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Velvet background fabric, dyed lace, handmade paper

Velvet background fabric, dyed lace, handmade paper, clay embelishment, embroidered brooch, stitching.

Fine cord background, layers of sheer, net and metallic fabrics, embroidery and beads.

Take a stitch Tuesday 106, 107 - looped cretan stitch, beaded looped cretan stitch

Transfer printed fabric [ie paints and pencils used on paper and transferred to fabric by ironing], dyed laces, machine embroidery.

Transfer printed fabric [ie paints and pencils used on paper and transferred to fabric by ironing], dyed laces, hand embroidery and beads.

Fine cord background, layers of sheer, net and metallic fabrics, embroidery, sequins and beads.

Take a stitch Tuesday 109 - rice stitch

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Painted/stamped background fabric, black plastic skeleton, patchwork skirt with machine embroidery, ribbon.

Painted/stamped background fabric, organza scraps, plastic creepy crawlies under net, stitching.

This is the last page of the Fat Book.

TAST 122, 123 , 125

Take a stitch Tuesday

122 - chained bar used as couching on a strip of tweed.

123 - woven chained bar also running stitch - at the time of doing them I didn't think I was doing them very well so I only did two....but they don't look too bad.

124 - beaded herringbone over ribbon - I found a bit tricky to start with, would probably be easier on an evenweave fabric.

I've used handmade paper as a background on all three pieces.

Tast 119, 124

Take a stitch Tuesday 

Tast 119 - woven trellis stitch with bead in centre stitched on handmade paper.

Tast 124 - closed herringbone stitch, running stitch, scraps of coat fabric stitched on handmade paper. I applied the fabric scraps to help me keep a neat line.

Go to Pintangle to see a neat version

TAST, WIP, SC2

These are both 'work in progress' and embroidery stitches for Take a stitch Tuesday.

The top one is beaded long tail chain stitch [TAST 114] with threaded running stitch.

Below is whipped long tailed chain stitch. [TAST 115] I used ribbon for the whipping and stitched onto hand made paper. Join in at Pintangle.

No 2  Spoon Challenge - Mountain

Sample in Green

This an old piece done for one of my City & Guilds projects. Layers including hand made paper, both hand and machine stitching, burning, beading, cording etc..

Layered Mixed Media Sample [C&G]

This is a sample piece I did for City & Guilds many moons ago [1995-99]. The background layer is handmade paper [probably from egg boxes] The darker red, green & blue shiny stuff is [I think] glass paints applied to plastic, removed when dried and placed under a peice of chiffon headscarf, then handstitching - running stitches and loose french knots were stitched thru the lot. On the lower photograph I have played with the colours as it was a little dull and it makes it clearer to see everything. Which do you prefer?