Emboridery

This week I was sick and needed something to do while sitting and groaning, being totally ignored by my family unless they wanted food.

I decided to embroidery a piece I had been dreaming up and went to work.
Here is a picture of Klimt's Tree of Life.



I drew out my version onto a piece of fabric and got to work in stem stitch (which is not my strong point) and was delighted with the outcome, but of course I had to embellish more.



This was about half way through.  I filled in the green knots a lot more as I felt that it needed to be more lush The concept is spring through winter.  I had just started on Fall here with the red knots.

Now I am done with the leaves and I am working on lettering the seasons around the edge.  I am using chain stitch ( my favorite) to write the words.  When that is done I plan on decorating them with more embroidery; blooms for spring, a sun for summer and so on.  Ambitious aren't I?  Yeah.  I am already thinking about my next project.

What am I going to use this for when I am done?  Well I don't know.  I thought about a pillow, but I really don't want someone sitting on my hard work.  Maybe I will frame it.  I don't know, I will probably give it away. 

On a side note, I went out to make glass beads yesterday.  I bribed Meghan at the beginning of summer.  I told her if she would practice her flute that I would give her bead lessons.  Well, she has practiced (only a few times) so I took her out and let her make some beads.  She did pretty well for her first time, and with practice I think will be great.  This is definitely a parental supervision only activity though and I hate giving up my own time at the torch.  Maybe I can set up my old Hot Head for her to use. It is a beginner torch and will be great for her to learn on, but it is noisy!   I will see how it goes.  I learned my lesson after she was gone though.  I have a habit of getting really close to the torch to see, too close actually.  A piece of hot glass popped off my rod and landed on my lip.  As most everyone would do I used my tongue to push it off; bad idea!  I burned my tongue too.  As any respectful beadmaker would do, I finished the bead before going in the house for ice (it is not a bad burn, just not in a good place). Glad I did finish too because it turned out pretty cool.  Pictures soon.

Some of my UFO's

Today I am going to show you just a few of the projects I have been working on. I can't seem to keep my mind on one thing at the time and then there are some I work on while watching TV and some that I can do without a mess or getting hundreds of supplies out.
Only a couple of these are on my to finish list. What can I say? I found some more to add to it.
I hope you enjoy looking at them.


This is an embroidery that I made. I really enjoy to embroider but I don't do it so often. Since this is on a scrap of fabric; I was trying out stitches and it grew, I have to find something to add it to and I have been waiting for the right project.















This is a fish that Meghan made, I showed her how to do the whip stitch and the button hole. She had some trouble but I thin she did a really good job with it.











This is an altered book I am working on. It looks pretty ugly right now, but when I am finished with the painting and decorating I hope it will be a worthy piece of art. Everything is a learning process and I have learned from this. Like don't use felt!




These are parts of my chatelaine that I want to make. I am forever moving from one place to another in the house and leaving my pins and scissors around, then forget where they are. Not pictured is a matching scissor holder. I must have forgotten to grab it. all these pieces will be attached to a band that will go around my neck.





















Here we have some beads I have made a few weeks ago and a doll head that I made by making paper mache over a tea strainer and then covered with batting and fabric. I have just made a first coat of flesh colored paint on the face.




















Here is another pin cushion. This one I used foam for the bottom layer so that the pins would not push through. I hate picking up a pin cushion and getting stuck from the bottom.