TAST 51 and Fabric Samples

Take a stitch Tuesday - week 51 - Raised Herringbone Band.

I prefer stitches that grow quickly and this small sample seemed to take an age, so it is probably one that I won't use again. Click on the link above to see more samples.

I've stitched it in purple to go in another new journal. I've finished the green one, I'll post photos next week.

Below are the remainder of the Spoonflower fabric swatches.

I did have another version of all queens but I've altered this one for fabrics, the old one was better suited for a single placement such as a motif for a t-shirt.

This one is an altered doodle.

I have a larger version of this which is still available on Spoonflower, I thought it was more suitable for wallpaper or curtain fabric.

Another one using the doodle trees.

I had this one printed in with the last batch except it was bigger, I altered it so it would be more suitable for clothes and patchwork.

This one is actually altered snakes and a games board. The swatch looks very pretty.

This one was inspired by the tiles at the Alhambra Palace, Spain.

Have you got a favourite from the whole batch [30 swatches]?

Eight more Fabrics.

 I used the doodle trees on three different fabrics

This one is a repeating pattern, a variation of one I did for a t-shirt top

I've got the original picture hanging up in my kitchen that inspired this design. It is a collage with stitching.

See the original here

I really liked how this one came out. It was originally a doodle in my sketchbook.

I used images from the Graphics Fairy and ephemera from thelandofnod for this one.

This one is quite an old one but I reduced the repeat size. The original art was a vase of lily's and a freehand machine embroidered queen of hearts.

A photo of a rose [one of mine] with the leaves from the graphics fairy on a background of vintage stationary.[some of it was the back of a photo]

I had this one printed on the first batch of swatches but I thought the repeat was too big so I reduced it in size. I probably should have left it at that size, it would have been right for curtains and soft furnishings.

Pages from Sketchbook 19

Pages from sketchbook 19 - mixed media

above - paint, pen, collage [found image]

above - paint, pen, collage [found image]

paint and pen

paint and pen

paint and pen

paint and found label

Shapes and Pleats

Two more shape challenge pieces  - you can see what I used at the bottom of each page. They are very similar shapes except the bottom one is longer. I prefer the tree doodle.

I'm also posting pictures of another C&G sample - different kinds of pleating with calico fabric. My sister wants me to make it into a cushion for her.

Trees

 I did this doodle quite a while ago, with the intention of doing an embroidery or applique with it, but I've never got round to it ...yet. I even converted it into a square picture as shown in the two examples below. There would be a lot of stitching if it was hand embroidery. I did print the design on some lutradur with the intention of doing freehand machine embroidery on it, but the lines were just too close together [at that size anyway]