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.
Yes, more pink gingham.
Design work for a new drawstring bag...a pink gingham drawstring bag with child themed applique.
I have woven paper and gingham here for the backgrounds of this sampling which I feel works well.
These pieces still need to be finished and I'm also piecing more samples.
The more information I have to hand when deciding on my final design the better,
Last image, patchwork pinned and ready for the next section to be embellished.
This piece is developing nicely!
It was damp stretched last night ready for the final section to be embellished before I line it and put it together.
There's a 'freshness' to gingham that I love.
Below is a short video from when you last saw this which explains what I'm doing here.
There's a little bit of weaving going on.
These are samples which will inform a little design work I am doing with my online class.
One piece is just cloth, the other has cloth strips woven through some threads I wrapped on the sewing machine.
Two very different pieces.
Let's see where they go from here.
Little mix and match pieces.
Liberty fabric and gingham.
These will be six inches square when they're finished.
There are Suffolk puffs and there's likely to be more prairie points.
They're fiddly but I don't mind a bit of fiddly.
There's been progress with this piece, you last saw it here.
It's turning into a patchwork piece....unintentionally.
I like it though. I especially like the patchwork flower.
I like the flower so much that I've made extra.
They will not be used here though......or maybe one would fit in that empty corner of gingham.....hmmmmm.
I am still working on this collection, this paper based collection, creating a little notebook of design ideas.
Whilst working mostly on paper I do get a hankering for cloth, for the softness of cloth, hence my obsession with cloth sample books.
The piece here is another page in progress for a new collection of embroidered samples.
(does the dark blue gingham remind anyone else of school or is it just me)
I'm gathering homeless embroidered samples.
They will be joined, added to, made bigger, embellished more and be safely preserved inside another cloth book, yes another one.
I lost my collection of 'cloth book' references, they were in the other place.
Maybe I should create a page for them here.
Doodling on gingham with needle and thread.
Do you like gingham?
Gingham holds memories for me, childhood, sewing class in school, (which I hated by the way...who knew)
If you need a little mindless embroidery requiring no prep then gingham is your friend.
Your stitch placement is marked out for you, your spacing is marked out for you....
Like I said, gingham is your friend.
