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| Cha's Overall Progress to Date |
Once I have the background next to the edge of the wing done, I can work on the wing itself. As you can tell from the photo, I'm using silk ribbon embroidery on the wings. I started with the edge of the left wing and once the entire length was done, I went back and starting doing another row of stitches to cover the rest of the wing.
I'm changing colors to match the paint colors. When I told Leigh I wanted to use silk ribbon on Cha, she sent me a selection of colors to match the canvas. (Leigh Designs distributes River Silks.) It's gorgeous stuff! I can use as long a length as I can manage without strangling myself and the ribbon doesn't fray. It comes in a huge array of colors and also in three widths (I'm using 4mm, the narrowest). It's easy to stitch with and fast--my wings would be done if I didn't have to do the tent stitches around them first. If you haven't visited the River Silks website recently, you will enjoy the new design of their gallery of items stitched with their ribbons.
http://www.riversilks.com/gallery.html
I'm going to have to do the background on the other side of the left wing before I can start the red area, so you won't see progress on this tomorrow. I'll post about something else instead of treating you to photos of more background!
Written by Jane/Chilly Hollow Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com Archived Yahoo 360 postings at http://profiles.yahoo.com/chillyhollow
4 comments:
What an impact! I love the River Silk ribbon as you can work with a longer length without worry of the ravels!
It's a really strong ribbon. Even the cut ends don't unravel much although I've found cutting them at an angle keeps even the little they unravel to a minimum.
Very nice ribbon. And so many colors!
Jane an ingenious application for the River Silks-feather wings. Good call!
Glad you like the ribbon "feather" wings, Madonna!
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