Happy Friday!!
I woke really early this morning buzzing with ideas!
7am I was at my machine making braids.
I had intended to finish the petals but the light was so poor I thought I would leave it until I have bright natural light.
I used strands of this raffia to make a long braid by twisting the strands and sewing with a wide zigzag stitch....
selecting these threads....
one long braid...
..ta-da, a small raffia mat!!
Next time I would just use one colour of thread.
It was quite fiddling to start because the circle was so small and I didn't want to stitch my fingers!!
However once I got going it was okay.
This was an idea from my Colouricious weekly newsletter, but the demonstrators used old tights instead of raffia.
Next I found some recycled silk sari strips of fabric and braided them in the same way...
..I love these colours...
I forgot to take a photo of the individual braids!
The braids were joined together with zigzag in a long strip which I cut into 4 pieces and joined to make a very textured colourful fabric-don't know quite what to do with it yet......
slightly different on each side...
.. and now I have to attack my MOUNTAIN of washing as my new washing machine has just arrived!
I can't believe how much washing has accumulated since Monday....
Both samples are stunning. Each day something more exciting appears on here. It's wonderful.
ReplyDeleteYou seem to favour the vibrant pinks and purples at the moment and I love them.
I bet the raffia braid would look great in some the the organza with the holes in it. (The one I think reminds me of Christmas.)
Yesterday I saw a quilling comb in The Works which might be a good tool to help start off the raffia work. It would also be delightful when printing and dragging paint. You might already have something similar in your box of goodies!