That's what I've named this piece made up of leftover pieces of fabric from past projects that were done in black and white....mostly.
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| the back of the magical forest |
It all started with that center image of forest trees and a scattering of cows....added in some musical elements and a magical walking path. lots of hand embroidery...eyelets, stars, french knots and 2 shisha mirrors. This was fun to do. It's edged in piping and measures about 6½" x 6½". I did put some cotton batting between the layers to give it some body.
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| cows in a magical forest |
I've had this coverlet pattern that I sent away for in 1974. I had remembered doing a few of the embroidered blocks but thought I had gotten rid of them remembering that I couldn't get all the wrinkles out.....Well, they turned up this week while going through some old projects that hadn't seen the light of day in years.I tried damp stretching the 10" blocks and was fairly successful except for the tomatoes. I'm going to try and do some free motion embroidery on the piece to see if that camouflages the mess I made. It would all make a nice kitchen wall hanging.
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| a picture of the coverlet as shown in the magazine |
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| the blocks before damp stretching. I had started cutting out some of the elements to use in applique. |
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| on the damp stretching board |
And of course, there was some lace work. Experimenting with more snippets of lace on a lace background but this time in ecru and beige.
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| lace bits free motion embroidered onto a lace background |
I can hardly keep up with all the projects I've started in the past few weeks....so I am keeping busy.
Hope you have a great weekend. We are in the over 100 degree temperatures the past few days so I'm staying inside and staying cool.
