Today I figured I was well enough to get back to the business of being an artist. I was dying to get started on several projects. The first one is making an Inchie Art Embroidery Piece. I'm doing my best to stick to a natural color scheme (white, brown, tan, muted tones). So I pre-washed and ironed some thin muslin. Part of this I dyed in a coffee bath. Part of it I left natural and hung to dry. Then I ironed it and drew a grid of 1" squares on it. If this was going to be my final piece, I would just embroider every square. But since I rarely do things the easy way, I'm going to cut out and hem each piece, so in reality, only some of the squares will have embroidery or embellishments on them. The rest of the squares will be part of the seam allowances. This muslin was very thin so I doubled it to make a better foundation for the embroidery.
My first square is a little brown sheep. The second one is a bit of pink ribbon. The third one is a button sunflower. Some of the squares will be set on the diagonal, and some will be horizontal.
My kitten thought it was playtime and he really interfered with me getting much done. Then we both took a nap. The coffee dyed fabric should be dry now so I'll go bring that in and iron it.
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| Ready for embroidery and embellishing. |
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| One inch grid on muslin. |
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Brown sheep with button head. I tried to hold the button on with French knots but it just popped right off.
I think I can do better. |
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| Button sunflower, brown sheep, and pink ribbon. I'm looking for just the right thing to put on the ribbon inchie. |
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| Button sunflower on the diagonal. |
The 2nd project is a primitive doll or prim. That was why I bought the coffee in the first place. So I also threw the doll's face into the boiling coffee. She's hanging out on the line too.
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| Polly Pyewacket before coffee bath. |
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| After being boiled in coffee. I thought it would be much darker. I may have to bake it. |
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