Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Whole Cloth Piece with Bugs

 Finished with my whole cloth piece which is about 22 x 22 cm or 9 x 9 in.  I painted some of the flowers using acrylic paint, appliqued, fused and made a few 3-D flowers too.
 Just had to add some bugs and made this caterpillar and bees using bullion stitching.  On hindsight I wish I had made them a bit bigger as they are rather lost on this piece.  I'll know for next time.
 Tried my hand again on a stumpwork lady bug.  I first tacked down a small piece of black felt and stitched black and red threads over it.  Made a few french knots on the back and added a couple of small black beads for the eyes.  Straight stitches for the legs and antennae and there you have it.  One small ladybug complete.
 This inchworm should have been larger too as it is hardly noticeable.  It is one long bullion knot with a couple of black french knots for the eyes.
 So the whole cloth piece was our December project in our stitchery guild. This Sashiko piece was made in November.
 The colours of India was our October piece and for January
 we are needle felting.  This is how my piece is looking so far.  All our pieces are approximately the same size and we'll be making a book box to keep them all in. 
The stitchin fingers atc swap of the month theme is Winter.  Using candy and gum wrappers and some free motion embroidery this is my progress so far.  Will add a few more threads to it I think before I send it off.

Hope everyone is enjoying their January.  Take care wonderful blog followers :)

15 comments:

  1. I love your colourful flowers and especially the fuzzy caterpillar. I was fascinated by those as a child.

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  2. Love the idea of looking for the little bugs on your piece!!

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  3. Some great ideas and stitching here!

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  4. beautiful!! I also just love the addition of the bugs!!! Love the inch worm, lol,

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  5. A brilliant diversity of stitches love the bugs it gives it an added dimension. Have a great weekend.

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  6. So pretty stitching!! I love the little bugs, specially the ladybird :)

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  7. Even more gorgeous work. Love the sashiko

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  8. I love your stitching and lovely colours, you do some gorgeous work!

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  9. What a sweet little inch worm! Lots of beautiful stitching here!

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  10. Jenny,Love your whole cloth piece especially the cute little bugs. Sashiko piece looks great.

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  11. All your work is wonderful, I love your little ugs, specially the inchworm.

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  12. Just found this post Jeannette - they are supposed to come by email but this one didn't! I am so pleased I have found it because your work is so beautiful. Don't worry about the small insects - they are beautiful and make you look into the piece. I am looking forward to seeing your needle felting progress. I have joined in with the stitching fingers atc swap, mine has gone to UK, not far from where I used to live which is a coincidence! xx

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  13. I really love the bugs - and the colours of the whole piece are fantastic. I agree that small is an advantage. I also have a piece of sashiko to stitch - hope to get to it soon.

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