When ever i go and visit in a cloth shop, i ask if he has an end of bolts, and esp ends of printed cloth , that are many atime a bit off color , or even have only part of the printed pattern .. This kind of cloth is my favorite for my Applique +Embroidery wall works. A monochotomatic of any sort, is either too clean ot too boring for a work. The sort of `faded` miscolored misshaped forms are incorporated into my work. I am using clean monochromatic backgrounds , for certain works , but i feel i am more free while working on that partly colored backgrounds, mirjam
Good backgrounds for embroidery
Jul 30, 2008
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Here, where I am, 'they' sell those end bits as remnants. We get those at a maybe 30-40% off the price per yard. I used one piece like that as the background for my yellow faery/fairy that I created. She is shown as the banner for the top of my blog. I didn't create her to be the banner, she was a creation I made for my mom for Mother's day. She is a wall hanging in her newly remodeled room. ;) I like the blended backgrounds as well. The solid colors are not a well blended, but they do serve a great purpose if making the main embroidery 'stand out' against the background. I suppose the embroidered piece then looks as if it is a separate piece, and does not seem as if it is 'part' of the textile. Is that why you use the partly colored backgrounds? smiles, alicia in Hawaii
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YES Yes Alicia ,,,, you got it right !!!!!!> well
For example i am now making one work that deals with Pulleted water ,, A big tree stands on the waters underground , now if i had made this on a clean background , it would have far less impact ... miram
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