Friday 9 July 2010

Pockets for my apron..work in progress...



Continuing with my apron I have been concentrating on making the pockets for the front. I have used some old jeans as the background and used some of the photos I have taken recently transferred onto fabric after being altered in Picasa. Can you guess which ones were of the jellyfish? I really like these photos of the thistles and forest from last weekends trip to Delamere forest. I found some natural dyed threads which I had forgot about so have used couching to show the threads off. I didnt want to have neat stitching but rather used the threads as another layer of texture.




The main pocket features one of my paintings that I blogged about in 2008..where does the time go..which is called "and down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose..." all layered on fabrics with free motion crazy stitching. I havent finished this apron yet as I want it to be a really layered arty piece..watch this space for the finished result....have a nice weekend everyone

14 comments:

jane eileen said...

Very cool! I hope to see it all finished.

Caterina Giglio said...

these are great can't wait to see it finished

Anonymous said...

Love your blackbird!!! This will be a fabulous apron based on the pockets.

Lynn Stevens said...

oh very cool, love the pocket idea!

Unknown said...

This apron will be so special and cool. :))

Sid said...

Great stuff Lorraine !

Carin said...

This is cool! Looks like you're having a lot of fun with it. Can't wait to see the finished apron.

Donna said...

That is such a great idea Lorraine! I love how you put your art on the pocket. How did you do it? Did you print from the computer onto fabric? I've done something like that before.

I would love to see the apron when you are done. :o)

Donna
Comin' Home

Oxana said...

Looks very cool!!! Love your bird!
Hugs
Oxana

Lori said...

Great layering and collage, as usual, Lorraine! Love these, they're spectacular!

Trudy said...

Cute pockets.

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Linda Vincent said...

This looks very exciting Lorraine. I really like the way you used the beads/sequins (?) I have a box full of those....you've given me an idea for my journal, thank you!

Jennie -The Artistic Stamper said...

these look brilliant :)

Lucy Edmondson said...

Wonderful pockets!

Lucy x