This January I spent a long weekend enjoying the delights of the capital with a university friend. I, being my idling self, was particularly low on funds and this expedition was my modest last hurrah of the new year! And so (yes I know a lot of time has passed since then..) I decided to repay the hospitality of my friend by creating a unique and personal gift, which would mean so much more to her than anything I could buy.
I have been tinkering around with ideas for textile collages for a while and thought I'd have a go, making her a small wall hanging. And what do we both have in common? A slightlyworrying fixation with that nectar of the gods, gin!
I used a cream tablecloth kind of material for the background and stitched onto it some pink satin, creating the glass out of blue felt, chenile tartan and overlaid with a silver guaze. For extra effect I stitched a rim with silver embroidery thread, created some depth with felt ice cubes and added a pipe cleaner straw and felt/material lemon slice for thatspecial touch! The lettering was created using silver embroidery thread and star sequins.
Although I'm not great at embroidery I love using the thread because it makes crafts look that bit more delicate and magically sparkling. Obviously the effect I'm always striving for! It's not big in size, affixed onto an A5 canvas, and has a pink glittery ribbon around the edging to make it appear smooth and to frame it beautifully. I particularly enjoy the colour scheme which I think will lighten any room it is placed in.
Though it's not quite as neat as I would have hoped, I can see where I will improve a similar collage in future. But I'm happy giving it as a gift knowing that I wouldn't have been able to find anything quite as fitting in a shop!
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