I have been a little busy, I have had a expo in Paris, during Première Vision with Amaike Textile Industry, I finished my own collection almost, I am almost moving to France to do an internship and yesterday I placed my first pieces of jewelry on Etsy. Find my shop here: www.etsy.com/shop/JolindeTextileDesign
Mer-Couture!! Alexander McQueen (under Sarah Burton’s creative direction). Spring/Summer 2012. Pret-a-porter. Machine and hand sewn, with hand embroidered glass beads, freshwater pearls, pieces of coral & dyed shells. #mercouture #alexandermcqueen #sarahburton #pretaporter #ss2012 #handembroidery #glassbeads #freshwaterpearls #coral #dyedshells #design #inspiration #handwork #craftsmanship #manusxmachina #metropolitanmuseumofart #metmuseum (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
English paper pieced Dresden block: I’ve been wanting to make new pillow covers for a while, to replace the ones that I made about 5 years ago, which have been very well-used and worn.
I figured I would take the opportunity of having more time at home to do some hand sewing - English paper piecing. I decided on Dresden blocks, using a pull of Carolyn Friedlander fabrics. I used free Dresden templates from Occasional Piece Quilts - I have used her templates before, for a bag I made several years ago. They work perfectly with 2.5″ x 5″ pieces of fabric - which is half a charm square (a great project if you have some charm squares around!) I just printed one sheet of templates, traced shapes onto thicker cardstock for piecing, and cut them out by hand.
I finished off the first patchwork section the other day, which I’ll appliqué to a solid colour background. I think I’ll leave the centre open, like a ring or wreath. I’ll start on a second one, so I have a pair of pillows. I may hand quilt these as well, or at least add some hand stitching around somewhere!