There hasn't been too much time for stitching lately but I have been working on a new brooch whenever I had a spare moment.
The background is calico which I have dyed some time ago.
It is a lovely soft green . Some of the pics look as if it is pink but it is just the lighting.
I started off with tiny green seed beeds, just wandering around on the fabric, then some silk ribbon stitches in a soft mauve surround a green crystal slide. Tear drop shaped glass beads catch the light.
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More beads and lots of french knots and long and short stitch filled in lots of space.
Then some more stitching.
Damp stretching on a cork board overnight.
I find this damp stretching is such a great way to finish off a piece of work and pull it into place.
Then the finishing touch.
Fitting it on the button as well as can be done.
It fits beautifully snug and smooth.
This button is finished!!!! I used silk for the foundation fabric and used perle cotton thread for the button hole lace around the central motif. The rest of the embroidery was done using single strands of hand dyed silk thread. The stitches used are button hole stitch, french knots, spider web roses, stem stitch, seed stitch and chain stitch and probably some I have forgotten. When damping the piece down for damp stretching I added some colour to soften the background fabric which looked too harsh. The button is 4.5cm across.
