Yep. That's what I did last week: stitch-a-bit and paint. What did I stitch?
Well, I began work on the April HEX LABS from StitchMAP, and chose the Umbrella Design to embroider. Here's my progress so far:
I made an error placing my second rose, so I ad-libbed a bit on the placement of the 'daisies' made with the twisted detached chain stitch.
I think my spider's web flowers might be a little small, but there's flower size variation in nature, so I'm leaving them as is.
This different angle shows the flowers a bit better. Now I have leaves to add, and baby's breath to bead, and I'm almost finished......
And what did I paint? I bought a gelli plate (a gel printing plate) and a brayer, and I was having fun trying out textures, colours, and stencils on paper. One of these days, when I sort of have an idea how to get more pleasing results, I may attempt to print these on fabric. That should be fun!
Here's just a few of my experiments with the gelli plate:
no, that's not blurry..........that's the effect of many layers of colour, and this pattern rather reminds me of crocodile skin
swirly fun
Using a lace piece as a resist
Maybe it would look better with some ink here and there to enhance the pattern. I think it would have shown up better with a solid colour paint backdrop, too. So many new fun things to learn!
Well, that's all I have to show. Where did the week go?
Hope you had lots of creative stitching time this week.
Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter!
Hugs from Suz
Well, I began work on the April HEX LABS from StitchMAP, and chose the Umbrella Design to embroider. Here's my progress so far:
I think my spider's web flowers might be a little small, but there's flower size variation in nature, so I'm leaving them as is.
And what did I paint? I bought a gelli plate (a gel printing plate) and a brayer, and I was having fun trying out textures, colours, and stencils on paper. One of these days, when I sort of have an idea how to get more pleasing results, I may attempt to print these on fabric. That should be fun!
Here's just a few of my experiments with the gelli plate:
Maybe it would look better with some ink here and there to enhance the pattern. I think it would have shown up better with a solid colour paint backdrop, too. So many new fun things to learn!
Well, that's all I have to show. Where did the week go?
Hope you had lots of creative stitching time this week.
Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter!
Hugs from Suz
