simple finishing

A few things have been getting finished around here lately. Nothing too strenuous though. I'm not sure I'm cured, I keep heating up at random times of the day, hot and tight skin, not pleasant yet not horrific. Could do without it though. Anyway, maybe that's why I seem to be keeping things simple at the moment. This is a sample (a little bit smaller than A4) I made whilst making my colourful piece. Similar yet different, contradictory I know but I'm sure you get my drift. I have finished and mounted it this way because it's easy to pick up by the card header. I appreciate that people want to pick things up, look at them and all that but with work that is mainly white it can be a bit risky, huge potential for grubbiness creeps in. This is the back of it, I like the back. It reminds me of being at Uni too. All my work had to be mounted in simple ways like this or with window mounts, a completely different technique that I may show you sometime but equally effective and simple too. When you get to the last two photos you will see that the surface is muslin. The actual base of this piece is silk dupion. I laid the muslin on top and cut away the holes. My aim was to get lots of fraying but it hasn't quite worked out the way I imagined. Good quality muslin you see, doesn't collapse when you touch it. Normally a quality to be admired but not when you want that ''collapsing'' effect!

Then there is my white piece, lightly quilted around the large flowers with a muslin backing, the collapsing quality. This has made the whole piece so soft and I am going to complain again, I think I prefer starched, rigid. It's much neater and easier to keep flat and pristine. Come to think of it I'm breaking through a few self imposed boundaries here, soft work, relaxed work, simple finishing. Unheard of previously and maybe never to be seen again, we shall see! What I am really pleased about though is the edge of this. Simply bound with bias cotton tape. I was nervous about this, I haven't really done it before, not in a way that I felt would need to stand up to close inspection. I bit the bullet and went for it anyway and I have to say it was a piece of cake, corners? a doddle! Go on, inspect them closely, under a microscope even, I am so proud!

Whilst I was over at Flickr this morning I noticed Gunnel had posted some beautiful images of snow. It seems my Swedish friends have had enough of snow but I commented on how beautiful I thought it was anyway. Yes I remember our disruption through snow. I remember worrying about my husband driving to work in treacherous conditions but I still maintain...it is beautiful. Well you may want to know, maybe divine retribution! but Gunnel, it is snowing here now! It is very pretty but then again I don't have to go out anywhere!

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