My weekend book cover project

As promised I've taken a picture of my book cover. Cathy painted the fabric and let me loose. I found I couldn't easily use the felting machine directly on the tightly woven fabric, too many holes, so I machine felted the tree on to a piece of white craft felt (next time I'll think about it and put my fibre on a darker craft felt..doh) I cut out the tree carefully and sewed it down to the fabric. I didn't get the placement as centred as I should have but I like the skewed look. I then hand embroidered the leaves on...I LOVE hand work..and then last weekend I discovered the fabulous art of FREE MOTION stitching. I had WAY too much fun and didn't want to stop..even when there really wasn't another spot for me to stitch on...I love the look and the texture. I dabbed a bit of sliver glitter glue on the tree trunk and like the subtle way it shines in a certain light.
Oooooo...I can't wait to start something else with free motioning in mind! Monster created!!
Til next time...

Loose Threads Retreat Autumn 2008

What a spectacular weekend...we learned and we ate and we played and ate some more.
Helen, Pam, Sally, Anne, Micheline, Deb, Marie, Helga, Frances, Jo-Ann, Rosemary and Janet...thank you so much for being there with us. I learned how to free motion...and now I'm totally addicted...I'll take a picture of my journal cover to show what I loved playing on.....
Eric..thank you for clearing up all sorts of machine related issues and fixing my little White and just being there to answer questions....
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Ladies...I've put up photos of the retreat on my slideshow...so just click on it to get my images...Cathy and Pat will be posting images too...so keep on the lookout.
Happy new addictions!!