The third piece, white on white. Not yet finished, this one is about a third complete but was damp stretched last night to give me a sense of the overall embellishment. I must first point out though that the white lace at the top of the work is not my creation. That is lace I bought from Liberty. The ruched silk with french knots however is mine, applied to ''quiten'' down the lace and to add something of me to that section. After all, I can't claim to be an aspiring designer if all I do is sew bits of other peoples cloth together can I?
I have attached the lace to a piece of vintage cotton with buttonhole stitch, three rows, to create a delicate lacy edge. I have done the same to attach the vintage cotton to another piece of ''found'' cloth. The small circular embellishments are all my own work. I don't have a name for them, they will now become ''thingys''. Lovely little ''thingys'' they are too, in real life a little like tiny cups...I am going to have to be extra careful with this one...don't want to squash them!
In other news...I haven't done any sorting out or organising yet...I am waiting for the kids to go back to school. O.K. I know I don't have any kids in that sense but still, they are noisy outside whilst they are playing and it's distracting....that's my excuse anyway. A major breakthrough was made in the London pictures saga...I found my disc!! You know.... I live in the smallest house you have ever seen...why then can I never find anything??? Anyway, find it I did and those pictures are now here so go have a look. There is a treat for you with pictures of one particular shop that will make you drool...promise. The magazine I hear you cry......I HAVEN'T GOT IT YET!!!! My postman will be taking out a restraining order against me any time now...stalked he is poor man.
16 comments:
beautiful combination of lace and stitch. i so enjoyed your pictures from London. and that shop looks divine.
What beautiful lace. It msy not be yours, but you have used it in your own wonderful way.
This piece is beautiful. I love the combination. If you are like me Karen, I currently live in the smallest house I have ever lived in and I too can not find things. I think we feel we have to find a place for things right away and then promptly forget that great place we put them. Glad you found your disc. I am now off to see your photos...
Beautiful beautiful!!
(FYI--you have some crazy HTML going on at the very top of your blog. The past three visits I noticed it there.)
Your work is magnificent, Karen. And yes - what Perpetua just said. I get it too.
Janice. x
Wonderful work,but its what I've come to expect.
beautiful Karen. I love the silk that you use. it's such a lovely contract and background for the stitching.
This is gorgeous - definitely a true and top flight example of your work. Keep it up!
Simply elegant.
You have me drooling again. I have no idea who your creative process works but your work never cease to amaze me.
Enjoy a noise free evening.
I like your thingys and well named too :). Love the lace shop, gorgeous stuff to rummage through but I guess they wouldn't like too much rummaging going on.
aside from your obviously beautiful sewing, I have looked at your photos and think I may have to visit the shop! I will have to wait until August but I can save all my pennies in the meantime. Thankyou for the congrats
Kate x
white on white...luscious, and your thingys look cute, like raised cups. I'm going to check out the pics and the shop.......
Scrump-dilly-icious! I know - I'm behind in commenting again (what else is new!). Sure do like your latest creations!
I bet my house is smaller than yours... :-}
This is SO gorgeous!
Lovely lovely. I followed your lead and damp stretched my stitched felt...its lovely and flat where it should be now. I will do it again.
So satisfying.
I was going to ask if you'd stitched all that cord down yourself.
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