March is definitely turning into a month with lots of extra studio time! I’ve been trying to finish some work that’s been hanging around my ‘to do’ list for a little while. Here’s a detail of an embroidery ‘repair I’m doing for a friend . These poppies are going to cover a little tear in her favourite coat, I’ll get them stitched on securely and then she can have the coat back – although given the current situation maybe she’ll get it in time for next Autumn!
The flowers were stitched onto some silk with freemotiom embroidery, I worked the outline through a tissue paper tracing first, then ‘painted’ in the detail adding a few hand embroidered french knots. I’m going to fix them to the coat with some fabric glue and then hand stitch to secure around the edge. (Yes, I did test the glue and fabrics first to make sure theres no leak through or other damage!)
I got as far as getting my two most recent pieces stretched and scanned ready for printing cards and making embellished giclees, but I didn’t get them to the framers for their frames and now I’m not sure if I’ll be able to for a while but here is a picture of the piece inspired by the Pembrokeshire coast – I went there last Summer, the wild flowers on the cliff path were so beautiful and the sea really was that ridiculous blue.
I’m still developing my Urban Efflorescence pieces and will share images of the piece I’m doing for the http://fusiontextileartists.com/donna-cheshire-textile-artist/ exhibition. The next few in the series will feature wildlife as well as wild flowers; last year I stitched a hare for the community project I did with the wonderful WhichCraft group in Northumberland and I’ve been wanting to incorporate animals in my own work ever since! As I said at the start – now’s the time! https://donnacheshiretextiles.com/2018/05/01/south-charlton/
That’s all for now as I’m off to do something quite important at the Civic Centre later on today – I’ll let you in on the secret later – but for now I’m just very grateful that it can go ahead – if on a slightly smaller scale than we originally planned !
Hoping everyone is keeping happy and creative out there!
Donna x
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