Gettng back into things -making a pillow.

Whenever I teach a fabric painting workshop, because of our climate, it is rarely warm enough for the fabric to dry by the end of the class.

What happens is that I usually end up wrapping everything up in plastic, which inevitably ends up in the colours becoming a bit muddied, as happened with these samples. (I have to confess that these spent rather a long time wrapped up in the plastic and as the paints I use really like light in order to perform well, they didn't get the best chance.)

  

I don't dislike the colours but it has to be said that there is not much in the way of contrast here. No light and dark values to give real interest.

So in the spirit og "getting back into things" I thought I would make some cushion covers and explore the possibility of adding the contract through my stitch choices.

After stripping pieces together, I did some sketching.

This is what I have done so far.

It feels good to be stitching again.

I have been painting too.

The colours here are actually stronger than they look here. I need to play with my camera settings.