Automatic stitches - revealed grid

Scraped away some of the paper between the first rows of automatic stitching to reveal some of embedded fabric grid.

Automatic stitches

I wrapped a robin frame with blue threads, machined random satin stitch bars, added yellow M, and then stitched blue cord on top of grid. Removed from frame.

Embedded this in yellow paper pulp.

Stitchery into paper - A and M

I used felt as a backing, then added blanket stitch around the edge, pulling this tight to create mmm around edge. I added more rows of blanket stitch - this creates a grid, through which I threaded the blue stranded cotton to form M M M - I don't like this, so I didn't continue with it.

I have used gold pen to highlight sections of the grid pattern in the paper, using my 'designers' paper created by writing over plastic canvas as 'inspiration'.

Finally I added the blue ribbon and large fly stitches to create a 'hint of A and M'.

Stitchery in to paper

Designers written in pva, rubbing taken, position frame to suggest lines of stitching in grid. Running Stitch, Blanket Stitch. Threads looped around these stitches and through grid.

How to make an American Quilt, and how to make friendship ribbons

and how to shorten a long name

take a rubbing of each letter, one at a time of course ...

Grids embedded in paper presented at Summer School

Here is a selection of the grids I completed at the end of June.