Monday's Embroidery Pictures

Fabric applique and machine stitch.

Lovely threads

Using various stitches to create textures

Adding shells

I have shared some of these pictures on flickr.

Here are a few more.

This work was inspired by looking at the surface of shells, when you study them, draw them, feel them.

I wanted to show the texture and all the subtle variations of colour.

I then decided to incorporate some of the shells into the fabric, binding them with threads.

I was also working on a few brooches at the weekend, adding different fabrics onto the wool and machine stitching.

Thank you to anyone who has time to read this blog and hope you have a good week.

Shades Of Purple

We had a very busy time on Wednesday night at my art society.

It was a great opportunity for us all to try out different ideas using texture in our sketch books.

Here you can see I used coloured tissue paper torn and glued down with acrylic paint, inks and pastel worked over the top.

You can see I left some of the underneath papers showing through.

I will develop this further, hopefully!

You can use anything to build up textures, wallpaper, paper towels, sand, plaster the list is endless.

Everyone produced exciting work and all so different.

Here are some purple brooches, as you know it's a colour that features a lot in my work!

My Mum says my bedroom was purple when I was very young, perhaps it is a sort of comfort to me?

New Flower.

I have just finished this flower brooch.

A little different, this time I have used silk in the middle and coiled it into a 3D effect.

The centre stands proud which makes the petals curl up like a real flower, it works beautifully as a brooch.

I put it in my etsy shop today.

Hope the start of your week is a good one.x

Wooly Flower

Today I did some shopping in Leamington Spa, nothing exciting , school uniforms and pencil cases.

I went with my sister, so we had to have a nice cup of coffee out.

I thought you may like to see this brooch which used to be an old aran jumper which I boiled then dyed.

I used this lovely thread from Madeira called lana which is 50% wool.

Hope you have had a good day.