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This piece has been in progress for almost a week.
It's baby steps, the first dip of my toe into a plan to try something new.
OK, there's pin pricking and my usual embroidery stitches, they will most likely be ever present but what I'm hoping to achieve is progress with a different type of composition, a cohesive body of work created to generate new ideas.
Like I said, baby steps for now.
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Just playing. A little bit of sticking and a little bit of stitch....
You will notice in this post how all the lace cloth I made is almost covered now with patchwork and hand embroidery.
Yesterday I spent a little time working on the areas where there was no stitching, extending the area covered with lace cloth to enable me to add more patchwork and hand embroidery.
Next I need to add more silk velvet patches, the areas where the patchwork lives.
This piece has had more work since you last saw it here.
There is another grandmother's flower garden patchwork on the surface along with a couple more small stitched pieces.
I intend to keep going with this, altering this surface by adding more 'lace like' stitching with my sewing machine along with more silk velvet patches which will then be embellished with gingham patchwork.
When this piece is completely embellished I will begin a new piece and add it to this one, making the most of the seam.......decorating that with hand embroidery.
A little simple collage and some doodling.
This work evolved from this post.....
I have plans to take this forward in stitch but I'm not quite there yet.
There is more doodling to do, some with added embroidery, stitched fabrics and more collage.
If you were wondering what I was going to do with these then here is your answer.
I see the smaller pieces as medallion like and attaching those to the surface as separate pieces gives them a different dimension to what would be achieved stitching them to the actual base cloth. I'm very happy with this so far.
This work from last time....I have been doodling but I'm not brave enough to show you yet....
This morning.
For those of you who know me well....
I'm trying.
Look, there's a pencil!
I'm getting quite a selection of stitched scraps and embroidered hexagons.
I do have a plan for these but I'm still trying to figure out the details.
It means more sampling, moving these around again and thinking about what else I need before I dive in and put these to use.
I've added a few embroidered hexagons to the piece from yesterday.
I'm just playing here, as yet the bigger picture is a little blurred but if I keep going that lightbulb will come on!
Sampling embroidery stitches on lace cloth with added silk velvet.
There are French knots, bullion knots and a little Turkey work.
I'll be cutting these out and mounting them elsewhere, watch this space.
(if you click on the image it should enlarge)