I have been very busy lately, getting ready for the first day of our community gallery, which went extremely well, and also with a few family duties, but now on to the next step in my November
TAMMS you can post about what you have done with it
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We have done several things so far;
A foundation
Surface design
Fabric manipulation
Embellishments
Design
So this is where we were up to last time.
We had arranged the pieces in a design to our liking. I have placed a piece of non-woven interfacing underneath, to keep it stable for the stitching.
In this post, I stitched everything down with free motion and added a bit of decorative free motion stitching.
First I stitched all the elements down. I used straight lines for the folded squares and scalloped lines and veining for the leaves.
Here are a couple of close ups of the stitching. It used a magenta rayon thread, a solid colour, however it looks quite different on the different coloured fabrics. I just secured the hydrangea square with a couple of stitches in the centre.
Next I did some swirly stitiching on the painted batting background.
And a close up of the swirls, which were in a green rayon thread.
And that's all there is! I find this step in my work to be the quickest. I am really liking where this piece is going, it looks a bit like a tapestry with all the stitching and I am looking forward to doing some hand stitching next. What do you think would be the right stitching to set off the design?
And Mounting? I am at this stage thinking of turning it into a large book cover, but we will see.
Until next time, Happy Creating!
