Slow progress...

This is how the piece for my bedroom is looking. I know, it looks just the same as it did last time but trust me it is bigger. I have created more cutwork and Marimekko to go behind the hearts and it is growing steadily, should be damp stretched and edged by the weekend, (fingers crossed). Here I have placed some patchwork text cutouts alongside it. It is in my head to make a narrow strip of patchwork, longer than the heart piece, and then cut into that too, perhaps with lace revealed, no colour. These two pieces will not be joined, just placed next to each other somehow. (haven't quite decided on the complicated bits yet!) My only worry is cutting into the patchwork strip, I'm not sure how stable it will be, will it be up to a lot of handling? will it damp stretch as the patchwork pieces will only be joined by hand? Lots of will it won't it, only one way to find out! If it turns out to be a disaster I promise I will still show you then maybe we can all learn from it.Now, do you remember this? I said if I told you what it was for I would have to kill you?? Well I can tell you now. This was all for a very prestigious embroidery for fashion competition, could have meant giving up the day job, could have been amazing, fame and fortune.............................well, I didn't get through. To be honest I am not really suprised and not as dissapointed as I might have been. I had the entry form and brief since last november and what with work and everything I didn't start anything until the end of June with a deadline of July 31st, not very organised or professional. I have seen some of the work that has made it to the next round, there is some really amazing stuff there and some pretty average stuff too but what they have that I don't is substance, research, back up material. For instance, I designed and created a pocket, it's here, last image. What they have though is a design for say a dress collar, actually placed on a completely hand made dress. I didn't have time to make a shirt, jacket or anything and I am not sure I would know how so the plan is..... get next years forms in November, start working on it in November.
What do you think anyway? There is nothing lost, I still have these lovely samples in my portfolio and I did get a lot of pleasure following the brief even though I didn't spend nearly enough time on the whole thing.

Now I have to give a lot of thought to the edge of my bedroom piece.......I like those french knot beads.......................the brain is ticking!

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