I,ve been very busy in the vegetable garden and greenhouse . May is an incredibly hectic month for pricking out , potting up , planting out and sowing seeds . So I have had very little time for my needlework . I am resolved to complete the Embroidery Calendar Wheel , but to be honest , I am a bit fed up with it for the time being . I will come back to it though !
I am wanting to get back to doing my medieval embroidery and I did pull out my Bayeux Tapestry bits and pieces to have a think about doing some more of that .
I've got that "in-between projects " kind of feeling , although I don't feel that the tide of inspiration has gone out completely . I have to enjoy whatever it is I'm working on .
So to satisfy that feeling and get my fingers busy again , I thought I,d repair my ripped jeans .
Not my own idea , but one I have seen lots of on Pinterest .
My eyes are hazel ...which is a funny old mixture of green and brown .
A mixture of all the above colours , stitched with one thread of DMC embroidery cotton . Using what I'd describe as a loose or nice and free needle-painting technique . Maybe some long and short stich and split stitches . Not really worrying about it too much .
Just having a bit of fun with this on my old ripped gardening jeans .
What you do is stitch the eye on to a little piece of similar weight cloth to the denim . then pin it on the inside of the rip . Stitch it down , keeping the lovely frayed edges .
I had a little think about how to do the eye lashes . Then we went for a walk and I wore them to see if it felt o.k......which it did .
I felt it wasn't finished and added more . I used Ghiordes Knot Stitch for the eye lashes , which is easier to do than spell ! I thought about adding black into the mix .
I was worried that it might then look too hard . Unsure . So I thought I'd sleep on it .
I am happy with how it looks sideways on .
I like the way the eye changes its colour and mood in different light .
Still not sure if I should add a little bit of black "eye-liner " .
What do you think ?
