My absence has been punctuated by a holiday, mini-break, birthday weekend, oh and rather a lot of work (the paying kind). To let you know that I haven't neglected my sewing completely, here are a few photos of currently projects.
I am participating in another Travelling Book project for the Embroiderers' Guild. I chose 'The Selfie' as my theme, thinking it would be interesting to explore how we see ourselves. I did a simple outline sketch of myself on a very old hankie and then a negative space version of the same picture
The other challenge for the year is to make a small (4x4") square using 3 prompts: a colour, a technique and a theme. This has come from the Textilia 3 group with the aim of increasing our creativity. So far it only seems to have added to my stress.
The first piece was inspired by Emily Dickinson's envelope poems, using the colour grey and incorporating a piece of vintage fabric. I failed on the last part but used some lovely silk devore that I had printed a couple of years ago. It has been cut to reveal a North Star and embellished with tiny beads.
The second piece used the colour combination of black, white and ochre, with fabric manipulation. The inspiration was In my Garden but there wasn't much happening in February except a small witch hazel bush. I used traditional smocking technique with some more contemporary stitches worked in an asymmetric way to portray the shrub.
