I had great fun making the sari silk pieces then wondered what to do with them.  My original idea was to create a textile book but this was rejected - each piece measured about 7" x 5" and if I had mounted it onto a backing it would have become too big.  I also thought of making a wall hanging but the weights of the backing silks differ and could distort so that idea was also rejected.  The pieces are rather fragile with wispy bits of silk and I wanted to keep them safe.  I painted pages in an A4 spiral sketchbook then hand stitched each silk piece onto its own page. 

The pieces will be a reference for future work as I'm thinking of creating some abstract silk wall hangings.  Watch this space!

Some years ago I bought a delicious bundle of sari silks in vibrant and clear colours.  They have mostly been torn into strips with wonderful frayed edges which are crying to be seen in pieces of work.  I also have a rather large stash of silks in yards and fat quarters, which have been carefully stored whilst I have been waiting for inspiration to strike.

At last, inspiration has struck!

I have been drawn to hand stitching recently, something I have not done for a long time.  I like choosing pieces of silk in vivid colours, laying them onto a neutral backgound fabric and then just sewing.  I have always loved Kantha stitching, with its simplicity, rhythm and texture, so most of my pieces use this stitch with a few others for variety.

Here are pictures of some of the pieces I have been working on, still in their embryonic state.  I will post more pictures as the pieces get completed.  Then I need to decide what to do with them.