I have chosen a dark navy polyester fabric for the base as it will show up the holes in the Lutradur. I have applied heat with my heat gun to get a great surface effect.
The aim of this blog is to enable me to share my love of textiles and threads with like minded people. I have always sewn either by hand or machine. I even taught it in the 1970s for a while. I now create my own substrates on which to stitch. Natural methods of dyeing and botanical printing allow me to combine many aspects of my life that bring me joy. Gardens, art and stitch.
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Update on Norton Priory pieces
After a lot of thought I decide to use my soldering iron and attack the treated Lutradur. This enabled me to reclaim the lace shapes and distress the scrim areas.



This is the silhouette of the Dill plant. The base is embellished velvet, the stems are painted tyvek and the seed heads hand embroidery.
Closeup of Seed head still needs highlights

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These are looking so good :) I love the disintergrating look with the lutrador and lace and the Dill flowers really work well with the background, which resembles stone to my eyes.. well done
The soldering iron did the trick Margaret it looks great now
I like the dill plant so much!
I love that stitched Dill plant. It looks so nature.like and still has all the elegance and clever use of materials of your more abstract pieces.
This is wonderful work and I'm sure the exhibition will be well worth a visit. As Very said, that Dill plant is very realistic.
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