That's over 250 hexagons sewn together and it's still tiny!!
And the dark? It's my two latest ICADs:
I love black gesso ;-)
Showing posts with label hand sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hand sewing. Show all posts
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Light and Dark
I finished adding another ring of hexagons to my charm quilt. They are all light values:
That's over 250 hexagons sewn together and it's still tiny!!
And the dark? It's my two latest ICADs:
I love black gesso ;-)
That's over 250 hexagons sewn together and it's still tiny!!
And the dark? It's my two latest ICADs:
I love black gesso ;-)
Thursday, 2 December 2010
The Stitch Files - Running Stitch
Sharon has released part four of the Stitch Files - you can download them here.
One of the stitches this time was the humble running stitch and I have had fun with it. First off, I challenged myself to stitch with colours that do not normally form part of my palette (pastel, muted, pink - feminine!!) and made this little felted piece:
I actually quite like it, and so does DH, cos he has pinched it for a mat to put on top of one of his speakers!
Then I had a play with whipping and interlacing rows of running stitch, and I like the way they look too:
As well as working on my stitch files I have also been doing a bit of holiday related stitching. Some I can't reveal as the recipients may well see this blog first, but I can show you this, which is a little embellished and stitched piece I created to affix to a sketchbook for my much loved stepdad:
I think this is my favourite piece of embroidery so far, I especially love the effect of the chain stitch tree trunk. I was inspired to stitch this by some of the lovely brooches made by Kayla coo - check them out on her blog.
I am also busy making a mini (doll sized) quilt using some of my hexagon flowers. Waif has demanded a quilt for his soft toy guinea pig - the imaginatively named Guinea Baby - and apparently Guinea Baby insists on hexagons and a red/orange/yellow/brown colour scheme! I don't have time to piece a whole hexie quilt, even this size, so I am hand appliqueing the flowers to square blocks which I will then sew into a four patch. The first two are yellow and orange flowers on red backgrounds, the next two will be red/brown flowers on an orangey yellow background. I think it will look pretty nice :-). Let's hope Guinea Baby approves!
One of the stitches this time was the humble running stitch and I have had fun with it. First off, I challenged myself to stitch with colours that do not normally form part of my palette (pastel, muted, pink - feminine!!) and made this little felted piece:
I actually quite like it, and so does DH, cos he has pinched it for a mat to put on top of one of his speakers!
Then I had a play with whipping and interlacing rows of running stitch, and I like the way they look too:
As well as working on my stitch files I have also been doing a bit of holiday related stitching. Some I can't reveal as the recipients may well see this blog first, but I can show you this, which is a little embellished and stitched piece I created to affix to a sketchbook for my much loved stepdad:
I think this is my favourite piece of embroidery so far, I especially love the effect of the chain stitch tree trunk. I was inspired to stitch this by some of the lovely brooches made by Kayla coo - check them out on her blog.
I am also busy making a mini (doll sized) quilt using some of my hexagon flowers. Waif has demanded a quilt for his soft toy guinea pig - the imaginatively named Guinea Baby - and apparently Guinea Baby insists on hexagons and a red/orange/yellow/brown colour scheme! I don't have time to piece a whole hexie quilt, even this size, so I am hand appliqueing the flowers to square blocks which I will then sew into a four patch. The first two are yellow and orange flowers on red backgrounds, the next two will be red/brown flowers on an orangey yellow background. I think it will look pretty nice :-). Let's hope Guinea Baby approves!
Thursday, 10 June 2010
I have mostly been...
...making Morsbags
...and sewing hexagons:
I have decided to sew together hexies into individual flowers of similar colours as I go along so I don't have a huge task of sewing them all together at the end! I am not sure how I will be arranging them but will just see when I've got enough, whether they look better grouped together by colour or laid out randomly.
...and sewing hexagons:
I have decided to sew together hexies into individual flowers of similar colours as I go along so I don't have a huge task of sewing them all together at the end! I am not sure how I will be arranging them but will just see when I've got enough, whether they look better grouped together by colour or laid out randomly.
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