I attacked my naked appliqué with paint
Hmmmm, not feeling the love!
This has taken me right out of my comfort zone, but I have been encouraged by Plum's version of a more architectural themed design
So I started with FMQ
Meanwhile the embroidery machine is *still* working hard - the dark red tops have been done, and I'm now on the orange ones!
I'll be back when there is something other than flowers or embroidered orange tshirts to show you!
UPDATE
The flowers are finished! Good night
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That kind of free form project would be beyond my comfort zone - but I've been doing tiny little steps towards "freewheeling" when I do different things to embellish my zipper bags. Sometimes when I'm doing the organic almost-matchstick quilting I go off on a curve just for fun. That's as freewheeling as I generally get, lol. I love your field of flowers - the (burlap?) field gives it a nice touch of texture!
ReplyDeleteI play a game called Draw Something with my friend from Japan. It has helped me work from the background up better than anything else. When I did the car with the horse, I was thinking- what's behind the horse, what's behind the trees and that gives you clues on how to build the landscape. I love this - you should do this kind of work more often.
ReplyDeleteloving your trees I seem to remember going something similar when I did my City and Guilds back in the 90`s as part of the machine embroidery module I never managed to do well with machine embroidery unlike you. Good to see you are well on the way to completing the t shirts
ReplyDeleteIsn't it amazing what a difference a few stitches can make? The treescape is looking really good Benta, your comfort zone is expanding at a rate of knots :)
ReplyDeleteWell done for persisting Benta, this looks very good now. Love the flowers.
ReplyDeleteThe tree scape looks good. The extra applique and embroidery has made a Lovely picture.
ReplyDeleteYour treescape is brilliant! I enjoyed seeing it evolve through all the stages :)
ReplyDeleteI love it, you did very well out of your comfort zone :-)
ReplyDeleteI love it, Benta! It's brilliant! You've inspired me again! Your stitching is gorgeous, love the flowers! You'll never guess ..... I have a picture I painted at the tie dye workshop years ago, and it could be the same place as your picture! But it's not finished!!!
ReplyDeleteOne day!