I wanted to use this silver coloured leaf and combine it
with freshwater pearls, but wasn’t sure how to do it, so it had sat in my
components drawer for some time. But my experiments with painted fabric led to
the lightbulb moment I needed and I backed it with handpainted silk. This meant
that I could stitch a little pearl at the bottom and it sits beautifully over the leaf shaped
piece of mother-of-pearl on the other side. I’ve called this piece ‘Elfine’
after a character in ‘Cold Comfort Farm’ by Stella Gibbons – one of my
favourite books. Hopefully I will end up with a pretty piece that looks as if
it might be worn to dance in the dells and woods!
Saturday, 18 May 2019
Gardening gloves off!
I’m ashamed to say that I used to be rather lazy about the garden – even though ours is
really just a patio with the odd bed here and there. This year though I’ve
caught the bug and there are pots-a-plenty full of little flowering treasures
to paint in watercolour or to inspire my bead embroidery, as well as some herbs
and mixed salad leaves to harvest if the snails can be kept at bay. Of course
all this outside activity has meant that beadwork has taken rather a back seat.
But it’s damp and dull at the moment so I can spend some time this weekend on
my latest bead embroidered creation.