I took a break from my shippos last week to prep a paulownia leaf for my next Japanese embroidery class. This leaf was to be covered in the tie-dye effect, which requires a weft foundation to be completed first.
Weft foundation is basically the same as satin stitching; it just follows the weft line of the fabric. I've blogged about this stitch in detail before, so I won't go into how to do it here. But you can click on the Weft Foundation label at the bottom of this post to find more posts about it.
I'm happy to say that, with practice, I am really getting much better at this particular stitch, and this leaf turned out beautiful. It was easily the best weft foundation I've ever done, but here, judge for yourself:
When I posted this picture on FB, a few people thought it was a solid piece of metal because of how perfectly smooth it is. 😂 And that sheen really is something! I was so inordinately proud of it that I hated to mess it up by applying tie-dye effect over the top of it. But at least this moment of perfection is preserved here for posterity. 😉
And just because I can't resist, here's one more view of it, within the larger fan:
That's all for now. I did learn how to do tie-dye effect, along with woven effect and 3D effect, at my JE lessons this past weekend, but I will save those details for a future blog post because it's involved.
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