Karen Ruane: pleated muslin and embroidered silk continued......

pleated muslin and embroidered silk continued......

05/07/2014

the body bag

I've been working more on the ''body bag''. It had been put to one side for a while and now it's calling me again. Yesterday I introduced it to the girls in ''4'', they will most likely be seeing quite a bit of it from now on, a change from blue and white. The blue and white will continue but with this as a companion. Speaking of ''4'', I have been asked if it's still available. Well it wasn't....but now it is, here. ''4'' will actually continue through to August so due to ''demand'' it is listed again. You really want to listen to me until August? I admire your resilience! You will jump straight in, have access to it all from day one, no catch up, no deadlines, just cake...

If you're not familiar with the body bag, just click the link in the category list over on the right and it may become clearer but basically this is going to be a bag, a human sized bag....hence, ''body bag''. It's not going to be a prop in the next series of CSI. Well actually, if they asked?

The newest section is laid on top here....a patch, some hexagons and a large applique circle partially edged with bullion knots. It needs more.......I feel some lace cloth coming on.

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12/11/2013

coming together....

Sections of the body bag/sampler cloth are being joined now, pleated muslin alongside embroidered silk pieces. For the moment they are just tacked, I plan to titivate seams this evening. There are also strips to be added, to bind the muslin, It will all become clear.

Going forward, I will need more pleated muslin and more binding strips. I'm not in a hurry but I am excited.

The lemon pouch from yesterday had more embroidery added last night. That is waiting to be damp stretched. I do need to extend that piece and I have a plan for that. I will be doing that over in SS3 this weekend and then you will get to see next week.

I hope all your Christmas plans are coming together. I have a HUGE list....I thought I was organised but I ran out of tags and wrapping paper yesterday so this afternoon I must go out and replenish my stock. My turkey was ordered last week. It's so big it probably needs to go in the oven tomorrow!!

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09/24/2013

continuing from yesterday

These pictures take yesterdays theme a little further. This is progress that I have made with the ''simply stitch 2'' group. The hooks and eyes haven't found a home in this yet, in the actual piece of work. Yesterdays pleating with the added metal was a sample. There is some way still to go with this, my body bag. You will hear me refer to this quite a lot in the future. The body bag is essentially a human sized pocket....body bag. Work on this will definitely carry on through simply stitch 3 but hopefully not beyond that.

I am making progress on the wedding bag too and hope to have that damp stretched and beautiful for you tomorrow. I am definitely on a deadline with that but have plans for more surface embroidery....and then some more....I can't stop.

(and I now have a pashmina, (an overrated shawl) and wedding shoes..........happy days.)

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09/23/2013

joining sections

I have been joining sections in very different ways. There are four pieces here, two separate, finished pieces of work. One piece has silk and pleating joined with hooks and eyes the other is two pieces of embroidered silk joined with stab stitch and bullion knots. The hook and eye piece is a sample, testing options for when the main bag is finished and will require fastenings. I am also drawn to zips for that so a final decision hasn't been made yet....and then again I also have a hankering for buttons so who knows what's going to happen. I change my mind a lot. Have you guessed that yet? They don't know whether they are coming or going over in ''simply stitch'' as my mind gets changed over there on an hourly basis!!

I'm going out in a minute, there's a surprise. She who never leaves the house except to go to the shed is leaving the house to go into town. A proper big place they tell me with shops and cafes and people!!! I am going on a pashmina hunt which will hopefully mark the end of the trauma which is commonly known as ''shopping for wedding clothing''.

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09/05/2013

pleated muslin and embroidered silk continued......

Pleating and embroidery is ongoing, it will be for some time yet. My sampler cloth has evolved and continues to alter course. It is now going to be a human size pocket, pouch....or body bag as it is becoming fondly known in the simply stitch group. I say human size....don't forget that humans come in many sizes....we shall see later in the process the size of human that will be required to go inside...........to be ''bagged''.

There are some hexagons going on out of sight. They are for something special. I will say more about that when I am further along the process and can put images on here. It won't be a secret once I do put it on here....it was a special request from my little girl. She knows...it was her idea....

In other news....I am in class mode...thoughts, ideas, plans. I am a little undecided about what will come next. I have a few ideas and am considering requests.....I am being asked for various things. Can I run ''Lace'' again? Can I run ''Ledgers'' again. Will I continue with ''Simply Stitch''? At the moment my thought process is evolving something like this....

1. simply stitch.....a programme that follows my ''day'', my process.

2. Lace.....something I make regularly to use in my ''everyday'' pieces.

3. Ledgers......a process I use to record my everyday creativity.

4. Everything I do is wrapped up with my creativity, ledgers crosses with simply stitch as does lace....

5. Another simply stitch in a new form? Longer? 12 weeks? combine EVERYTHING, Stitch, ledgers, lace.....a discount for those who have already taken a lace and ledgers class?

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