I've never been a Black Friday Shopper....in fact, except for antique primitive furniture searches, I don't care to shop.
However, 'Small Business Saturday' shopping is encouraged. Please consider visiting my online gallery shop using the links on this page. These fabric bowls are not shown in the gallery, but you can order one by contacting me. ($30 plus shipping) Use them to contain fresh fruit, like apples, oranges. Or as a catch all for your car keys, coins, sun glasses...instead of throwing them on your hard surface counter tops. Christmas ornaments, pine cones or evergreen branches would look lovely displayed in a bowl as well.
So, what am I doing today......working on my "Roseville" art quilt.
After trial and error, my process to create flowers has evolved. After tracing the shape onto tissue paper, I sew tight straight stitches, following the lines and then tear the paper away. This photo shows the next step on the two remaining layers (fabric and a stabilizer). Using a narrow, close zig zap stitch, I sew over all the design lines.
The really time consuming part is pulling threads to wrong side and tying each and every one to secure the threads. Next the fabric will be trimmed very close to the stitching.
The entire design is auditioned on the already stabilized and stitched ice-dyed silk noil background fabric. Each flower will be attached to the background by stitching a wider zig-zag stitch through all the layers. The black stitching helps to define the shape and allows the flowers to 'pop'.
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