And back in June I went through a table cloth making spree - eager for splashes of vibrant colour inside to mirror all the blooming in the garden.
I was working on a backing for this one and the one below it when I got side tracked into more natural dyeing...
But that's another story...
I've woven silk strips - some of it my natural dyed silk - as well as a textured cotton and a batik together as part of the learning I'm doing in the online class Cloth to Cloth. And I spent most of the day at the Victoria Quilt Guild Show, working a shift there and finishing seeing all the fine work. I notice that I am most drawn to hand quilting and texture.
I'm interested in how stitching in a circle on the silk creates a small mound - a three dimensionality begins - whereas straight stitched areas lie relatively flat. Or - when pushed down, the circle-stitched area forms a dip. I think of the formation of mountains and valleys, as I see where my needle takes me next.
I've added a few lines of stitch and am using a vibrant pink, sumptuous (and slippery!) silk charmeuse layer underneath which I am hoping will peep out in places. Pink for pure joy inside at serious play.
As you can see from the last photo, I've got my stitch party hat on, ready for this new year. I've started to pin silk strips together, along with a little cotton. And the moon is a blue moon tonight and seemed to dance amongst the clouds, getting lost in them most of the time. Happy New Year to everyone who is reading this!
