Remember that pile of rusty fabric from my last blog post????? Well, I have been using them along with some embossed metal to create collages. This first one is still a work in progress. It was my first attempt and I thought it would be a clever idea to assemble the collage on some self adhesive felt so that when I come to frame the piece, I could simply rip the backing paper away and stick it down. I have since discovered that this was not one of my best ideas as it really is quite tricky to stitch through all those layers of fabric, metal, felt, adhesive and backing paper. I will come back to it in a day or so and finish the stitching, I just need to give my sore fingers a rest for a day or so!!!! I think this one is my favourite so far, using my Poppy Heads stencil PS004 as the design for the focal point of this piece. The third and final sample is much larger than the two previous ones and involved a lot more hand stitching which I thoroughly enjoyed. I find it really quite relaxing, my only problem is knowing when to stop...I could quite easily embellished the whole piece with stitching!!! I have thoroughly enjoyed working on something totally different......in fact, watch this space....I may well be teaching projects like these next year.
