I used some of my hand dyed cotton. I drew the pods and did some reverse chain stitch. No problem. However, I found out at the zoom meeting that although the stems look correct on the beaded raised chain band, I have not done the stitch correctly. Maybe that’s why I struggled so much. It was really hard going.
I finished it off with some trim and a button.
Keep safe Janex
Jane chose fabrics in cream and gold. I used cotton fabrics, dupion silk and gold painted vintage music sheets to make a background with free-cut piecing.
I'm quite partial of cutting up pieces of my work, so Janes choice of joining/insertion stitch gave me the perfect opportunity to free-cut through the piece and re-join with insertion stitch. Jane also chose woven wheels which I stitched in wool, perle thread and Lana thread, adding a sprinkling of cream and gold beads.
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Sue
Margaret chose undyed for her coloured pages, and her stitch selection was running stitch and back stitch. All this simplicity made it quite a challenge somehow!
Felted background with silk throwsters waste for surface interest. Stitched with a variety of ordinary, threaded or whipped running and back stitch, using undyed cotton and wool threads. Whipped beaded back stitch at the top.
Debbie
Jane asked for cream and gold colours with woven wheels and insertion stitches. It's a long time since I have used either of these stitches so it was "interesting" to try them.
I have used perle thread throughout for faggoting, lacing with raised chain band and laced blanket stitch. You have to be very careful to keep your place when working woven wheels as it can easily go wrong. Gold fabric was inserted behind the stitches. Machine stitch and beads complete the piece.
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