Preserving embroidered samples

 

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. 

Three more fabric headers.

 

Following on from my last post.....three more headers for hand embroidered samples.

There are four more waiting to be done, I'm slowly getting there. 

A book of embroidery samples.

 

Page upon page of hand worked embroidery samples.

This piece has been in progress for quite some time.

In truth I could have gone on forever but I decided to finish this one and start another.

To give you an idea of the size of this, the front cover measures 11x22 inches.

There is a more detailed look at each page in the short video below.