Freehand machine embroidery

    My Textile and Mixed Media Projects

  So I've finally managed to get some little textile projects finished. Quite a while ago I bought myself a foot for the sewing machine especially designed for freehand machine embroidery, but it's taken some time to get round to really using it. I've used freehand embroidery to create little applique pictures using bits and pieces taken from my fabric stash. I've really enjoyed putting together colours, patterns and textures, as well as using pieces of ribbons, lace, buttons and whatever happens to be lying around to add accents.

Taking inspiration from mini quilts, I used layers of fabric with batting to create that 'padded' look.

Made using vintage fabrics and  freehand machine embroidery.

This is a little children's textile in progress, I haven't decided what I'm going to do with yet it!

This uses all kinds of bits and pieces, the starting point was a little bird I 'drew' on felt.

Bunny illustration using a mix of vintage fabrics, lace and hand done crochet.

 It satisfies my girly love for pretty ephemera and the need to put these things together in a way that creates something beautiful. In some of the pieces I've used batting so they are like little mini quilts, which I really like. I used it mostly to allow me to add texture and depth so that the finished piece would feel 'substantial'.