A pile of pillows

 

A pile of hand stitched pillows......three of them for pins and the other for? whatever you wish.

All completely hand made, hand sewn seams, hand sewn edges, hand made Suffolk puffs.

These are now listed in the shop.

 

A little weaving

 

There's a little bit of weaving going on.

These are samples which will inform a little design work I am doing with my online class. 

One piece is just cloth, the other has cloth strips woven through some threads I wrapped on the sewing machine.

Two very different pieces.

Let's see where they go from here. 

Titivated

 

Oversized, stuffed Suffolk puffs.

Finishing touches for these two panels which will soon become a pillow. 

The approximate size of this is twelve by ten inches.

There have been a few pillows created over the past couple of weeks which will be for sale very soon.

I'll let you know when they are in the shop. 

Titivate, spruce, smarten, and spiff all mean "to make a person or thing neater or more attractive."  

Embellishments

 

Just a hand full of stuffed Suffolk puffs for an edge or maybe a seam.

A little design work.

 

Surface design, a new design sheet, each torn piece of paper hand stitched to an A3 base of white.

The end goal here is a design collection which leads to the creation of a drawstring pouch.

As I am working on this in class it's slow going.

Videos are posted monthly so I'm trying to rein myself in and not get carried away! 

 

Small things

 

Little mix and match pieces.

Liberty fabric and gingham. 

These will be six inches square when they're finished.

There are Suffolk puffs and there's likely to be more prairie points. 

They're fiddly but I don't mind a bit of fiddly. 

Piecing and pinning.

 

Just putting a small piece together, using my stash of Liberty fabrics on a silk dupion base.

There are prairie points here and there will be Suffolk puffs.

I'm thinking minimal embroidery, perhaps just a little stab stitch to secure these pieces. 

Hopefully the Suffolk puffs will add enough of a finishing touch on here. 

Declutter

 

I tried. I did honestly.

I was ruthless.

It's amazing how much junk you shove in a cupboard (or a glass cabinet).

It's tidy.....ish now.

But.

How many artist books are too many?

How many pin pillows are too many?

How many hand embroidered pouches are too many?

How many embroidered sample books are too many?

And with that in mind.

Why am I currently embroidering more pillows?

Why am I currently finishing another artist book?

Just be thankful I'm not embroidering another pouch.

Yet. 

It's gimp next

 

This piece has moved on.....the patchwork panel has been applied to a base of silk dupion as have three applique circles.

Two of the circles have been edged with masses of French knots, the third is in progress.

Next step....gimp stalks attached with bullion knots. 

 

Patchwork and applique

 

A new plan involving patchwork and applique.

It's early days....