The project uses a uniform format of 6x6 inch squares with 4 inch circle. They all have to be strengthened & bound with a sturdy blanket stitch. The organiser has not yet disclosed how the final project will be put together but I'm sure it will be fabulous.
The technique is set out in the first blog on it -
The fifth being Blossom Time in late-Spring.
The brief was to make a tree & then add lots of pink blossoms to it, keeping within the circle.
I made several attempts at the tree before I was happy with the shape & colour. In my mind, the tree was meant to be the easy part but it needed some thinking through.
When looking through my fabrics for some pinks, I found this one with blossom like patterns in various shades of pink & knew it would be perfect. I duly cut out some, pleased to have the variation in colour.
I find the variegated balls of Coats threads to be extremely useful - I often pick up an interesting ball in a charity shop to add to my collection.
The tree was made from a selection of wool & various shades of brown threads, loosely wound together & placed on the circle. The suggested braiding did not look right but the loser shape was better.
It was couched in place in a few places with the threads thinned out as the reached the edge of the circle, as a trees branches would.
The cut out pink blossoms were more fiddly & I did a few open & the folded the other in various ways, before securing with stitching on to the tree shape. The branches needed a bit more definition so I used 6 strands of two browns, separating the stands before using them as that gives a more uniform colour. It was just what was needed as the branches had receded with the blossoms on them.
The base needed something & I used more Coats threads in a vibrant Spring green.
I think it worked out well according to the brief. The backing was again machine stitched to the front on 3 sides with stitch 47 on my machine (I keep forgetting which edging stitch I used hence naming the number) . I trimmed & inserted the stiffening square as done on the previous ones, then stitched the last side closed.
I decided at the beginning to keep a uniform look across the project so cut enough, front, backing & stiffening fabrics for all 12 the challenges. I also bought a large ball of sturdy off white thread to be used to blanket stitch all. I duly did the stitching on this 5th one & it can now join the others in the container.
The new challenge is revealed on the first of each month so I am pleased to have this one completed. I still have to do the machine embroidery names for the back but will do that with the next one as the names are just glued on the back with fabric glue.
I am rather pleased with this one, something completely different to what I usually do but that is how we grow as stitchers ....
Thank you for stopping by, do you have a project to share with me?
Dee 🧵🪡📍
No comments:
Post a Comment
♥ Hi - thank you for stopping by, I hope you enjoy your visit♥.