HOLES was the title of the Afternoon Sewing Activity at the last NW Regional AGM. It is the latest fun idea created for us by the inspirational Sandra Kendall of the North Lonsdale Branch of The Embroiderers Guild.
You may remember the Circles (also here) 4 Lines and Paisley (also here and here) activities from previous posts.
Take a look at the lovely pieces that Sandra made using a 'hole' as a starting point.
Above, some of the Holes on offer ready for some embroidery and other embellishments. Each of the fabric 'holed' pieces had been sewn together for us by Sandra so that there were no raw or fraying edges around our holes.
Wondering what that weird looking green grey stuff is in the tray, bottom left? All will be revealed later in the post...... in the meantime, here are some of Sandra's awesome ideas.
An irregular shaped hole with lace behind it and embroidery added around on the surface fabric, above, and below, a piece of old table cloth or handkerchief was stitched in place behind the hole and couched threads placed as intersecting lines around it.
Rows of Kantha type running stitches adorn a central fabric, above, and below, Japanese fabric has been placed centre with the top fabric embroidered to compliment it.
Why not make your hole into a Web? This one below, with the realistic looking spider made me shiver at the same time as admiring it! :-)
More Webbing in silver metallic thread makes a very striking moon on this lovely piece, below.
One last 'web' surrounded by Picots in a variegated pink thread makes a very luxurious design, below.
Can you spot the hole in among the Felt Circles, in the piece below?
One of my favourite pieces had this darling Caterpillar. He looks like he has been very greedy and eaten a large hole in the leaf he is living on. So cute.
Below, take a few threads across a rectangular hole and then wrap them to create a mini Woodland. Leaves in Lazy Daisy stitch and Picots on the foreground make up a very attractive montage.
Those of you who took the Day School a few years back will have spotted Sandra's famous stitched Lichen (and here also) under the hole.
I don' think that I will ever see a Hole in quite the same way ever again :-) and hopefully it has sparked a 'hole' lot of ideas in you too!
We certainly had fun deciding what to do with the 'holes' that we picked to sew on, but sadly, I do not have any pictures of the WIPs stitched on the day. Maybe, some finished 'filled holes' will find their way to me in the future.
Many thanks to Sandra for all her awesome stitched holes and her hard work in preparing the holed fabric, Xpandaprint and supplying us with laces, old embroideries and other bits and bobs to have fun with on the day. She always manages to surprise us with her wonderful imagination. Thank You Sandra!
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