Karen Ruane

Design sheet. 2.

I promised you a part two, a follow on from the video yesterday.

Here it is.

I will be absent now for a few weeks.

Miss you already!

 

Design sheet

The very, very early stages of a design sheet.

This work is very much tied up with the embroidery on paper I have been sharing lately.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to video part two!

This isn't a quick process. Development of these pieces can take some time. It's also possible to come back much later and add extra.

Don't imagine for one minute that these are ever finished!

French knots and silk velvet

The video today is a follow on from the video in my last post which you can see here.

The paper pieces are my priority but it was a good decision to work a little on lace cloth as a possible option for the reverse of the paper piece when it is finished.

I particularly like how framing the silk velvet scraps lifts them, how it defines and gives them a padded appearance.

 

thinking out loud

This work is still very much ongoing.

Embroidery on paper, lots and lots of bullion knots, French knots outlining silk velvet snippets....

Today I'm thinking out loud, considering new embellishments and maybe the introduction of lace cloth as a backing.

(this work has progressed for the past week or so, demonstrated on video here and here.)

 

embroidery on paper and five buttons

Progressing the paper piece.....it's growing.....it's time to join two pieces.

The seam from that joining will be embellished with bullion knots and I have made five little paper buttons to be added to this piece further down the line.

It's slow going but it's a happy growing, a pleasure to handle and to embroider.