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Silk velvet, gimp, net, hand wrapped ball buttons and embroidery, the fabric element of 'creative portfolio'.
This piece has been a long time in the making and it's not finished yet.
There are two layers here, an embroidered silk dupion base with a silk velvet and net overlay, also hand embroidered.
I created the hand wrapped ball buttons as a means of recording my thread choices and next up, a little stitch reference to accompany those.
I'm a little later than normal today. My schedule is a little upside down at the moment because of family stuff but I made it here in the end.
This work is progress from 'creative portfolio'.
There is appliqued kid leather, stitching on paper, gimp, ribbon and hand made ball buttons. ( I am in love with those and can't stop making them!)
These compositions, these design ideas are very satisfying to create and extend.
There will be more of this.
The first thing I need to do today is apologise for the images. I must have taken one hundred photographs, battling against the gloom and grey skies.
White is hard enough to photograph.....give me a break weather.
I've been finishing the edges of this piece, mostly with hand embroidery but also with a few little pompoms and a pleated piece of vintage lace.
I have been working a little more on the piece from this post, choosing carefully which seams I want to embellish with beads.
There are more bullion knots too but I think this is still some way off being finished.
Progress. My design sampling for class is developing, being extended.
There is something very satisfying about Surface design and no rules. Fabric? yes if you like. Torn paper? of course. Do I have to draw? Not if you don't want to Karen.
How about paper and fabric mixed? definitely.
Gimp on paper.......oh yes.
I am loving this process, can you tell?
I have started another piece....my embroidered paper pile is growing, not rapidly but growing all the same.
Tiny pompoms are featuring at the moment on here but there is a piped edge in progress, just basted for now, the embellishmnet will happen later today fingers crossed.
Are you ready for a baby update?
Stanley and Sonny met for the first time on Monday.
Be still my heart.
In between working on my pieces for class I am still stitching papers, tearing strips, tearing randon shapes, overlaying them and adding lace or ribbon before embellishing with hand stitch.
I am getting quite a collection.
Each piece informs the next, taking one aspect of one and altering it slightly for the next one whilst also adding something new.
The last image today is a little mosaic of the collection to date....
It's a little hectic here at the moment but I thought I would let you have a glimpse of what's happening in class.
We are at the very early stages here and I am still trying very hard to channel my inner Lacroix.
Let's hope I get there before class finishes!
(it's not too late to join us, just go here to read more)
Not a new image but an image which best shows where my embroidery head is at the moment.
I am trying very hard to channel my innner Christian Lacroix......trying.....trying....
Creative Portfolio has been running for a week, hence the Christian Lacroix reference.
I doubt he would approve of my efforts but I'm sure he'd be pleased I was giving it a go.
Anyway, it's not too late to join us so if you are even slightly tempted you can read more here.
In other news.....our second little soul has arrived and I swear my heart can't take much more.
Sonny Winston Ruane.
Born February 6th weighing 7lb 2oz.
Welcome to my heart nannas little man.
What a day.....it took me so long to get a half decent image of this work because of the horrendous weather we have.
It's a relief that I got there in the end.
The newest piece here is the vintage cloth edge secured with bullion knots and titivated with dangly beads.
This paper piece will have more bullion knots than buttonhole stitch. I'm feeding my need for both.
I am going to be quiet now for a few days. I am once again on baby watch with my second grandchild in three weeks due any day.
I know I am spoilt in the grandchildren department and I feel very blessed.
To remind you, Stanley arrived just under 3 weeks ago.
(yes, I know, he is huge....I swear he will be walking in a few weeks!)
( a note for my creative portfolio group. I have had to change the time of one of our Zoom sessions tomorrow. The new invitations have been sent but if you didn't receive one please let me know)