I’ve taken a page or two of my new fabric stitch book to work on while traveling. I am pleased with the good progress that has been made.
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| New stitched iris composition using a stenciled print and painted fabric scraps. |
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| Original stenciled image of the iris. |
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| Back view of the iris composition. |
Two stitched samples have been mounted onto fabric for book pages. The background fabrics for both are yarn dyed shot cottons.
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| Stitched landscape mounted on a background fabric. |
A Dropcloth stitch sampler is mounted on a grass green shot cotton background fabric.
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| Back view of the mounted stitch sampler. |
On this page (below), the painted cloth has been combined with hand embroidery and kantha running stitches. I haven’t decided if additional embroidery is needed to enhance more of the leaves.
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Filling out the composition with embroidery and running stitches.
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Still a work in progress… but coming along nicely.
