All Catherine's work is based on landscape photos that she has taken.....so we all had a pack containing a picture of the design which was based on a photo she had taken of a sunrise on the South Downs.....and an assortment of fabrics......all the fabrics were silks,voiles,satins.....no cottons.We then played around with the fabrics.....hand stitching them onto calico and wadding when we were happy with our placement.
When the fabrics are all layered up they don't look anything much to start with..............
but just add a mount round them and the landscape effect becomes immediately obvious
One of the best things I learned was how to stitch trees using a small amount of embroidery thread.....I love how the tree looks.Catherine had put some slightly furry,fleecy fabrics in the pack for making bushes......but I decided I wanted to embroider mine.
The way the fabrics fray just adds to the landscape effect.
I added a bit more embroidery at home.....and the picture is now finished and framed....but I've found it impossible to take a decent photo of it in the frame!!
I loved the workshop.....Catherine is an inspiring teacher....and also brought along a selection of her work for us to see....all of it wonderful.
18 comments:
This is absolutely stunning, Jacky! What a fun workshop!
You're right - it didn't look like much but the finished piece looks fabulous Jacky, cool choice to add the extra embroidery too
Happy Sunday
Kathyk
Wow Jacky its absolutely amazing, you have a lot of talent!!
Wow - this is fabulous Jacky. Those miscellaneous pieces of fabric really did make a fantastic landscape scene & your embroidery enhanced it beautifully. That was definitely a bargain price for the class!
What a beautiful project. You must be really pleased with it.
Oh how amazing to go on such a lovely class and learn such great techniques. It looks lovely
This is really stunning. I saw the photo you had put on Facebook and hoped that you had blogged about it! You are very talented :)
Oh this is gorgeous.
luv
Debby
Oh wow, I love this. It sounds like a fantastic workshop - what a bargain - and I bet you came away with lots of ideas for other projects
This is stunning jacky x
What fabulous value for this type of workshop.
This is so beautiful. Love the texture and sheen on the fabrics.
Wow this is lovely.
Such a beautiful result Jacky, well done! :)
That is so beautiful Jacky. What a lovely class to take.
I thought this was just lovely when I saw it the other night - am looking forward to having a go myself!
STUNNING - very, very effective!
Wow, what a fabulous work of art!
That's a beautiful piece, your extra embroidery is so pretty. I have often admired textile landscape art but never had a go at it myself. x
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