Still March

Another slightly interesting date: 19/3/19, hence the post. Two in a few days!

I have been doing a little bit of sewing as well as my tapestry weaving.
Our machine embroidery group, at the Embroiderers Guild, Victoria, has a theme for this year: Farmyard.
I have done a rooster. I used a picture from 123RF, an online site that lets you download images and use them. I have adapted it, of course.

I have continued to use the fabric collage technique that I have been playing around with lately.

Once again, I have not used any product that sticks the fabric. But ... I have discovered a lovely free motion foot for my sewing machine.
I have been using the darning foot, a generic free motion foot and a specialised free motion foot (that I later discovered, after three broken ones (at great expense, let me tell you!!) was not for my iteration of the machine) that you can buy one that sits on the fabric, doesn't go up and down with the needle. It has a round part that means the fabric doesn't get caught on the little metal circle.

I proudly announced this to my group and was met with: I have always used that sort of foot, what else is there?; to great excitement about my discovery.

Anyway ... it has been wonderful for the free motion work, it doesn't catch on the little pieces of fabric and it is much easier to do the work without using any glues or Vliesofix, etc. And the little pieces of fabric don't bounce up and down, so don't move around so much.

As I have been working on 12' square pieces for my online group, I continued with that for the rooster too.
Not sure what I will do with these pieces but the challenge is good because it keeps me thinking and doing.