I do love to make good use of the bits and pieces I can’t seem to throw away without good reason. I have a birthday card to make and found some washing up gloves with attractive cuffs that I’m sure I can make good use of!
What better way to spend a rainy afternoon than to pick apart the layers of a vintage multi-tiered skirt that found its way into my stash box in readiness for a new use. The various textured fabrics are just right to use as the grassy background as well as diverse appliqué trees for my latest Windsor Castle wallhangings.
after several days! I had paint seeping through so many layers that all the fabric took absolutely ages to dry. I left it laying flat so the colour wouldn’t run and bleed too much and I’m really pleased with the random result produced.
on painting the background. To maximise its usefulness I used a threadbare linen sheet and while it was still damp tore it into specific sized pieces. I layered them one upon the other and generously painted on the colour encouraging it to seep through the multiple layers giving me several backgrounds for future wallhangings and projects.
While making a Valentine card last week I decide to try out a slight variation. Now that I’ve gathered all the components together I can, whenever inclined, make a range of Valentines Day cards in readiness for next year ❤️
A friend asked me to make a Valentine card for her husband; quite an easy task as I know he’s a bit of a romantic! I found a vintage song sheet, some silk furnishing fabric, ragged muslin, a snippet of painted hessian, a roll of red cotton velvet and got to work. I hope he likes the result and appreciates the sentiment ❤️
The next stage of my wallhanging is to select fabrics to appliqué on to the background. I pulled out a range of suitable colours for the castle, bushes and trees, leaving the river ‘til last as that is the (relatively) “easy” bit!!! That reminds me, I haven’t painted the background yet. Maybe tomorrow…
Much happier with this result, especially after outlining everything in black ink. With the designs side by side I can now stand back and look at them, making it much easier to decide which one I shall go with. I expect the final design will probable be a mix of the two… although I think I prefer the straight-on view.
I wasn’t too happy with the last version so I drew the trees and bushes differently and also decided to colour the sketches using Inktense Blocks. A definite improvement all round!!
Stage 2 and finishing the preliminary stage by painting with watercolours. For me that is a challenge in itself!!! It looks so different and more defined and will help me decide whether I prefer the straight on view or slightly angled at a slant.