I haven't been doing too much sewing with my daughter here. On Sunday, we cooked a dinner and took it out to her grandparents to enjoy with them. The rest of the weekend was so beautiful that I spent quite a bit of it outside.
Yesterday, I started working on a little shoulder bag incorporating the stamped Bali fabric with some blue velvet with added screen printing. These are screens I had made from my own designs.
That's as far as I got. Today Caley and I were going through boxes which have been stored here for the 3 1/2 years while she's been in Korea. We repacked for her upcoming year at university, left some things to keep here, and then we took some things to the second hand store.
Tomorrow she is packing for a two week trip to North Carolina, Georgia and Washington where she is going to a wedding for a couple who she met and was friends with in Seoul. Of course we've a big storm scheduled for the morning of her flight,so I have a feeling she'll be delayed by a day or so. At least the wedding is at the end.
My friend Carmelle, who did some Gelli printing with me last week came over to show me her finished piece and I took some pictures. She's a beginner at this but you sure wouldn't think so!
Even though the lighting is not great, I'll include a detail. She did both machine stitching and hand stitching.
I've recently been reading about photographing one's work and I"m going to look into ordering the proper light bulbs. As you can see, mine seems to cause a yellowness even though it is supposed to be a daylight bulb.
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7 comments:
I love to experiment with embellishments on little handbags -- I have definately too many of them. I will be looking forward to see how yours turns out!
Good teacher, good student! Your friend did a lovely job!
So right Jennifer!! Nice work Holly
Isn't it wonderful when a daughter comes to visit! Thanks for sharing your work.
How nice to have your daughter and still be able to accomplish such lovely things.
The bag will be beautiful. I love the design of your screen printing. Your friend, Camille, did a lovely job. You're right, I would never have thought it was her first.
How nice that you had your daughter, seems to have been the week for that. Your friend's print looks very good, and yes, lighting is a big problem....
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