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Dried bougainvillea leaves, trapped using bondaweb between organza. No stitching but it looks beautiful held up to the light.
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The background layer is Arashi Shibori, with a layer of organza partially covering it. The line of the stitching follows the pattern beneath.
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Left - Broderie Anglaise free machine embroidery (FME) on tuile.
Right - Shell shape, FME on organza. Negative shapes removed with a soldering iron and hand stitched on to tuile.
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This plastic netting is continuous in the form of a tube. I decided to 'stitch' across the centre of the tube. I glued the netting onto 2 cardboard tubes and threaded it onto an embroidery frame. I stitched 3 rows of stitch through the front and back (and across the empty space) very loosely. I then removed the netting from the frame and cardboard tubes.
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A bit of an experiment but the stitching is floating through the netting.
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Coral reef skeletons using 3 layers of fabric. The bottom layer is organza with shapes cut out with a soldering iron to represent the disintegration of the coral. The middle layer is black tuile. On the top layer I have appliquéd coral skeleton shapes with hand stitch. I joined the layers together by 'seaming' them down with the soldering iron. I like the result very much.
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Threads trapped between a layer of glue (glue gun) on the front and the back.
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Threads cut up and shaped to form wave movements. I used the glue gun again to secure the shapes to grey organza.
