We all know Frippery is a real word
however what I've neglected to mention
is the what, where & why behind Frippery
is the what, where & why behind Frippery
I was surprisingly smitten right from the start
considering that forever
I've avoided any form of hand sewing
my thinking being
why would I when I've perfectly good sewing machines
I've avoided any form of hand sewing
my thinking being
why would I when I've perfectly good sewing machines
being a REinventor/Pattern-maker/Workshop Conductor
requires a certain amount of mental discipline
and I've discovered that when Fripping
I give myself permission to play
very quickly getting lost
amongst scraps of fabric & lengths of thread
in which to add the perfect amount of embellishing
buttons & lace
french knots, stem stitch & blanket stitch
and because I'm self taught, making it up as I go along
and because I'm self taught, making it up as I go along
I'm not even sure that blanket stitch actually qualifies as embroidery
they take hours
days
sometimes one will be picked up & put down over a period of weeks
and then when finished
she joins her fellow Fripperys
no longer secreted away on the bookshelf
where only I had the pleasure of their company
now residing in the Shop
awaiting new homes.
Love, love hearing the stories behind crafty things such as your Fripperies Jody! and they are just so precious!
ReplyDeleteLike you, even though I'm quite capable of doing it, I've avoided hand sewing where ever possible! I have a couple of good friends, one being Jackie, who do like to hand sew and use it in their creations, and one in particular says she finds it quite relaxing. You know as I've gotten older I've found I can actually 'handle' small spurts of it and quite enjoy it, and it's when I see pieces like yours that I think that maybe I could, perhaps, enjoy more hand sewing! :D Maybe small stitcheries in embroidery rings to make into wall hangings? Sorry....babbling!! :) ♥
Your Fripperies are lovely pieces and an ideal way to just let your creativity and imagination take over. And yes I do like to hand sew though not so much in the hot weather. If you look in instruction books for embroidery stitches you will find blanket stitch, so yes it does qualify. xx
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