Stitched Leaf Print

I finished stitching on the leaf print today. It will be a page[s] in a book eventually ....I think.

Running stitch, zig-zag coral stitch, feathered chain stitch, long tail chain stitch.

Leaf printed background, organza layers, pearl thread, flower thread.

WIP and TAST 111

I've worked a couple more TAST stitches on my hand printed fabric. I used Tast 111, zig zag coral stitch as a couching thread to keep the organza in place on top of the printed fabric [light blue, perle thread]. As you can see I sewed it in a random manner rather than all the same size. I also used Tast 114, Long tail chain stitch together with running stitch to define the leaf pattern [dark blue, flower thread]. 

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Leafy Fabrics

Fall leaves - 8" swatch basic combed cotton. The print is actually more of a brown colour in the background than the swatch above shows [on my monitor anyway]

the design originates from leaf printing

below is what the repeat would look like

Autumn leaves - 8" basic combed cotton swatch and below shows what the repeat would look like.

Fabric shop

Recycled Printed Wipes

The other day I spent some time experimenting with some recycled face wipes I'd been saving. After washing them I put them in a bath of tea, but they just looked a bit drab so I thought I would print on them. I used some old screen printing paints, some heavy bodied A>2 chroma acrylics, and ordinary acrylics. The pattern was made on the top four by laying the wipe on a wallpaper texture plate. [textured wallpaper stuck to a thick card/wood base]. If it didn't look to good I went over it with another colour.

The leaf designs below were made with a shop bought plastic texture plate.

and the squiggles too

the bottom two - the lines were made using corrugated card then a flower stamp on top. The wavy lines below - this was a hand made stamp from fun foam stuck to polystyrene.

Now what shall I do with them?