Mainly about beading with the occasional foray into polymer clay and needlefelting
Thursday, 24 January 2013
Finished the Jan BJP.
I stitched a Golden Wattle, national flower of Australia on an ATC sized piece of stiff felt. I used couching and backstitch, edged with brick stitch and picot. I used ultrasuede for the backing. Looking forward to February.
Wow, Marj, this is fabulous! I love the combination of picot and single bead edge stitching... it suits the subject and looks great. I notice in the earlier post that the colors look very different... which is closer to the real thing? If the colors are as shown on this post, they are very lovely with your chosen background color. Is this plant good for natural-dying? Lovely start to your BJP year!
thanks Robin, the second picture is truer to colour. the leaves from this plant give a light, yellow green colour when used for dying, not as dark as blue gum. I didn't have any success with the flowers. (I have only experimented with gum and wattle leaves so far)
This is going to be a lovely project. I like the subtle colours and interesting pattern of backstitch. Ultrasuede is great to work on, isn't it?
ReplyDeletePlease don't forget to post it on the 2013 blog as well!
Thanks April and for your help in getting on to BJP. Yes, ultrasuede is great to work on
DeleteGorgeous flower! You also did a great job "painting" the background, which can be difficult around something as complex as a flower. Fabulous job :)
ReplyDeleteVery sweet, Marj! Can't wait to see what other flowers you bead :-)
ReplyDeleteWow, Marj, this is fabulous! I love the combination of picot and single bead edge stitching... it suits the subject and looks great. I notice in the earlier post that the colors look very different... which is closer to the real thing? If the colors are as shown on this post, they are very lovely with your chosen background color. Is this plant good for natural-dying? Lovely start to your BJP year!
ReplyDeletethanks Robin, the second picture is truer to colour. the leaves from this plant give a light, yellow green colour when used for dying, not as dark as blue gum. I didn't have any success with the flowers. (I have only experimented with gum and wattle leaves so far)
DeleteWhat a lovely little treasure!
ReplyDeleteI love this so much - especially your color choices which are unusual, and the textured edging. Gorgeous.
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