Two jewellery pouches in progress.
The white piece is almost finished. The patchwork piece is just beginning.
When these are drawn up with a drawstring they will be small, delicate and dainty with the base fabric measuring just seventeen inches.
Both will have an embroidered lining and a hand made cord to fasten them.
I am using exclusively Liberty 'Little Mirabelle' Tana lawn for the patchwork.
It's so very pretty.
Lace cloth created from silk velvet and cotton scrim.
This is the base of a new pouch, a new drawstring pouch.
The lace cloth I created in this post has now been completely embellished by hand.
I have used buttonhole stitch, chain stitch and French knots, adding Swarovski crystals in selected areas.
The remainder of this pouch will be embellished too.
How, I'm not quite sure yet.
Lots of images today!
A shop update.
I finally got round to listing these three books in the shop.
All hand embroidered.
Gingham, Liberty fabric, white tissue.....
French knots, bullion knots, web stitches, little scraps of ribbon.
There are lots more images on the individual listings if you want to take a look.
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In my post yesterday I mentioned I wanted to make progress with my drawstring pouch.
Success!
Sixteen pieces of pink gingham ribbon have been stitched at regular intervals around the outside section of the pouch.
When this is finished they will be tied.
I also think I have sourced my lining cloth, that is ordered and on its way.
Let's hope that when it gets here it is suitable.
This patchwork piece has been added to........the edge of a vintage handkerchief and a scrap of lace embellished with French knots.
I will leave this piece for a little while now as I am anxious to finish my drawstring pouch.
There are ribbon ties to sew onto that and a lining cloth to source.
Three small stitched studies, surface design pieces from this recent design exploration collection.
These pieces have been mounted in simple box frames without glass.
I now have a hankering to do the same with the larger piece in the image above.
(top left)
A little relaxing hand embroidery.
Small patchwork pieces, French knots and gimp secured with bullion knots.
This piece has a base of silk dupion
I think there will be more of these small embroidery and patchwork studies.
After all, you can never have too many cloth books.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
Small embroidered samples, gathering information for a new drawstring bag.
Initially I intended to create my new bag using gingham but after sampling have decided I much prefer a white base cloth with gingham highlights.
I now have a lot of the patchwork flowers to create as I need nine of those in total and I also need to source some white silk ribbon.
The fabric with cartoon like small children was bought in Sweden several years ago.
Thankfully I have managed to find some more with a UK based supplier as I am running low.
Now I just need to stalk the postman!
I've been wrapping up loose ends with this design collection as the wrapping cloth is ready to be finished.
It seems I have 6 unfinished fabric beads!
So, a quick 'how to'.
My little pouch is finished and is now available in my shop.
The edges were closed with hand stitch and a pretty, contrasting printed fabric has been used for the lining.
You'll also notice that I couldn't resist adding a Suffolk puff too, I'm a sucker for Suffolk puffs.
Also in the shop, these two pretty pin pillows.
