the patterns of the Pincushion Club.
The book contains the pattern of the sampler, all patterns and work descriptions for the pincushions and needle book and an alphabet for the personalization of your project. Size Sampler: 301W x 294H (19" x 18 1/2" on 32 ct fabric)

The book is softcover, A4 format, in Dutch and English, and has 32 pages. In addition, a handy loose thread card has been added with the legend.

DESPITE THE CAREFUL PREPARATION, THERE IS AN ERROR IN THE LEGEND   BELOW AT THE "ATTACHMENTS" YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE CORRECT LEGEND.

If you can't handle the Dutch webshop, please contact me by email, with your full mailing address.

TO FOREIGN CUSTOMERS: 
The books are now also available in foreign countries! In USA at The Attic Needleworks, Hobby House Needleworks, Shepherds Needle, Saltbox Needleworkes, Victorian Rose Needlearts Shoppe. In Australia at The Crewel Gobelin.

TO WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS: In USA the books are available from Hobby House Needleworks and ICG Distributors. Or contact me directly for options.

The latest bands were only published on the Facebook group  “Randje per Week”… Until now!

After many requests Annelies and I have also published "Randje per Week 2021" in book form: "Alle Randjes Verzameld".

This book contains the full Randje pattern per Week 2021. But not just this pattern. The book contains ALL the bands from 2014 to now. That's over 400! A real must-have!

The book is a very complete reference work in which all bands are sorted by height, from 1 crosses high to 31 crosses high.

The book is softcover, A4 format and has 48 pages full of Bands inspiration.

After having organized “Randje per Week” for 5 years, Annelies van den Bergh (https://quiltsandsiggies.blogspot.nl) and Simone de Jong (www.soedidee.nl) thought it was enough…
A number of times they organized a “Sampler SAL” in 2019, a Stitch-A-Long from a sampler from the collection of Annelies. Again this collection expanded considerably during the year.
So in mid-2019 she told Simone that she had collected a whole lot of new bands… Something started tickling again with both ladies !
The result is this new booklet with 78 new bands, but also with different creative ideas using motifs and bands.
We hope you enjoy reading, admiring and embroidering these new bands.

Softcover, 32 pages, A4 format.

Leaflet of "Vakje (box) per Week 2017", containing the complete pattern - in color - of all boxes, including the alternatives for the threaded boxes and a variant on linen binding. This is a reprint of the previously released booklet. It's in both Dutch and English.

Softcover, 8 pages, A4 format.

Details:
Each box is 29 crosses wide and 49 crosses high. We have put together a set of 8 squares next to each other and 6 rows of squares below each other. The whole is framed by a beautiful border and then becomes 283 crosses wide and 339 crosses high.

Dimensions 283W x 339H crosses:
28 count / 11 threads / 5.5 x/cm : 51 x 62 cm
32 count / 12.6 thread / 6.3 x/cm : 45 x 54 cm
36 count/ 14 threads / 7.1 x/cm : 40 x 48 cm
40 count/ 15.7 threads / 7.9 x/cm : 36 x 43 cm

The pattern is embroidered in two colors, but of course you can give it your own twist and make it in any color or number of colors you want. You can also adjust the layout of the boxes to your own liking or add boxes yourself. Annelies, for example, has embroidered 3 squares next to each other on a 20 cm wide linen band.

If you make the sampler as we offer it you will need:
Embroidery fabric of your choice (for example Zweigart Belfast Natural 12.6 threads), size 70 x 100 cm. This is spacious, but then you also have room for your own input.
Yarn: 12 skeins of the main color and 3 skeins of a second color DMC (eg DMC 815 and 930).

If you are going to work on embroidery tape, just like Annelies, you will need 2 meters of 20 cm wide tape.

Booklet of "RpW 2016", containing the complete pattern - in color - of the entire sampler. This year's booklet also contains photos and descriptions of the accompanying school patches from Annelies van den Bergh's collection. A blank pattern has also been added for personalizing your sampler.

Softcover, 24 pages, A4 format.

Details:
Sampler consisting of 17 different alphabets, various borders and motifs and a frame with alphabet.
Pattern size: 287 crosses wide by 479 crosses high.

Embroidered size:
on 11 threads of fabric or 5.5 crosses/cm : 52 x 87 cm
on 12.6 threads of fabric or 6.3 crosses/cm : 46 x 76 cm
on 14 threads of fabric or 7.1 crosses/cm : 40.5 x 68 cm
on 16  thread fabric or 8 crosses/cm : 36.5 x 61 cm
Required fabric: 70 x 100 cm.
Yarn: 15 skeins of 1 color (e.g. 816)
Softcover, 24 pages, A4 format.

Details:
Sampler consisting of 17 different alphabets, various borders and motifs and a frame with alphabet.
Pattern size: 287 crosses wide by 479 crosses high.

Embroidered size:
on 11 threads of fabric or 5.5 crosses/cm : 52 x 87 cm
on 12.6 threads of fabric or 6.3 crosses/cm : 46 x 76 cm
on 14 threads of fabric or 7.1 crosses/cm : 40.5 x 68 cm
on 16  thread fabric or 8 crosses/cm : 36.5 x 61 cm
Required fabric: 70 x 100 cm.
Yarn: 15 skeins of 1 color (e.g. 816)