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Lots of embroidery 'in progress' here.
There are grandmothers flower garden patchwork motifs for my stash.
The embroidery on white is for my overlays.
The squares and the strip patchwork pieces are for the edge of my pages.
This will be my last post for a while.
I'm going here.....
My favourite place. I can't wait.
Lace cloth. Two minutes.
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If you have been following this project you will know that seven inch squares are being hand embroidered before a patchwork border is added.
My plan was that would be the completion of each surface before a lining was added to the reverse.
However, it seems I am an obsessive embellisher and I am now stitching separate little patches to add after the borders are complete.
The early stages of this 'little book of stitch samples' can be seen in this post. (there's a very quick video show and tell on there)
Following on from my last but one post I have put another surface together to embroider before attaching it to the main piece.
A paper surface to embellish.
A short video, the process of composition.
Following on from this post, four of my pages are now complete.
They have patchwork borders and tied, embroidered overlays on the reverse.
The weight of these in your hand is fabulous. There are still six to finish and I can't begin to imagine how substantial this finished project will be.
It will be a fabulous resource of stitch which feels amazing to handle.
This morning has been about measuring and cutting ribbon for tying these overlays to the reverse of my pages.
If you missed it, I speak about the overlays here.
Yesterday I posted a very short video, just a little chat about this work and a paper piece I am also working on.
I have posted it again today.
Have a great Saturday x
Today, a little chat about my embroidery plans....
Remember these? This is what they were for.
Embroidered overlays for the reverse of my embroidered pages.
These pieces will not be 'fixed' to the reverse, they will just be gently tied, liftable, leaving me free to examine the reverse of my embroidery.
I have a certain respect for the reverse of embroidered cloth. It's evidence of my hand, of my time, of my thought process.
Did you miss me? I've been to Barcelona....I did buy one or two stitch related things and I will show you those at the end of this post.
But today, these little stitched studies.
None of these little embroideries measures more than two inches at their widest point.
They really are tiny little snippets of hand stitch.
These pieces will eventually find their way into my 'little cloth book of stitch' which you can see and hear more about in this post.
It's a slow project, a time consuming project and it becomes ever more time consuming as I am tempted to add extra pieces at each stage.
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Now for my Barcelona haul. The pink pieces on the right are hand made paper.
I hope you notice how restrained I was......