Wednesday 13 February 2013

Work in Progress Wednesday - 13 Feb 2013

I've been looking forward to Wednesday this week so as to be able to post about all these projects!  This makes a pleasant change as, so often in the recent past, I've been wondering what I was going to scrape together for a WIPW post!!

Again, I've worked on all three projects and made what I feel is significant progress with them all.=)

First up, the old peacock feather. This one is progressing the most slowly, but then I actually work at this one at my desk as it's helpful to have the table there to both lean the hoop on so that I have both hands easily free to control the springy rayon threads and also somewhere to lay out said threads without having to put them in an awkward place.  It's not as easy to work in there at times.

As the Chinese say, 话说回来 (speak speech come back - 'having said that'), I have done some on it and feel that it's beginning to take more shape now.  There's still plenty to be done (sigh!  I'm longing to get this one off the list!), but it's coming along at long last and that's all to the good!

Now, on to the rabbit and here's a little someone whose also taking shape rather well.  First, I finished off the shading (although a few more pieces were put in after this photo to plug up a few gaps and thin patches.



Then along came the fluffy tail!  I took a lot of WIP photos of the process, so there'll be a tutorial coming up on how to make fluffy patches, i.e. ghiordes knot stitch.  There are some more to do for the garden patch of this piece, so I'll wait until that's done and I can show more uses of the stitch.


This is the detached ear in progress.  WIP photos are also collecting nicely for it so that I can do the long-delayed 'wired fabric elements' tutorial as a complement to last year's popular 'wired needlelace elements' tute.  That'll come when the butterfly (next stumpwork project) is done and, again, various uses can be shown.

Now for the sampler and I've had a very green week where every single stitch has been green!  This series of three photos shows how much work was done in each of the three sessions I've spent on this piece:




Finally, here is the overall look of the piece right now.  It looks a bit dark towards the top as the fabric is loose there just now - I only put the top gripper on when I'm working on it so as to reduce pressure on the stitches there as some are covered by it.


This coming week will, I hope, see the rabbit piece finished, the left hand side of the feather done and the rest of the green work completed on the sampler, which includes replacing the lettering with dark green.

What have you got planned for this week?

Text and images © Elizabeth Braun 2013

13 comments:

Queeniepatch said...

You've been busy! To me who is not working on these projects the most obvious progress is of course the rabbit which is getting cuter by the minute, or should I say week?
I'm looking forward to your tutorials-
I can also imagine the flowers that will be filling the empty spots in the green on your sampler.

Kat said...

Little bunny is so cute. I can't wait to see what he looks like when he's finished.

coral-seas said...

My, you have been busy. All three are looking good. Great job on the thread painting on the bunny. I just love his cotton tail. It looks so fluffy I wanted to stroke my screen to feel how soft it is :-)

Rachel said...

Rayon thread can be a great trial, but it creates such a bright and shiny effect that it's worth the trouble!

Cath said...

That bunny is irresistible!

Wendy said...

wow, you really have made loads of progress! the bunny is just gorgeous.

Angela Grasse said...

Your work is gorgeous!

Sparklyjools said...

Well done! It's all really coming on now.

Anna said...

My oh my these are all coming along! Love the bunny of course, but the effect of the couching on the peacock feather is really, really effective. Look forward to following the progress.

Zue said...

lovely, lovely needlework. You have great talent and skill.
xx

Anonymous said...

All your needlework is very creative and well done ~ The peacock is intriquing ~ my favorite is the bunny ~ Happy Creating ^_^

Isabelle said...

really, I love this little bunny. it seems so sweet.

Sparky said...

I have never seen anything like this you truly are an artist. So gld one of our ladies showed your bugs on our hop today...I am a new follower

 
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