BLOG 451

Blog 451

 

When I was demonstrating at the Gresford Show this year, there was a lot of interest in the floral wall hanging shown below. It represents a year in flowers and was created with sheers and threads, using solvable layers. Each flower was done separately in the way I have described below, before being joined together to make the complete wall hanging.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Year in Flowers

 

I decided to hone up my skills with this technique again and start another series of flowers, beginning with a field poppy. Firstly I drew the flower onto one of the layers. I used a permanent marker knowing that this would disappear with the Solvy. I used 2 pieces of ‘Gutterman’s Solvy’ so I could trap some sheers in between the layers. These small pieces of transparent fabric add a bit of softness to the edges of the flowers and bleed the colour outwards.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pattern and sheers

 

 

 

Progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flowers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress 1

 

 

 

Progress 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Progress 3

 

This is now ready to be plunged into hot water to dissolve the layers. In the meantime I was asked to make a Taekwondo outfit for my granddaughter’s Mousie! It took most of the afternoon and doesn’t bear close inspections but I did it!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Milly Mouse

 

I was sewing the poppy at Suzette’s last week and I am always interested in what others are doing around the table. Here’s a sneak preview.

 

 

 

 

          Peggy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Pat

 

 

 

 

Suzette

 

Ad just for the record, this is the closest my cats have ever been to each other. They were on a windowsill at the farthest corner of the house escaping from the Labradors who were in residence! This is an example of safety in numbers.

 

 

           Cats