IN THE BEGINNING--A FABRIC JOURNAL PAGE

 

Here is the "tag" embellishment I came up

with for my Winter "Deer" Journal page.

It is part of a selvage from a Jason

Yenter Christmas print that I tea dyed 

with my last batch...

I had no idea what to use for a tag

until I spied this part of the

selvage when I unwrapped

one of my bundles...

:)))))

Here is my progress on 

the  "Deer" 

page 

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This white reverse image of the 

reindeer on my Christmas

Journal took a long time to

figure out  how to make him stand out...

First, 

I sewed beads all around--

BUT

then I

cut them off--

they just looked

too heavy...👹

then i tried just backstitching--

Cut that out, too--just not

right!!

The final touches were:

that buttonhole stitch

that made him stand out as before 

he just melted into the background...

and the little imaginary saddle with

the late leftover Autumn leaves

dangling down....to match the

two underneath my tag...

YES!! That was it;))))

I Still feel that the  top left needs something to

balance out the tattered buttoned on yo-yo

on the bottom left...

still thinking....

AND

all the fabrics were "invisibly" stitched to

hold them in place and then

kantha stitched with perle cotton

in differing directions...

I am really loving this 

SLOW STITCHERY

💙💟💖

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Since I have quite a lot of time

left before the 3rd Wed of this month

when the next prompts arrive...

I began working on a cover

for the Journal

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Here is the first iteration--just pinned

in place to see if I like it

enough to begin slow invisible 

stitching 

it into place...

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We had a midday dinner today

BBQ-ed Hot dogs smothered in

olive oil fried onions

and beans...so good!!

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I hope your weekend is going well

and you can find some time to

stitch and sew...

💗

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(pondering-euse)