a lot of stitches

Today the third workshop

of the STITCH CLUB was launched

by Susie Vickery

("today" is now tomorrow)

She is an embroiderer

and makes amazing portraits in stitch

For this workshop however

the uses strips of plastic bag as embroidery thread ...

I'm not sure about that.

I may and I may nót try that !

But that is a choice for later :

I'm still working on workshop number 2 !!!

by Merill Comeau

Merill presented us with a "floral collage"

We had to find a plant (flower)

that has a meaning for us or for the current time.
There was also talk of symbolic meaning of plants.

Working on a background of "net"(tulle)

was new to me

(making textile collages, not)

This is my piece so far.

Merill's plan was +/-  20 x 20 cm

but I wanted to make it a bit bigger :

30 x 60 cm !

Before I started I took some pictures nearby

I chose a nettle, ox-eye daisies and a poppy

It all started with ironing my stack of scraps

and making the background

(and of course glue-stitching it all !)

Then came the plants / flowers

Ahhhhhh those zillion pins !

I rolled up the bottom part and started stitching the nettle.

left pins, right the first stitches done

Doing the French knots for the nettle flowers,

and blending the different coloured scraps with stitch.


More to follow
.....