Hello. How are you?
During the week I took a day off work to attend a class run by the amazingly talented Lara Sparks at the Eclectic Maker, a fabric shop (and online shop) in my home town. I've attended one of Lara's classes previously, a couple of years ago now, where I made a 'Things we Love' cushion. This time I'm making a bird textile picture. The class is run over two separate days, the second one is next week.
This week we were given a ready prepared panel to practice our free motion machine embroidery on before we started on our main project, I didn't want to miss the opportunity of having a Lara Sparks design to keep so I wanted mine to be as good as I could possibly make it! There wasn't enough time to finish it in class so I had a go at it when I got home too.
Above is the panel after I'd done the machine embroidery, I was pleased with it but felt the bird needed some colour, I remembered I had some fabric paints and pens so had a go at it with them.
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Then I sewed a border on and, because I think everything looks better with a button or two (and I didn't like the sewing on the year), I added three vintage mother of pearl buttons.
Here is the finished panel, bit rustic but I'm feeling very inspired and have lots of ideas running through my head !
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Gosh, that's beautiful! I've been dying to have a go at those styles of flowers - did you use scraps of fabric and stitched over them? I can't believe you're a beginner at this - it's lovely! Chrissie x
ReplyDeleteThank you Chrissie. That's exactly what I did. You must have a go, it's very forgiving! X
DeleteThat is a neat technique. Love the panel. Good for you to take a day off to do something fun. Thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful day.
ReplyDeleteBlessings,
Bobbie Lynn
Thank you Bobbie Lynn, I really enjoyed the first class and I'm very much looking forward to the next one. XX
DeleteWhat a lovely thing to do Suzanne, there's always lots of encouragement and help when working in a class, and don't you have a lovely piece to enjoy for years to come! Well done - and this is just a start, so I'll be interested to see what you do next! Happy week to you, Joy xo
ReplyDeleteLara is very generous with her time, ideas and tips. I'm already itching to do more of her classes and I've not even finished this one yet! XX
DeleteHi there, just catching up! Your panel looks great, hope that you enjoy part two of the class as much! Hope you have a good week. xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Amy - I'm sure I will! XX
DeleteYour panel is simply stunning, far better than anything I could create.i love the colours and everything.Are you going to frame it?
ReplyDeleteHi Joy, I'm sure you could - it's very forgiving! I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it yet apart from gaze at it lovingly (I LOVE birds!). XX
DeleteI really like your panel its stunning.Far better than anything I could make.I love the colours and everything, are you going to frame it?
ReplyDeletehi, i wrote a comment but i think i may have mislaid it. Thankyou for visiting my blog. I think i maybe in love with yours and this pic of the bird is amazing. I do have a secret weakness for all bird things x
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely comment, I'm really happy to have you as my latest follower. XX
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