You will be seeing a lot of these A3 design sheets as I progress this work.
They are the focal point of everything which follows, all my basic information is on those, pattern, colour, texture.
Not shown here are two pieces I am working on as an extension of this work, they aren't quite 'show me' ready yet but along with those pieces I am considering my overlay options hence the lace cloth here.
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.
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)
this morning I've been making froth.....
Two pieces today.
The latest, finished piece for my lace cloth collection which I have been working on for quite some time....and a design sheet, very much in progress and which is taking shape with my subscription tiers on Ko-Fi.
You can sign up to one of my subscription learning tiers at any time and get access to all video posted since the start. You will also get free access to a past class, a ledgers class once you have completed three months subscription.
Back to the design sheet...there is a long way to go with this, a lot of white space to fill and I have plans.....
Today was just going to be about lace cloth and silk velvet and a little video of hand embroidery but I thought I'd also show you what I've been up t0 this morning.
More pockets.....
(video at foot of this post)