more learning

YES

more stitching again !

This week in the TextileArtist.org group
it was Emily Jo Gibbs' turn
to show a bit how she works her magic.
She makes the most delicate portraits and still life pieces
with a hazy appearance because of
the silk organza she uses.
(check out her website!)

I know and love her work for quite some time
so I was delighted with this opportunity.

She showed how to make a "simple" piece
using a found twig and its shadow
.....

Finding an interesting twig shouldn't be a problem
in my garden and I found one
(even a flowering one)
but then :
daughter brought a beautiful hanging basket
with a fuchsia !!!

Change of plans for me !

"dancing"

Great way to make a sketch with a telephone nearby.


Finding the right fabric
is never a problem in my "home-shop" stash

nor was tracing the sketch (against the window)
to make the patterns

Cutting them however

was a fiddly business !!!
(f.y.i. the pattern was on A5 !)

After all the pieces were pinned then tacked in place

I selected my threads
and could the stitching start.

Great use of the telephone,

to see every detail in form and colour !

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Today I finished the last stitches :
pistil and stamens
and decided
that it looked better when the flowers was lying down
(and not standing like a little ballerina)

A wonderful lesson

THANKS Emily !