Yesterday I gave you a glimpse of the wrapping cloth I have been putting together in 'embroidery school'.
That video is at the foot of this post if you missed it.
Today it's pockets and embroidered buttons, also from embroidery school.
(the pockets are from past works which were used as examples during our current class)
One thing I learnt from this particular class....4 weeks is not long enough.
Small applique pockets have been added to this piece, I love a pocket.
There's still a lot of work to do on here and there's quite a bit of white space that I want to embellish.
I'm mulling over adding small cross stitch motifs to those areas.....let's see what happens.
Three pouches, all hand embroidered, all hand finished, made over a very long period of time.
The Grandmothers flower garden pouch was made very recently, the others....wow, eons ago.
I have these out because due to having two projects very much in progress I am constantly buried under supplies and materials for both.
Surely it would make life easier if each project had it's own pouch?
One for the wrapping cloth panels, one for the soft, delicate artist book pages and the tools needed for each......threads, fabrics etc.
Two projects, three pouches? I'm in the process of deciding which one won't be needed....
Nine pockets, gingham with hand embroidered web stitch and a Liberty patterned lining.
There are more of these to make.
Can you guess what they're for?
Pockets, one white and two gingham.
The white one needed very little work on this front section. Do you see the pleats in the last image? It was just a case of making buttons for those final spaces.
Now that is done work has started on putting that one together.
The gingham pockets will be used as wrapping for other things. I really like the simplicity of those. Four web stitches in one corner....that's all.
also...new hand made buttons!
Most of my weekend was spent gathering, a very lovely and exciting way to pass the time.
Pieces of embroidered paper and cloth were collected then placed in hand stitched pockets ready to be sent off to my 'stash' members.
Once I have made it to the post office and these are on their way I hope to devote more time to my new project and my 'paperwork'.
I've been a bit distracted by pockets.....and adding a bobbly fringe to some pleating.
That's not why I have been absent for the past few days though.
I have been in London visiting with Stanley, (on the right) and later this week I will be visiting with Sonny (on the left).
Stanley and I went to Liberty where I may have bought some fabric.......he will very soon be a Liberty veteran with his own loyalty card!
Lots of images for you today, evidence that I haven't been sitting twiddling my thumbs.
These pieces have evolved over the past 12 weeks of 'sewing circle'. It's our final week next week. (how did that happen?)
There are one or two things to finalise for class but even then, when class is finished, I intend to take this work forward.
I hope you can see in these images the pockets I have built into this piece. You know how much I love a pocket!
In the last two images I have laid this piece alongside other finished pieces from this collection.
I have been refreshing my pocket memory, looking back on past pockets with a view to investigating these in class.
I can never think of pockets without thinking of the following words by Sharon Owens.
Someone clever once said
Women were not allowed pockets
In case they carried leaflets
To spread sedition
Which means unrest
To you & me
A grandiose word
For commonsense
Fairness
Kindness
Equality
So ladies, start sewing
Dangerous coats
Made of pockets & sedition
In other news, happy birthday to this delightful boy, the best son anyone could ask for.
We love you so much James and you make us proud every single day.
Now I must go, I have a date with some cake.