Little Brown Jacobin Finished!

So here is the last little bit of sewing left before

and after I used three different greens on the left for that little bit of woven leaf, 

some green overlaying the yellow in lattice stitch on the right And its done!

Finished!

Or That way?

this way?

At home on the wall

Little Brown Jacobean update #3

the full back

I thought I might do a thing, not many embroiderers do

and that is to share the back of my work

I find the backs of things have a messy beauty all their own

I do use a combination of burying my ends and starting with knots

so there is a fair number of both these techniques on show

the big blue flower

I also do a lot of laddering in my satin stitch instead of covering, 

especially when I haven't got a ton of the thread in use

So there you are. my back is just as messy as everyone else's back

It's ok to have a messy back

Here is the finished circle spray made with ribbed filling stitch and a very variegated thread

And the whole of big blue flower at the top

I finished this first but had it rolled up already by the time I remembered to take photos, oops!

RSC more tealing

So here we are with more teal blocks 

and a few more red

These four square blocks are quick and easy to put together

And will eventually be used as borders or corners in something

And everyone needs a few flying geese lying about don't we?

I love the way these look chasing each other

And a few more here the light and dark teal 

work really good together

such an easy way to give a little movement to a static piece

And more Teal birdies to finish off this round

Little brown Jacobean update

I love a good artistic photo don't you? I can't say this one is good but it is an artistic angle.

Anyway I thought you all would like a bunch of close ups.

I really am pleased with how well some of my stitching is coming along

a few more decades of practice and I just might be good at it.

This overlay needs more work though

It's still a bit lumpy

I tried one of those animated stitches you get assaulted with, in pintrest, 

here in the bue/purple rolled stitch

It didn't turn out too bad

I only had to re play it a dozen times to start it off

I used Palestrina stitch for the stem here

I am doing 2 things here to challenge myself

1.) I am trying to use up some thread ends and bits that are too short or consist of a thread or two

which is why I ran out of thread on that one part

2.) Using the techniques I haven't tried yet or that I have shied away from as "Difficult" or tedious

You don't hone your skills by just practicing that which you already now how to do

You have to shake it up by trying new stuff 

Or you get stale

and moldy

Life is to short to loose interest in things that give you joy

Because you followed someone else's rules or

you were afraid to branch out a little,  as long as you don't chop off the branch your sitting on, that is.

RSC Progress

 Weekends are for lazing, lolly-gagging and swanning about like a Persian queen.

That being said I have been busy this week

The RSC colors for this month are teals and aquas

so I pulled these out to use

And made some bird parts

Organized them into wings chests and head and tail 

on this handy-dandy pattern board 

I made from some batting and random fabric strips, 

that are ironed to a piece of cardboard  with fusible steam-a-seam 

It helps me keep things organized

I made a few spools out of scraps

these are about 4.5"x 5"

for my nephew, A couple of boats for a nice quilt

Though something else has been calling me this week

this little brown jacobean thing

It's a good place to practice my stitching

And look! it seams to be following RSC colors!

There has been a little headway, filling in the leaves

It just looks like progress is slow

It is still looking a bit lumpy and somehow it looks empty,

 how does that work? 

I think I need more leaves

Here we are so far