An Alabama Chanin Bolero with Wild Embroidery
Elbow-length bolero I made to top a matching sleeveless dress. This is the "June's Spring" stencil from Natalie Chanin's Alabama Studio Sewing + Design. I don't see this stencil used much, and it is different from many of the others which are more botanical in nature. This one's got the odd tree shapes and a bunch of circles.
I kind of cut loose, doing some reverse applique, then taking the circles I had snipped out and applying them in their turn. I used several shades of steel blue thread, and both bugle and chop beads. It felt more improvisatory than most of these projects, which was fun and Bohemian. See an empty space, fill it up! About ten hours of that happened last week when I had to sit for continuing education--I made my hay while that sun shone.
8 comments:
Ana: This is exquisite. (In Md)
Why, thank you, Carol!
Carol is right, this is exquisite! Isn't it fun to just sort of jump-in and run with a project and see what happens?!
Oh, I LOVE this process! Filling empty spots with whatever strikes you next. I want to try quilting stitches like that sometime. And the results are beautiful and so interesting. Hooray for great handwork during long sitting sessions!
Woman! You dazzle me.
So much detail! Very pretty.
Lisateresa
I think that is my favorite of the Alabama Chanin projects you have showed us so far. :)
That is so dazzling and I like that all of this detail was done on a garment so SMALL!
It makes me wish I did some sewing and knitting back in my own CLE-taking days! Alas, I hadn't yet learned.
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