Which brings me to my recent puffs craze. While finishing off the backs of the latest orange, red and pink puffs, I’m continuing exploratory sample making, as shown in several previous posts:
Reds and oranges include some glittery organza type fabrics in pink and orange, with the wonderful shiny polyester fabric that is like an oil slick.
Preparing to stitch a back on to a metallic organza puff to cover the gathered edges… tiny stitches, toning colour.
I like this idea, but it was very fiddly, and the result was disappointing.Glue has a dulling effect on the fabric’s finish, so that’s out…
I turned under the edge of this fabulous oil slick fabric as I ran the gathering thread around the edge of the circle, but really, the underwhelming result was not worth the fiddly effort. The ‘cup’ didn’t show any of the fabric’s glorious shine, and might just as well have been done with undyed calico!
I have several metres of waxed polyester thread/cords in appropriate toning colours that I’d like to loop about and have hanging down, but wandering stings of glass beads are a thing I like at the moment, too, as they add to the organic look. Yesterday I found some vibrant pink rattail cord and some waxed polyester ones (dull almost burnt orange, hot pink and a rich red) so I’ll be adding something else 3D to this piece – strings of beads, wisps of organza or looped and hanging threads, and maybe all three… and just as I’ve done for the others, I’ll finish it with hanging loops on the back or mount it on an artist canvas, giving the choice to display it horizontally or vertically.
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