I'm sharing photos I took in Kentucky at the Royal School of Needlework (RSN). Owen is showing how to cover the wires using a buttonhole stitch.
The wires are anchored with tape, and and then using a tapestry needle and three strands of floss, the proscribed length of wire is covered with buttonhole stitch.
This photo shows how the stitches build along the wire, which is continued only until enough wire is covered to outline the corresponding wing part. I'll share that process next.
By the time I finished work on Tuesday, I was spent. Handsome took me out for dinner, and we had a relaxing night at home.
Handsome had an early appointment, so I was just getting ready to take Bella and Carly out when he got home. I made coffee and he went to get the girls. Carly was sick overnight, and we had an awful mess to clean up. Poor girl. She almost acted embarrassed. I guess she partied too much for her birthday.
After making coffee, I made rice for her and she went on special rations for the rest of the day. Handsome gave her a much-needed and appreciated bath. It took a while to clean her kennel and the room (we tossed the rug that was under the kennels), and I lamented the fact that we don't have an actual kennel building on this property. It was so much easier to just hose down messes! lol
After all that, we had our coffee, and all my motivation had vanished. We hovered over Carly the rest of the day, and the best I could muster was to clean off one of my work tables in the studio, and then make dinner for us.
I was an "airhead" for the majority of the day, so there's nothing butterfly-related to share. Tomorrow will be different. I'll share the first step to creating my Monarch wings next time you visit. See you then!
Well, I drew my design and transferred it onto my fabric. Now I'm ready to begin the process of creating the components for my regal stumpwork Monarch butterfly.
My question to you is, "Would you like me to chronicle each step, or show you stages where I make more progress?".
Understand, this isn't going to be a "quickie" project. Thread painting the wings (just as I do with my birds) takes me more than a minute. I'll also take breaks to work on other smaller projects along the way.
Please let me know how you'd like me to share this process...detailed or in stages of completion. I'm happy either way, but I don't ever want to bore you, so I'd appreciate the feedback.
