| Musing on Empress Woo |
8″ on cotton “Empress Woo” fabric
Stitches: Back stitch, blanket stitch, french knots, satin stitch
Private Collection
Musing on Empress Woo is a new direction in my “musing” pieces. With these pieces I draw on the fabric with air erasing ink and stitch as the ink disappears. Generally, I have to redraw the design many times – which ensures a very organic experience.
With Woo, I only knew what I wanted to do as I did it. I wanted to enhance this gorgeous fabric, but it’s a fine line between enhancing it and over doing it.
The final piece is 8″ framed in a round embroidery hoop.
I used a mixture of silk, cotton, and metallic floss used. Primary stitches are back stitch, blanket stitch, french knots and a touch of satin stitch.
The piece was created as an original design to be donated to the 2009 Open Hearth Foundation Spring Ball Auction.
