Finished

It's difficult to believe that the starting point for this project was a card.  Thanks to Karen's class, it's developed from a study in colour, until I've come to this point,

a completed cushion. 

The flowers have been hand painted, as well as the "stitched" border.  I've added the purple fabric, and then done some basic quilting.

The back is a simple envelope style.  Once that had been sewn on, I then went around the whole cushion with another quilting row, just inside the outer edge.  This forms a bound edge.

 

This is a very large cushion, and as I'm pleased with the way it turned out, I may do some more, but smaller, and maybe develop some of the ideas further.

Keep it Simple

The intention was always to keep this design simple and summery.

The stitch embellishment is comprised of clusters of french knots.  I've used colours that match the petals and flower centres.

 

At the moment, I'm contemplating the different options for finishing this.  Once I've decided, you'll be the first to know.

Progression

I'm still progressing on from work done in my Ledger.  This is taken from the first page.

I've used some white cotton, and have painted a "stitched" outline and flowers in the centre. 

 

The next stage is to add some hand stitched embellishments, but so far, I am enjoying looking at it draped over my airer.

An Embroiderers Ledger

Page one of the ledger has undergone a bit of a change. 

I used fabric paints and added some french knots.  I couldn't get the colour I wanted, but it gave me an idea of how easy the paints were to work with.  All being well this will extend into a bigger project.

This meant the extension page just got bigger.  As you can see, the page isn't finished yet, there are spaces, so the thinking cap is on and somewhere along the line, I'll be revisiting these pages.

Page two has also been extended.  The original shapes have been coloured using ink.  Where the circles cross over, both colours, red and blue were used.

I've used the shape from the original transfer and stitched it onto silk.  The centre is made up of bullion knots and stands quite proud.  French knots surround the centre, and blanket stitch is used for the outline.

This is the start of the extension page, leaf shaped cutouts backed with the original transfers, flower centres painted in ink, and hexagons.  I iron transferred the pattern to some cotton, then cut it up to cover the hexagons.

At the moment, they've just been tacked, they may end up on the page like this, or it may change. Hopefully, I will know by the end of the day.