Tuesday 23 October 2012

Delicious textile bits.....and a new start...

The weather was glorious on Saturday....

...so we left our (usually gloomy) hilltop...

...and headed for Glastonbury!

We love wandering around here...

...there are always loads of good books to browse...

...and, of course, a great shop that sells Indian textile treasures.

Some delicious indulgences....



A toran hanging....




...and a lovely bag.

I'll be working with these over the next few months, alongside the blanket from Artique...

...lots and lots of stitching and writing involved here ;-)

I'm trying my best to get something new ready for the wall at Harrogate (only 4 weeks away now!!!), so a start has been made on this 4 ft x 2 ft piece.

(I've taken a few photos so you can see the change in colour from top to bottom)








For the strip to the left of the fabric, I wanted something that echoed the printed design, so I chose a shape from one of the blocks and scaled it up.



Felt isn't the easiest fabric to mark for stitching, so I traced the shapes onto some tissue through which I could  stitch.


The paper is then torn away leaving a nice line to follow with chain stitching...



...which is exactly what I'm off to do now :-D