Friday Catch Up 28Jan22

 Stitch Camp continued from last Friday

I've added embroidery to the painted fabric, the threads are the same colours as the paints so they are hard to see. The idea was to blend one patch in with another.

Some close ups

With the embroidery finished I made the fabric into a book cover for a handmade book.

It was a bit bodged as I'd not planned on doing this until after finishing the fabric and it was the wrong size so I had to add bits on. I machined those bits on as I found sewing the patches together made my fingers sore.

Doodlewash Watercolour Challenge

Z is for Zebra

I had two attempts at Zebra, not keen on either.

A is for Aardvark. I think this one is my favourite of the month.

B is for Banana

Thanks for the well wishes, I'm almost 'normal' again.

And once again it is Paint Party Friday

Nature Picture - Inktense

My picture finished at last. I started it a few weeks before lockdown which is 7 weeks now I think, so it has taken some time to do.I wanted to use one of the pictures in my sketchbook but it wasn't big enough so I added more to it. I've had a canvas measuring 24" square [61cm] waiting to be used for a long time so I wanted the picture to fit around that. I started by painting the fabric with Inktense blocks and crayons. Then came the freehand machine embroidery. Hand stitching came next, this took a long time. When finished I wrapped it around the canvas and fixed in place.

It's Friday, so it's time for Paint Party Friday

WIP and Collage Pages

WIP - I've painted the fabric with Inktense blocks and pencils. Then I outlined the main features with black thread using free hand machine embroidery. Next came the hand embroidery which you can see some of above.

After painting

With the machine embroidery

Below  are pages from the collage book

Happy Paint Party Friday!

Stay safe!!

A Blast from the Past

We decided to have a clear out in our loft including my old City and Guilds [embroidery] college work and I came across these two Christmas cards in a file. The spikes were made with wide gold ribbon I think although I cannot remember how I made it. I think they maybe called Prairie points. The green card is only about 3" high.

Another item I came across were these earrings which I quite like although I don't wear earrings so I won't be wearing them. Goldwork - beads, cord net.

I rather liked this little poppy picture, hand painted fabric and embroidery

Another card, also handpainted fabric and embroidery.

Another picture with various textures and embroidery

And this textured tree which has now gone with the rubbish collection today. Layered leaves, wool was used for the grass.

I did get rid of quite a bit of stuff, mainly files with paper, samples and lots of empty boxes.