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Sunday 28 March 2021

Bookmarks and slow stitching

 28th March 2021


Just a quick up-date....

....the centre bookmark is for my gorgeous granddaughter who is now enjoying chapter books being read to her, we have started with 'The Twits' which she is really enjoying. This was an off-cut from a postcard I made and as she loves the seaside decided to make her a bookmark with her name embroidered on the back.

The other two are made from an experiment using my hand dyed fabrics and wavy line weaving, thought they would make fundraising gifts later in the year.


This is a slow stitched piece which has taken a while to do! Thought I might mount it on a canvas frame when shops open again.

The background is some of my indigo dyed calico and used the circular pattern and extended with stitch circles.


Close ups, some of my favourite simple stitches....


....used washers to fill small spaces.


I am now slow stitching some wool I eco dyed with eucalyptus leaves but need more variety of colours in my embroidery threads so again am waiting for the shops to open! I have tried ordering on line but the colours are never what I was expecting. 
I miss the craft shows for hand dyed threads.




Sunday 21 March 2021

Mixed Media Experiment

 21st March 2021


Hello, it's been quite a while!! Unfortunately haven't felt very creative and have found this lockdown quite difficult but the end is in sight.....



I have had this book for quite a while and decided to do some experimenting.....


....strips of a variety of fabrics were layered on calico and backed with 'stitch and tear' for stability....


...these were machined down and more details added, threads and lace...


...the background was painted, I used acrylic but wished I had used my Ko in Or dyes as the acrylic made the hand stitching quite difficult....


.....layered some yellow silk and free machined to represent buttercups then addd daisies, mostly using free machining....


.....I think the hand stitching improved the texture. 
Fairly pleased with the result and liked the background.


I have also made a variety of birthday cards but forgot to photograph!!!

See you again before too long I hope.