you might remember the wool i was unraveling back
here in February. well, i've finally started spinning it. my goal is to spin one ball every night so that i can ply it and actually make something with it. it felt good to be spinning again.
click on the images for a close-up view.
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| have no idea how much i'll wind up with after plying |
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still working with white over at Judes What If Workshop so i played a bit with a white cotton rag that Home Depot sells in small bundles. loved making the eyelets. i now want to make eyelets in every piece of fabric i pick up. after manipulation, the cloth wound up to be a diamond shape and just hangs on my design wall.
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| stitched false seams on front and back with lace and cording |
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| love the cording extensions |
and still doing embroidery with lace in continuation of my Alchemy Journal. this piece will be a header for a page with old memories. i had lots of trouble photographing this as it is see through and the layers of ribbon have a metallic quality.
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| cross stitch, free motion embroidery, hand embroidery |
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| this piece measures 8½" x 3½" |
the weather is getting warmer each day so summer is on its way. we never have much of a spring but we do have mild winters. i have to get out there and do some planting but i can't seem to pull myself away from all my indoor projects. wishing you all a productive week.
13 comments:
there is something very appealing about that piece just hanging there Deanna....
I was wondering the other day how your wool un-tangling was going. I now must go to Home Depot and buy rags! LOL! Your cloth hanging there is beautifully light and airy. Your page for class is gorgeous. I wish the comment page could emphasis words! Gorgeous doesn't even come close. Wow! I tend not to be a ruffles kind of person, but this page just sings with them. Have a wonderful day, Deanna!
the cross stitch piece is beautiful...i can see why it was hard on your eyes but it was worth the time and effort you put into - just incredible. i have yet to find something to do with my "home depot" cloth...but i like the feel of it and i have to wash it to see what becomes of it after the wash. my dad use to keep these around for project - mostly to do with his car so they have a little memory to them already...the eyelets sing. cheers.
I cannot believe you got that all untangled! beautiful memory patch. I'll confess that I loved the hailstorm that came yesterday, meaning I had to stay inside & stitch-ha!
Your Home Depot fabric piece reminds me, for some reason, of a liberty bodice! What a clever idea to source your fabric from the bargain store and its certainly looking super already.
Love how your eyelets piece is hanging om your wall Deanna ;-)
Whow .... beautiful free cross stitch letters : You're a good student to Karen !!!
The wool spun beautifully Deanna. I still haven't mastered drop spindle yet. I like the look of your white work, so much potential - Hope you like summer, ours is coming in to autumn now - Hugs Nat
I set myself time limits so that I do both garden and indoor projects (sometimes outside). I find that works better for me, don't get as sore from overdoing in the garden. Once I get out there I lose all sense of time....
It's amazing how cloth so thin can bee infused with so much! Beautiful work Deanna.
Deanna, I always know I'll see something exquisite when I visit here. The stitching is beautiful, what a journal that's going to be!
The spinning is going to be so satisfying to get done and then what will you make with it? I think I've caught a bug, a yarn bug. xx
Peggy captured my sentiments exactly. I love how you create in so many mediums and all done so well.
how to make a choice?
love
dagdag
as usual, an impressive array. the white cloth is really special...
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