Pride and Prejudice

This weekend I decided to try a piece based on a quote.  The obvious choice was Jane Austen so I thought I'd try to reproduce an outfit from the period as the illustration.  Instead of completing the embroidery in black as usual, I used a toning blue shade which gave the piece a much softer edge.  This is something that I will try with future pieces.

Fashion

Inspired by how well the Angel pic went, I thought I'd have a go at something in red, my favourite colour (represented by the Ruby in Ruby Patch!).  Again, the design was influenced by my eldest daughter's interest in all things fashion.
  

I am quite pleased with the result but may have to put more emphasis on the lettering as it doesn't stand out as much as I would like.

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Angel of the North

This project has been my first attempt at landscape art with the sewing machine.  I have mentioned before that the idea of a collection of items featuring North East images is something that I am interested in putting together.  This view of the Angel of the North has quite a lot  of 'art' to it rather than just applique pieces.



At first the Angel was going to be central to the picture but I was at a loss as to what else to add to the scene.  I decided a more pleasing composition was to move it to the top of the frame and add  the path, fence and grass in the foreground.

This still looked a little plain, so the tree appeared on the right  and the title on the left to finish things off.

Paris

Today's first project was a request from my eldest daughter for something for her room.  I decided to try a free motion embroidery picture which will be framed in a hoop.

Paris and fashion are her favourite things so I thought a combination of the two would be good.

The wording was stencilled and finished off with a heart.  All in all, the project was really pleasureable to do and the design too much longer than the actual sewing.