I have been a bit sniffly for a few days, so no posts, but I have done a little.
I got the idea for these little floral pieces from a video by
Margaret Applin. What I have done is totally not what she did, because I don't have any thermofax screens, so I worked out a way to do something similar using my own methods.
What I have done is to paint gesso onto a piece of fabric. When it was dry, I free motion embroidered a dover design (not my own, alas) onto the gessoed fabric.
I painted the flowers using water soluble pencils and a water brush. It was a very quick job.
Next I will do a little hand embroidery and beading before matting them up properly.
Here are a couple of close ups of my stitched outlines after painting.
Neither the stitching, nor the painting is perfect, but that is the effect I wanted. They are a bit like pen and ink sketches which is what I was hoping for.
And that's all she wrote, today. Happy creating!
