Last week I wrote about my plans of stitching a Tiny Tufted Titmouse. Making these animal portraits is a bit like a treat to me, there's no pressure and no deadline and no writing down of colours and stitches and not much of a plan either...
Anyway, I suddenly thought it might be fun to stitch it on a really pretty, flowery fabric. Lately I have only used cotton satin fabric for my tiny animal portraits. Cotton Satin is a medium weight fabric with a close weave and perfect for embroideries with lots of tiny stitches. Then I found this scrap of gorgeous Liberty Fabric in my stash which is really is not very suitable for my type of stitching at all. The fabric is quite thin and I can hardly see what I'm doing with that busy print but the embroidery is turning out rather charming so far. I really like how the bird seems to emerge from the flowers. Now I'm tempted to do more of these 'Liberty' birds after I have finished this one!
I absolutely adore this! Can't wait to see more! Wow!
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteWhat a fabulous idea! Love those Liberty fabrics and can't wait to see how this turns out. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you, I will definitely post about it when it's finished :)
DeleteGreat idea! Tricky fabric indeed! How did you go about applying the basic image to the print or are you free-handing the whole thing?
ReplyDeletethanks! I used an iron-on pen for a few details so I know where the top feathers end and where his eye and beak are, the rest is free-hand. However I do consult photos of this bird regularly to determine what colour goes where etc. :)
DeleteWOW! I sincerely adore it.
ReplyDeleteStunning, I love it!
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful!! So alive and vibrant. Fresh and totally you... with a twist.
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