Textile Art Projects

I am still working on the "jacket" update.  I am not real thrilled with it right now but hopefully eventually it will be "pleasing" in my sight, lol.  Here are a couple of photos of what I am doing to it.

I first just did a running stitch or two around all the edges.

And, now I have learned what I think is called the fern stitch, so it goes all around the edges too!

As you can see, the 100% natural linen is not beautiful, so that is why I am trying to give it a face lift.   But this jacket has a great feel to it when I wear it.

And, over in the sketchbook group some of the ladies have been making wrist cuffs so I, of course had to do a couple of those.  Here is a picture of the first one.  I used a silk scrap as the base, folded it over a piece of quilt batting and freehand stitched like Teesha Moore does with her little mini pillow thingies.

Then, I used a lovely scrap of shear fabric to fold and gather for the wide part of the flower.  The center of the flower is a metallic looking scrap which I also folded and gathered.  Layered the flower onto the silk strip, then stitched on some beads and a chain stitch of green.  I have not put on a "clasp" yet.  I am working on what I want to do for that...

I love this cuff... so girly even on my old looking hand!

The olive green and cinnamon colors are lovely together.  

Now, I am working on a denim based one.