I have recently bought a book by Myfanwy Hart called ‘The Embellisher: Lets Get Started!’ and decided to work through some of it. It’s a good, easy to understand book for a beginner. Myfanwy appears to be the authority on embellishing in the UK, she trades as Winfred Cottage, has several different blogs and runs a Yahoo group – Embellisher Art Postcards.
This was my first attempt.
A white felt base with snippets of organza and yarn from Colinette Yarns. I think I will now add some hand stitching to complete it.
I then went on to make another one with layered organza so that I could zap it.
Overall the piece didn’t really work but I thought some of the close up photos I took looked quite interesting.
What amazes me about some of these pieces is that it looks like I have used an open weave fabric when they are in fact chiffon.
Given time I will practise some more. I think it could soon become very addictive.
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I am working with the embellisher some time now it is so much fun but i wonder what is the stuff on top of the fabrick it looks like plastic .
maybe you want to see what I ame doing
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Thank you for your kind comments! The machine is addictive, isn't it! Love these first attempts. Well done
Have received an emelisher machine as a Christmas present and not tried it out yet. Was looking on the internet for a good course to attend and accessed your blog in my search. Now I can't wait to get the machine out of the box!!!!!
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