With the arrival of little Lexie, last night I was busy, busy, busy ... stitching, stitching, stitching. Decided that I didn't want to overdose her on floral designs, so tried something a little funkier and more modern by stitching blanket stitch circles on the vests and matching socks. Couldn't resist a cute bunny rabbit on the jumpsuit though .... They were received well by DS & DDIL, so it was worth the effort.
I've also been experimenting (a new thing for me) to create textures, and started by creating a Celtic cross by fusing 3 layers of felt together and then stitching the raised design with whipped backstitch using a Perle 8 thread. I then had this great idea to use water soluble paper to create a mould (concept only half thought out here). I used three layers of paper ... started with four, but learnt within the first 5 minutes that you have to be very careful how much water you add to your paper otherwise it just disappears altogether. So eventually logic kicked in and I used a mist sprayer to dampen the paper, then pressed it over the felt mould, and held it in place with a weighted plate until it dried.
The result was pleasing, then it dawned on me that I couldn't paint it because the paints would make it dissolve (Duh!) ... so instead I rubbed treasure gold and green wax over it to create an aged effect. Overall, I'm pleased with it .... what I'll do with it is another thing.
I've also been experimenting (a new thing for me) to create textures, and started by creating a Celtic cross by fusing 3 layers of felt together and then stitching the raised design with whipped backstitch using a Perle 8 thread. I then had this great idea to use water soluble paper to create a mould (concept only half thought out here). I used three layers of paper ... started with four, but learnt within the first 5 minutes that you have to be very careful how much water you add to your paper otherwise it just disappears altogether. So eventually logic kicked in and I used a mist sprayer to dampen the paper, then pressed it over the felt mould, and held it in place with a weighted plate until it dried.
The result was pleasing, then it dawned on me that I couldn't paint it because the paints would make it dissolve (Duh!) ... so instead I rubbed treasure gold and green wax over it to create an aged effect. Overall, I'm pleased with it .... what I'll do with it is another thing.
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