Petals, patchwork, Liberty print fabric.
I bought this fabric a couple of weeks ago when I was in London.
I've been itching to use it ever since.
That always happens with new stuff despite the huge pile I have which is 'in progress'.
I'm guessing I'm not the only one?
There is a short video here, a show and tell of all my London embroidery related purchases.
The progression of a design sheet.
The first three images show new additions which were completed before the embellishments on the last image.
The last image has patterned paper applied using hand stitch with a ribbon channel partially attached.
Once fully attached the ribbon channel will be further embellished with tiny seed beads.
It's coming together!
White.
Piecing.......vintage white, white trim, white couture fabcric snippets.
These pieces will be embroidered with white....bullion knots, French knots, tiny running stitches.
I intended to create a short video...ha.
It's 17 minutes long but you can skip through it.
(Sorry for my absence...again. I have had facial surgery. It kept me quiet for a while x)
You can enlarge the image by clicking on it x
I've been away. Did you miss me?
I went to London and I went shopping...all things embroidery related.
A video show and tell.
Some of my embroidered petals have now been used for a patchwork flower.
This is the third finished page for my little silk book.
I have five more to complete and then I need to decide how I will embellish the reverse of each page.
At the moment I am completely devoid of ideas!
Do you remember the gingham drawstring pouch?
This is a small selection of the design work which accompanied that piece.
I am drawing on this collection to inform my current work, some of which you saw yesterday and I feel very fortunate to have all these resources at my fingertips.
Accessories, embellishments, adornments.
These have been made for some time, all part of a bigger collection, the little silk book, the wrapping cloth, the embroidered notebook.
Today I'm assessing, assessing embellishments, wondering what other forms of accessory I can create to complement this body of work.
Remember...your stash can never be too big!
Patchwork flowers for my wrapping cloth.
Hand embroidered petals for more patchwork, more patchwork for my little silk book.
Silk Dupion pages, hand painted pattern, embroidered motifs, patchwork flowers.
Last time I spoke about this little silk book I had finished one page.
I now have two.
I need eight.
I also need eight page reverses and another six patchwork flowers.
Best crack on Karen....
New panels have been added to this cloth, this wrapping cloth.
You haven't seen it for quite a while because I have been concentrating on paper lately but I often have the urge to go back to cloth and when that happens this is the piece I pick up.
There are two new panels, one a hand painted and embroidered piece, the other plain white Broderie Anglaise which will be embellished with patchwork flowers.
I think this is almost finished in terms of the embroidered, front surface.
Now I have to decide what to do with regards to the reverse.
