Over the weekend I worked on getting some small slow stitching projects to take to Slow Stitching today and after a couple false starts I came up with some small fabric pieces I can use to embellish my handmade cards. The little off white/ivory squares of fabric were found in my stash of precuts and I managed to come up with a few images that would work well in the space. I traced them with my gray pigment marker and then embroidered the image with two strands of embroidery thread. I did the flower center in yellow with a few French knots and then the flower in blue and the stem and leaves in green. I pressed it really well and used my Inktense Watercolours to paint the inside of the shapes. I only had a little run through the edge of the flower near the stem. The leaves worked out really well. I added a bit of watercolour around the image to soften the contrast of the composition. I cut a piece of horse hair interfacing to 3.5" x 4.75" and stitched my little fabric piece to it with green thread. The horse hair is a bit maleable so I added some stabilizer behind it to keep it square. I will have to figure out to attach it to my card front. It would be fun if the person receiving the card could remove it and add it to a project. I will figure out something. Lots of fun and many options for subject matter!! Therese
