For several months I've been working on a major piece. When it's ready to exhibit I will show it to you, and write about how it developed. But for now, I'm just beginning to embroider portions of it. The collage I've been working on, has been sort of a test piece for this new one which is currently titled, Egyptian Garden III.
After spending several days embroidering just stems, it was time to work on the papyrus flower/leaf. I planned the embroidery (decorative stitching on just the quilt top) by doodling on a life size drawing on paper of the flower. Right away I came up with something I really liked. Since I've been playing with metallic threads now, I chose to use a green metallic on a mottled green flower. I used a topstitch 14/90 needle with the spool sitting upright.
I am so thrilled with how this turned out, I just had to share it with you. The base of the flower hasn't been embroidered yet, but it will be stitched next. When the quilt is finished, the quilting will enhance the design direction that you see here. From time to time, I'll show you little bits and pieces of this new quilt.
That's all for now.
Ann
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| Embroidered stylized papyrus ©2011 Ann Fahl |
That's all for now.
Ann
2 comments:
This looks beautiful almost jewel like. What was in your bobbin?
The Bottom Line in the bobbin
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