So various presents have all been finished (more details to follow once they have been unwrapped!), which gives me time to get back to my old favourite - more felted, beaded and embroidered jewellery.
Here are the three pieces I'm working on at the moment - at this point I have made the felt, and added the beads and embroidery, and have just added backing felt to the pieces using Vilene with an additional piece of Tyvek for the brooch:
One of my favourite parts is choosing names for my pieces. Sometimes they are obvious and I know what they are called straight away, and other times it takes longer to learn their names. For these three, 'Droplet' (top right) was chosen almost before I had decided on the shape, whereas 'Prairie' (top left) and 'Ember' (bottom) were slightly more elusive.
The next stage is choosing what shade of embroidery floss to use to whip-stitch around the edges of the piece - I find this decision one of the hardest parts, as the colour choice can make all the difference. I often narrow it down to 2 or 3 colours and then sleep on it, and the choice is easier the next day.
'Prairie' and 'Droplet' will become brooches, and 'Ember' will be a necklace - I add the findings last of all, and then comes the Flickr/Etsy photo session (still so hard!).
My favourite shots are always the texture closeups:
3 comments:
..lovely combination of colours...
These are so gorgeous! It must be hard to part with them. Have a lovely Christmas.
Thank you, both of you :D
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