Final Six...

 

for Jane

Jane's page in turquoise and gold. I used a commercial wool felt base and appliqued painted watercolour paper and gold fabric and openwork ribbon to it. Couching down some cotton velour thread finished the piece with a buttonhole spaced dyed thread to bind the edge. I loved doing this page and found the colours quite joyous.

for Rosemary

Rosemary's page in orange and lime green. Painted bondaweb on commercial felt with a tyvek piece attached with couched threads and beads to brighten it up a bit. Some back stitching to emphasise the design completed the work. Great colour choice Rosemary.

for Jenni

Jennie's page in burnt orange and blue. Based on a piece of space dyed fabric I had made some time ago this geometric design just felt right and I thoroughly enjoyed  sewing it. There is something so simple yet so satisfying about making shapes with back stitch it seems I turn to that stitch a lot. I must own I had to unpick some of the blue threads as they were far too pale and needed a stronger blue to contrast satisfactorily. I hope it works.

for Debbie

Debbie's page, I went with a piece of rust dyed cotton from a workshop I did last year. Some stencils and once again I turned to backstitch to give some depth to the work. The colours were a bit of a challenge for me but I fell back on the rust in the end.

for Sue

Sue's page, I started with a piece of my own handmade felt to work on and layed down several threads in a wave pattern before couching them down with matching thread. Some dyed blue faced Leicester wool tops gave a bit of texture and french knots in various sized threads finished the work. 

for Myself

My page, I chose yellow and copper. I wanted a happy colour and had several pieces of my own hand made felt to choose from and felt that a daisy-like flower would give the effect I was aiming for. The two smaller flowers are again my own space dyed fabric from my 'stash' The flower centres in copper silk and seed stitch in copper and yellow thread completes the piece. 

It is lovely to have completed the pages and I really look forward to meeting up and handing them over!

Thank you for your interest and happy stitching.

Margaret.