Slow Stitching - No. 036 - Needle Weaving - Pearl Cotton

This is a stitched piece for K3N Cloth Tales slow stitching challenge 2024.

Week 36 - Needle Weaving - I used Pearl Cotton.

I prepared by foundation piece by placing a piece of olive green felty fabric onto a piece of poly cotton in light green.  Folded over the edge to the front and stitched it with sewing thread.  I then basted the middle with the same thread.

I laid down my warp thread in navy blue pearl cotton.  Drawn lines or a couple lengths of tape may have ensured more even top and bottom edges. 

I then wove my short lengths of pearl cotton and wonderful colors all along the length of this little weaving.  I used the head of the needle to go over under all along the warp threads. Tacked the ends and started again with a new color.  It was nice to use pearl cotton - worked really well.   The shape is organic and that is all well.

Slow Stitching - No. 019 - Kintsugi - Celebrate Imperfection

My next piece for the slow stitching challenge on K3N Cloth Tales.

It is week 19 and the prompt this week is Kintsugi - the Japanese practice of mending broken vessels with gold. 

I chose a blue scrap - possibly hand dyed. Not batik as it was nice to stitch. I cut the blue to create my fissure. I layered a piece of yellow cotton between the blue and the foundation layer.

I chose to stitch the wavy edges of the blue pieces first with an overcast stitch. 

Earlier I had checked what I had in my tiny supply of pearl cotton. 

I had a yellow but I thought it too bright.  

My sister suggested tea dyeing it.  That worked wonderfully.

In the end, I chose to mix the two. I ran 2 needles one with each color and I just used them alternately along the curve of gold.  We need to cover the fabric underneath completely so it took a long time to stitch it.

It is very textured and looks really great.

I did add some fine metallic thread through out the fissure as well.

I am really happy with this piece.