As you can see there is a sketch of what is supposed to be a pile of jewels (still continuing my January garnet theme) This I thought might be a good idea using what is usually a scattered stich as a filler. I was wrong! Well for this idea anyway,I couldn't represent the facets well enough but I did like the way, on felt , it made a lovely cushioned stitch which I'm sure I can use somewhere, sometime.
So I abandoned it and went to bed to think again, I did a bit more research on garnets and found that one type is found almost as though the had been scattered on rock. This gave me the opportunity to go to my newly tidied work room and make some rock with some bondaweb, silk handkerchief and some silk tops.
I attached the beads with detatched chain and then made some more "garnets" with cotton perle using an idea I had found in "Stitch Magic" by Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn. One of their suggestions for experimenting with a stich is to pile one on top of the other, I found this makes very acceptable "beads".
Question: When does detatched chain become fly stitch? :-)
4 comments:
I love the way you have worked through this idea. Lovely to see your thinking process and your final piece is lovely.
thanks for your drawings... I've been very uninspired by the detached chain, but love the idea of two little bits anchoring it
I really like your first round of the detached chain stitch. What kind of thread did you use. For your second round, I like it too, but I can't really see the details. Keep on stitching.
Thank you all, it's funny how some stitches "speak" to us more than others. The thread on the first one is cotton perle, various numbers and some threads that are the ends of weaving cones. If you click on the picture you get a bigger one that is a bit clearer.
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