Friday, December 23, 2011

"You are a Gift" wall-hanging Marbelized fabric with velvet pods

This is a close-up photo showing marbelized fabric, created from a class I taught in Vermont that blended beautifully with the colorway I chose of rust, gold, and aubergine. The technique for the seam treatment features velvet pods peeking from the inside of bias-cut silk leaves. RibbonSmyth variegated moss 7mm silk ribbon is added among the pods. Vintage 1920's French metal thread is couched among the silk ribbon. Vintage metal threads are too fragile to use for embroidery, but they couch beautifully.

1 comment:

Mosaic Magpie said...

Velvet pods....what ever they are, they are beautiful!
Deb