Tiny cut out thread cards, fabric scraps, torn paper pieces, beads, sequins.Little pattern studies.I mentioned in this post how the joy with these comes from the 'doing'. That hasn't changed but it's also true that whilst you spend time on these exercises you are absorbing the details. What goes with what, which piece compliments another, which colours work and it's also hoped
This project was started some time ago.The image below is from my first thoughts on these little paper dolls. The project was interrupted by a family bereavement and it seems my thought process regarding these has been lost too.Today I'm looking again, trying to get a spark.I will leave these somewhere visible and glance at them occasionally, that usually works.
Yesterday I mentioned that three of the large cards weren't yet finished.They are finished now, a little texture has been added using the 'pin pricking' technique before tiny snippets of fabric have been attached using a single bead and a single sequin. There are also six tiny 'reference' tags which I stitched last night. There will be more of those. I have also started
More stitch has been added to the pieces from this post. Three of them have added cloth snippets with a tiny bead and a single sequin attaching each piece of cloth. There are plans for the other three. The pages in the little notebook have stitched paper embellishing each page. I hope to extend the embellishment on those pages too. I get a lot of pleasure from these
Just a quick hello today, don't want you thinking I'm asleep.I'm playing with paper, collage and stitch. There are plans to introduce some of my new fabric to these.(the pieces on the right are the new ones)
A large panel, 23x15 inches of white cotton seersucker fabric, applique, sequins, bullion knots and gimp.This will be the front cover of my latest embroidered sample cloth book.I've added a few images below of the pages for this book because once again.........Typepad stole my original post.(can you tell it still hurts) I've been thinking about my embroidered sample books, there are a
Surface design...paper doll.
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