I find it hard to believe that it’s Nov and to me this means 2019 is almost over as Nov and Dec seem take on a very excelerated pace and we don’t seem to have enough time to do every thing we want to do before Christmas arrives and the New Year rush’s in the door. But first I want to share how I have finally decided how I’m going to make up my bouquet for HOTYH . I will share it in photos as for most of us it is easy to follow visually.
Remember I can not use glue and starch here in the wet tropics as it goes mould on the fabrics and all so stains the silks, even pins rust here now in a few months during the wet season if left in the fabric, so you can not pin baste here it’s all needle basting?!
I did know I wanted it to be in the red colour tones, so I needed lots of washaway freezer paper circles a round 170 and fabrics.
But I did not have enough silks so I decided to dye some silk fabric. These are all the same fabric top right hand piece is the original colour. Love how the weave of the fabric stands out now I have dyed the fabric. Cheers
Just love this deep red piece I ended up with.
Next I need my pattern which I pinned to a piece of polystyrene so easy to stick pins in to, you need lots of fine sharp pins when working with silks.
I started to make the flower that was right at the back of the arraignment, I decided on tiny circles to solve my problem of not been able to use glue or starch when I saw Shelia’s beautiful Bouquet.
Using pins to keep each tiny piece in place
Made up a few wee circles and ironed from the back only so I wouldn’t flatten the front to much.
Next flower also sitting at the back
Making up a few more wee flowers and having fun doing it.
Slowly it grows
Adding some more colour. These circles are small but not to small to make with ease. I will show how I make the smallest ones easy too if I have time today. It’s after midnight so Wednesday has started for me Down Under.
And now it’s starting to look like a bouquet
More depth is showing now I’m loving making this beautiful bouquet finally after months of procrastination
It needs yellow! And the leaves to give it some ump!!!
Two more flowers to mak e before I decide my final placements it does need some yellow.
Update 10pm, I have enough tiny flowers now to complete one bouquet, now to make 70 more wee circles and a few leaves? !
You I have so loved making this wee bouquet after procrastination over it for months?
So today I will be making more tiny flowers for here that’s 14 more circles for this bouquet and 70 wee circles for the other one?!
Thank you All for keeping me company with messages over the last 3 months of recover, I finally feel like I’ve joined the quilting world again. Still can not use my machine but I’m hand sewing and playing again.
Cheers Glenda
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