WOW or WIP’s with Esther 21st Nov 2018

1st memory block completed now.

Frangipani are now in full bloom and the fragrance is heavenly.

One more border to make managed to appliqué down the autumn colours this week and started some greens today

A couple of you asked me about colour and shapes of the leaves

I just cut the shape of the leaves as I feel like it,  it’s random and randomly placed.

Thread colour, I like to add a sulky gold to one side of my veins when I use a vein like this I feel it adds a little light behind the leaves, then on the opposite side I used a cyclamen colour for depth!

First I choose the main piece I want to use then start to add and add till I like the look of it all. Take a photo then remove it all but the bottom layer of pieces.

First I machine sew down the green 1/2 inch wide flange which ends up only showing 1/8th of the green flange Then I hand sew and quilt these pieces down, remember I have the wadding and some muslin as a backing on these blocks, the  background Im working on is heavily woven silk from a obi belt from Japan. Yes it is difficult to work with; I have to push the needle through and then push it back up as it is so tightly woven using  thick silk and silver threads.

Add some more background pieces and appilque all these pieces down. .

Now Add my main piece and many hrs later

Have added beads, embroidery, Sequins  and scraps of lace .

Finally I add the backing and fold it on to the front as a final border and hand sew down. This backing is  a heavy silk also, its like a crepe brocade????  I hope I have enough fabric for all 12 blocks LOL  No  I don’t cut out all my pieces I will need for the blocks first, I’m to excited to see my first blocks made LOL

This was a finished block around 10 years ago!!!!  I unpicked the basket and washed and bleached it a little to remove the stains.

First I added a peace pink circle of silk and iron-fussed it down.  Have started to add the first pieces of appilque to be?

This was a very small silk pillow? Sadly the back ground silk had spots of mould over it, it was kill or cure, so unpicked the pillow and soaked the material in a solution of exit mould for 12 hrs watching it closely, success all the mould spots are gone and colour has not faded at all.

Two lovely to discard so I cut a heart shape out, ironed on some  irononfussing on the back around the outer edge of the heart.

Ironed down Heart now to play, cut out some crochet from a damaged table cloth, sewed down the flange  ?

Trimmed the crochet  carefully and Yes I do like how it’s looking? More next week LOL

My flower ball sent up another flower

Love this flower it’s so perfectly round?

Hubby brought me home a button crispy two nights ago, I will repot it in to this blue pot so it’s roots can spread out.

Not real cherry blossoms, it’s to hot to have cut flowers now so some little silk flowers for a few months plus tiny deep lilac birds!

An ant bridge?