I just finished another couple of slow stitched fabric embellishments for cardmaking. For my first one, I used several batik fabrics to create a layered rose with leaves. I layered an orange hand cut circle over a yellow one and then these two over a deep pink one. I trimmed two half leaves from green and pinned them into place before adding my rose. I stitched the leaves in place with black embroidery thread and then added the rose overlapping them. I started in the center of the rose and used a running stitch to adhere all the layers to my ivory layer. I reversed the running stitch to make a solid line. I added this little piece to a piece of horsehair interfacing using a coordinating embroidery floss. I used a small piece of iron on interfacing on the back of the horsehair to stabilize it. I stitched my little creation to a dark green card using the same pink thread.
For my second card, I stitched a pink hand cut heart to a small precut ivory scrap using pink thread and then filled it with stitching in blue, pink and yellow thread. I added the little square to interfacing using blue thread and stitched it to my green card front using the same thread.
Having fun with these and look forward to getting a few more made!!
Therese
