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Materials and Supplies:
- Ribbons: Cams Creations 7mm #41 for leaves. 7mm Cabochon #26 and
Colour Streams 7mm, Nasturtium, Antique Ivory and Uluru for the roses.
- Threads: AU VER A SOIE #264 and SOIE PERLEE #148
- Beads: Mill Hill #2003 coral beads
- Needles:
- No. 8 crewel needle for the embroidery work
- No. 20 or 22 chenille for the silk ribbon work
- No. 7 Milliner's needle for the bead work
- Fabric of your choice. I used a variety of silk dupioni in a range of
peach colors.
- Washable or air erasable marking pen to mark placement of design
(optional)
- Embroidery hoop (optional)
Steps in Work:
- Using various pieces of fabric of your choosing and the flip and sew
technique, construct your top in a crazy quilt manner. I used a fan design
for the lid of my box.
- Once the pieces are sewn to the base fabric of muslin, begin the seam
embellishment using stitches of your choice. First I marked off the area
for the rose motif and leaves. Then I chose to do the seam treatment in a
Woven Herring Bone stitch using the AU VER A SOIE and SOIE Perlee.
- After all seams were embellished, I added the Mill Hill Seed Beads to
the seam treatment.
- Separately I made the rolled silk ribbon roses using 7 mm silk ribbon
in a variety of yellow, cream, coral and peach colors. These were then
attached to the fan base using machine sewing thread and the milliner's
needle.
- After attaching the rolled silk ribbon roses, I made a variety of
leaves using the Japanese ribbon stitch and an edged-dyed ribbon in a leaf
green color.
- After piecing and embellishing the box top, I cut a piece of batting
slightly smaller than the lid and glued it to the lid. Then I placed the
embellished top over the batting, pulled the seam allowance to the back
and glued it in place.
- Press the seam allowance of the lid linning under and glue it on
the back of the lid covering the rw edges of the embellished top.
- I then covered the box pieces with Dupoini fabric and glued them
together.
- To hide the seam where the frame of the box and the base met I
glued a cream colored cording in place.
Resources:
Fan Box Kit from Vintage Vogue
Ribbon from Cams Creations
Beads from Mill Hill
Dupoini Silk from LunaCDesigns
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