Growing.....

 

Compare this to Wednesday...it's growing, maybe slowly but it's growing.

The smaller piece from Wednesday has been stitched to the main piece and there is a new small piece waiting to go on.

This is created from one inch hexagons.

At it's widest points the main piece measures twenty two by eleven inches, the small piece nine and a half by eight inches.

When I am stitching this I am tempted to remove the card templates from the central areas. 

Can anyone who knows about these things tell me if there's any reason I shouldn't do that? 

Wednesday

 

Lots happening on the table today.

The outer part of the drawstring bag is finished in terms of surface stitching.

I now need to make cords for that.

The small piece of patchwork in the centre will be added to the larger piece of patchwork on the right whilst the two tiny patchwork pieces on the left are just an idea I am playing with. 

Busy fingers here! 

Just a page and new patchwork plans.

 

It seems like a long time since I did any notebook stitching.

I came across this page yesterday and I'm tempted to continue where I left off here.

There are also new plans for patchwork, an idea I have for a new surface.

Too many ideas, too little time. 

Guilloche stitch.

 

It's an old one today, Guilloche stitch.

Some of you may not have seen this video.....it's from 2018! 

I was so much younger then ha ha.

I think some of you will enjoy this, it's a lovely stitch.

There is a short video here so you can make your own minds up.

 

Progress, a drawstring bag.

 

Pink gingham, patterned fabric, sheer white dotted Swiss, floral patchwork motifs, a new drawstring pouch in progress.

There are four more floral patchwork pieces to add to this surface and white fabric cords to be made for the gingham channels.

This will then be lined and a drawstring added at the opening.

You probably won't see it again until it's finished. 

Wish me luck! 

Preserving embroidered samples

 

These samples have been languishing for quite some time.

Patchwork motifs mounted on painted silk backgrounds.

My intention was to create a little silk book with these, the painted area being the page background. 

I have another eight or so patchwork motifs that do not have painted pages though and in all honesty I can't face painting more silk.

So, strips of Liberty fabric forming mounts...that was the brainwave. 

They will be smaller than shown here when they are finished as I intend to turn the edges, mitre the corners and neaten them. 

Slowly growing patchwork.

 

You can read a blog post here about this piece.

It's growing slowly but as you can see I have piles of patchwork pieces ready to add to it. 

My favourite process here is making the actual 'grandmothers flower garden' pieces. 

It's meditative. It's relaxing and I do have a love of the repetitive. 

A very crumpled wrapping cloth.

 

It's crumpled.

It hasn't been damp stretched...ever.

I created this piece for a specific space in my home, a sofa which gets a lot of wear.

As I was embroidering the cloth and piecing the patchwork flowers I was convincing myself....this is the piece that will go in the washing machine.

By the time it was finished I was OK with that. 

I finished it a couple of days ago and true to my plan I threw it in the washing machine.

Then I got extra brave and put it in the tumble drier.

It will definitely NEVER be ironed. 

Meanwhile, I'm embracing the 'lived in' look. 

Fabric mounts and patchwork pieces.

 

I'm focusing on a couple of things at the moment.

A fabric mount is in progress for a sample relating to my drawstring bag (which is also in progress).

There are patchwork motifs being created for that drawstring bag along with some grandmothers flower garden patchwork to use on this piece. 

I have also this morning pinned the backing on a wrapping cloth which should be finished and ready to show you very soon. 

My hands are never idle! 

Preparing to back an embroidered wrapping cloth and other Saturday faffing.

 

The table.....now.

The wrapping cloth on the left will be backed with the yellow fabric.

I have been measuring marking and pinning. 

More patchwork pieces are being cut from gingham offcuts too so that I can progress my drawstring bag.

If you are in my class...hello! You may notice something annoyingly wrong with the fabric on the right.

Safe to say it's giving me a headache with my plans.

I'm not crying....yet.

I will make a video to speak about this on Monday.