And as usual I forgot to take pictures until I was mostly done
so here's a picture of the back!
I used a pink silk satin scrap from my stash
which should have been bigger but whateves
we'll figure out the how when were done right?
So the jumping off point were a bundle of specialty threads
in greens and oranges that caught my eye which have been languishing in my stash for eVer
It's a skein of multiple kinds of silk thread called Oliver twists one offs by Jean oliver
Which I supplemented with PatinaRG brand rayon cording,
some random Chinese silk cording and watercolors by Caron, Threadworks, DMC etc. bits and peices
I then covered a cigar box with paper inside and most of a fat 1/4 outside
and some cute washitape to finish the ratty ends
And as you probably guessed my scrap was too small so I had to add a 2" border of the bottom fabric around it to get it to fit
after mounting it on a backer board, a piece of card board cut to fit the top, I noticed that the edges were wonky!
Aghhhh!
I hand sewed that around the wonkiness to hide the transition from silk to cotton because it was really, really wobbly!
I got it as straight as I could but you will notice
once I point it out.........o0
bows out in the middle
Which goes to demonstrate, if you stand back far enough no one will notice!
Except you
Because you are your worst critic!
Stop that!
It's beautiful!
And done!
Oh, yes, there are a few beads thrown on there for sparkly
You knew I couldn't get away without a bit of added pop right?
