First of all, let's start where I left off last week, with January/February's Move It On Project and the Wallington Hall spread. I'm aiming to get at least one page done a week, which means the label on one side and the embroidery on the other, but this means I'm actually working on two different spreads, hence why the first photo looks very much like my last, with the only change being the running stitch in off-white silk thread to attach the embroidery.
On the reverse of the blue and white vase is the label for the next spread. I used a piece of satin for this one so the ink has spread slightly, but not so much that I wanted to write it out again.
I used whipped running stitch in the same green and purple threads that I used for the embroidery on the facing page and added French knots in the corners. From a distance the bleeding on the label isn't so obvious and this spread is completely finished as the embroidery was one side of my trial page. One thing that has occurred to me is that I need to try and get a larger border round the writing on the labels so it isn't right on top of the stitching.
I've also tried to keep steadily making a few pieces of upcycled jewellery each week so that it's not all a mad rush in the summer. I've made a couple of pairs of sterling silver and Victorian button earrings which I'll blog about when I get some half decent photos, but I'm most excited about my pot plant brooch. This started off as a pretty little broken brooch consisting of a branch of wired glass leaves and flowers which had been brutally chopped off at the end.
It had been in my to do box for some time, but without any clear plan until I opened the box the other day, saw a flattened brass thimble in the section next to it and the proverbial light bulb went off. First I trimmed the cut ends of the wire to an even length and needle felted a chunk of brown fleece around them to roughly the size and shape of the thimble. Then I added variegated brown French knots all over the top surface to give it a bit of texture.
I re-glued the tiny original brooch back onto the stem and then reinforced it by winding green silk thread over the brooch finding and the stems. before squishing the needlefelt into the thimble 'plant pot'.
So pleased with the result and the almost blinding flash of creative inspiration which delivered it to me!
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