I have been playing with fastenings over in simply stitch and the result? These oversized toggles. I love them. I adore them. I want to make more of them. I don't think I will use them on the final piece but I do think it's OK just to have them, to own them, to take them out and gaze every so often before putting them away again.
There is a lot going on here today with cloth, with mulsin. I am pressing, pin tucking and pleating. These things usually happen unseen, in the background but are essential to the pieces I am working on at the moment.
I have huge plans for the pleated cloth and am itching to get going with those later today. I am beyond excitement.
My Saturday will be completely consumed by this work so I can't linger.....I must go and play some more. Have a wonderful day whatever you are doing.
Did you think I wasn't coming today? Sorry about that....I have been out shopping for wedding shoes. I didn't get any. My husband got his suit and I got this and this but not a shoe in sight. Never mind.....I still have five weeks until I am forced to attend barefoot. (which actually would be my preference)
But, back to embroidery which is the whole point of this little corner of cyber space. These are some pieces I was working on yesterday in ''simply stitch''. Pleated muslin and embroidered silk. Pinning, planning, sampling, being indecisive, being unable to express a preference on layout because I love them all. Just another day then in my creative life where I can't make a decision and feel like a child in a sweet shop.
Finally....because it's getting late, there is a meal to cook and chores to be done. Can't hang about when I spend all day shopping for shoes and buy everything but.......simply stitch 3 is now open for registration here and boy oh boy do you make me feel humble with the massive interest so far.....little old me is one happy embroiderer.....thank you.....
I was going to say there isn't much happening here today but that wouldn't be true. There is a lot happening here today, yesterday, the day before but not much to show for it in terms of embroidery. This morning has been like a whirlwind. Up at 8, shower, quick emptying of the kitchen sink, (cups and teaspoons from late last night), taking photographs, converting videos, uploading videos to you tube, posting class, getting my hair cut literally 30 minutes ago. Cleaning up the hair off the floor, changing clothes....again.
The kettle is on now but my feet won't be getting ''put up''. I have a welcome mail to compose, more pictures to take. So it's hectic.....but I love it....wouldn't have it any other way and then, later, me and my new haircut can sit.....and embroider.
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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Muslin, it is so gorgeous. It's soft, it manipulates beautifully. This piece has been pleated, you saw it on Sunday I think. Now I have added a little embroidery and laid it alongside a small piece of silk I embroidered with applique and chain stitch last night. These are all samples, I'm surrounded by samples. I think it's about time I got something actually made....enough sampling.