Project
Just Resting
by Susan Casson
You can almost hear the fairy wrens sing in this stumpwork scene worked over a painted background.
Instructions
Printed Magazine
Inspirations Issue 127
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Just Resting - i127 Kit
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Description
A striking male superb fairy wren (malurus cyaneus) and his more subtly coloured female friend rest on a barbed wire fence, surrounded by a field of long grass and pretty, white daisies.
Worked as slips, the detached elements are stitched separately onto quilter’s muslin then cut out and applied to the painted silk.
Fibre-fill is used to pad the plump bodies and the tails are supported with a wire outline stitched to the wrong side of the work, then attached to the fabric only at the base.
A length of cleverly made miniature barbed wire and real feathers complete this endearing image.
Additional Information
- Product Type
- Project
- Designer
- Susan Casson
- Technique
- Stumpwork
- Project Type
- Framed Embroidery
- Publication
- Inspirations
- Issue Number
- 127
- Finished Project Measures
11cm x 19cm wide (4 1/4" x 7 1/2")