Most of the things I exhibit are not the traditional embroidery items and this year is no exception.
We do have a very active Creative and Machine Embroidery group and now an Embellisher group has been added to the ME group.
This year I have made a few wall art pieces and also this "Not quite a Dressel" piece.
Lynda had an article in the June edition of Workshop on the Web about how to make a Dressel.
This piece started out to be a dressel -but I couldn't bring myself to slash the required lines in the piece of fabric that I made on the embellisher with a soldering iron.
I decided to make it into a "vase" and instead of the flowers going in the vase they are on the outside.
The base fabric was made as per the instructions in the article and I cut the flowers out of another piece then stitched 2 of them together to make a flowers.
These were hand stitched onto the base and then the copper coloured pearl beads were added for accent.
I also hand couched a Stef Francis thread around the flowers.
This is a view of the vase on it's side and you can just see the cord twisting around the flowers.
I am pleased with the end result.
16 comments:
It's beautiful!
Looking forward to seeing your other pieces.
Wow, awesome Doreen. Love the color. Beautiful work.
Looks great Doreen!
Lovely Doreen! Im looking forward to seeing your other bits too.
A beautiful piece doreen!
Fantastic Doreen, it looks great
This is gorgeous Doreen, and so is the embellished piece of yours that Dale Rollerson posted on her blog - congratulations!
Your vase is beautiful Doreen, hope your exhibition goes well.
What a great piece you created.
You should be proud of this piece! It's gorgeous. I love the colours and the flowers. How big is it?
Well done, it looks fantastic, I have been trying to find time to have a go but, well it will happen eventually.
Beautiful work Doreen - and I love the colors!
WOW! No wonder you've been quiet lately - this is just inspired! Am off to Dale's blog to see which piece of yours she has on her blog?
Wonderful work Doreen
What a beautiful piece, Doreen, I love the colours and textures and the flowers are the perfect finishing touch.
Just gorgeous Doreen!! You should be really thrilled with your efforts.
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