Three down (well, more or less) and only six more to go! So, I should be done by... the end of March! And that's just the center piece of a larger cloth (which I still haven't mentioned in detail).
Yesterday, I finished cleaning up the remaining jars of cloth that I started solar dying at the end of last year, most of which didn't work that well, (this year, I am going to try harder, and use mordants). Still, I was pleased to find, in amongst all the cloth scraps, this bit of silk thread, which had previously been white - well, ecru really - but which has now turned...
... a sweet, rosey shade of biege (if you see what I mean). Veriegated and all! And that got me started!
Remember, an idea from the other day?... Well, I had been wanting of use paler tones to work on this. It's related to that idea I had a while back about trying out same-on-same color. In the image above you can see a dried inflorescence from a Bromeliad (Pineapple family), which caught my eye in the garden the other morning. I've been ruminating on it ever since, and on how I could stitch something like it.
This is sew exciting (to me, anyways!)... I have learnt a fancy new stitch!
Wheatear Y'all! ;}
This fancy, yet ever-so-simple embriodery stitch, I taught myself using Sharon B's Stitch Dictionary, a comprehensive online Stitches for Dummies, including for stitch idiots such as myself. I will be adding the site link to my ever growing list over on the right-hand side there.
Detail of my Wheatear stitching, using 1 strand of solar dyed DCM silk thread, mixed with 1 strand of milk coffee colored DCM silk thread (can't tell you which one, as I have typically lost the number band) on solar dyed cloth. I love the wholesome quality that is starting to appear. It's just what I had in mind. Rustic and simple... Rather like me ;}
"Oh, hello sweetie, where did you come from?"
A beautiful weevil with eye markations decided to visit my cloth.
Yesterday, I found the blog page of Hannah Lamb. WOW!
Hannah, (I know that you don't actually read my blog, but...) I think this is love! ;}
2 comments:
it's nice trying new stiches. I love your wheatear.
And you worked hard on the eye cloth, it's becoming really beautiful, I'm curious about the rest of this cloth.
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