The Lotus Paisley panel seemed like it took forever. Try as I might I never seemed to get any real traction on it so it was always a struggle and a chore. Some projects are like that. I love the idea and the colors and all that, but when it came to the actual doing of it... well... Phillip even made a lovely screw-tensioned stretcher frame just the right size to hold in my lap. I worked it all in silk - even the background appliques so the colors would really glow. The gold highlights are my first foray into working with gold thread.
But once it was finished I was able to put it away for a while and when I came back to it I was really pleased with the results.
And I'm still working with that box idea from last year. The Regency
box is proving to be so very damaged it may have gone too far to save.
So while I work on with that one miniscule area at a time, I put some
energy into the nicer one from the second hand shop. I even made a tray
to set into it to hold all my scattered oddments. Once the needlework
for the top was done I did a woodburned line drawing of lotuses around
the sides of the little tray. The Turkish Iznik tile on the lid of the
small pocket conceals a really powerful magnet and acts as a working pin
cushion. I love the way it all turned out and I'm thinking that I will
get a lot of use from it.
And, hopefully, my next tambour project will be a little easier.
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