Rust cloth cushion

Flowers n frills.

Happy Stitching

Phillipa



Feathers on Rust

Over at The Magic Feather project is a wonderful idea of Jude's to collect feathers from all over the world.

So this is my little offering to the project.

On pieces of my rust cloth are 4 black n white feathers and one in camoflage. I used the marks on the cloth to accentuate the feather to blend in as tho it had fallen to an earthy ground.

I really really enjoyed stitching these.

Are you doing any?

Feathery stitching

Phillipa





 Christchurch doesnt get snow very often,but last week we got heaps.

Here is my rusting area slowly reappearing.

 

 

The thaw took ages as the driveway doesnt get any sun.

The ice was very tricky to navigate. :)

 

Rusting always.

 

Phillipa

Wall Cloth. Rust n Stitch with Lace

The rust cloth I have been making really really

appeals.

And the lovely vintage doily had very fine lace but was showing signs of distress.

So the doily and the cotton lace fringing were coffee dyed and seem to just merge with the rust cloth.

But still with enough colour difference.

I played around with the placement of pieces till

this emerged.

I handstitched the pieces together with Perle cotton in golds

using a running stitch.

The rust cloth has a medium weight hand and is

pleasant to stitch on.

Firm enough to hang nicely but still light enough to move in a breeze.

In the end I placed the fringing lower down.

I was happier with it there.

                         And a closer look at the vintage doily.

I love the way this piece looks and feels , so

I'm sure there will be more.

Til next time

Phillipa

More Rust Cloth

Playing with the rusty metal and the images they create on fabric is very appealing.
My first piece was just a taster. I'm now really really into it.
These are photos of the first one plus 2 others I have since done.

The rust colour is alot more intense than what shows up on here.

I have them folded up on the end of my work table so I can just admire them and wait for an inspiration on how to use them.

But, who says we actually have to "do" something with them. :)

Happy stitching

Phillipa

Rust Cloth

On the morning before the quake struck I had put this cloth outside to have a go at my own cloth.
Id found the 2 pieces of metal down the block at a good old fasihioned junk-shop.
So over the past week while we have been rattlin and a rollin I have printed this piece.
I'm really pleased with it.

The darkest areas are the ones that were left for the 3 days while the quake did its thing.Then I just moved the metal whenever I remembered.

Has anyone else had a try. What results did you get?

Regards Phillipa