Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Base Fabric for June ATC's

Several posts ago I showed you the bundle of ribbons that Annie had sent me to use in my June ATC's.
Well I have made the base for them and here it is--well one of them anyway.
I had thought of several ways to use the ribbon but in the end decided on this technique.
I chopped the ribbon up and placed it between sheets of Solvy and stitched like crazy and here is the result.
You are now going to have to wait to see what I have done---they are finished but I'm not showing you yet.



Several people had suggested doing embroidery with the ribbons i.e French knots etc but unfortunately it was not that sort of ribbon.
It was more like a stiff paper ribbon and was not very flexible so in my mind it needed to be made into a base fabric.
Come back soon to see what I have done.

13 comments:

LOVE STITCHING RED said...

I will be back Doreen - you've got us in suspenders!!

Purple Missus said...

Looking good. Did you place the colours in a certain way or just let them stay where they landed?

Heather said...

You're a tease Doreen, but I love what you've done so far. I'll be back!

Joei Rhode Island said...

Yummy colors Doreen!!
Yes, I **loved** OZ and saw so much more than Tangolooma...We went north and it was spectacular!
Will return to watch to progression of this piece.

Jacky said...

Great idea, this looks really effective. I gather its the background for something you have in mind to show us later???

Janet said...

Clever! Actually I like the way it looks right now with all those bits, and all the colors (mostly purple!) I'll be back to see the finished product.

Sandy said...

My colors-I like it.

Magpie's Mumblings said...

Blue...gotta love it!! Can't wait to see what you are going to do next.

Debbi Baker said...

Well done Doreen!! I started playing with mine on Sunday but yyou are right - the ribbon isn't very flexible so most of my ideas didn't work very well. Will be interested to see what you have done with these!!

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Dot said...

Great idea to use the ribbon as backgrounds Doreen. Look forward to seeing what you do with it!

Maureen said...

Holding my breath in anticipation!!

Annie said...

Looking forward to seeing the end result!
I have started my ATC's and cannot wait to see how they all turn out.