Empress Wu Designs with Wilma

#100gardenthreads / 26 & 27 ... the beginning of Book #6 - Sunflower Materials : cotton batik, hand dyed cotton, sewing threads, fusible webbing , coloured pencils.  Techniques - raw edge applique, hand dyeing, hand colouring, free motion machine stitching, fabric collage   

#100gardenthreads /24 &25  Materials : cotton batik, sewing threads ( Rasant) , Prismacolour pencils, fusible webbing., procion dyes.  Techniques : applique, hand dyeing,  free motion machine stitching, hand colouring.  Equipment : Bernina 550   

#100gardenthreads / 23 - a self -sown tomato plant makes it to this fifth book of garden stories.  Materials : assorted fabric scraps, sewing threads, coloured pencils  Techniques : hand colouring, hand dyed fabrics, free motion machine stitching, raw edge applique and collage .   

#100garden threads / 22 - passionfruit flower  Materials : sewing thread, cotton fabric scraps, coloured pencils  Techniques : raw edge applique, machine and hand stitching, free motion machine embroidery, hand colouring.   

  #100gardenthreads / 21 Passionfruit vine  Materials : various fabric scraps, acrylic ink, machine threads,  Techniques : free motion embroidery, stitching, raw edge applique, ink colouring.  Photograph 1 - in progress Photograph - page 1 /Book 5 

#100gardenthreads /20   and the last page of this folding book/scroll  - petunias and native violets. Materials : cotton fabric scraps, recycled  doily, machine threads, coloured pencils,   Techniques : dyeing, free motion machine stitching, hand emrboidery, raw edge applique, hand colouring and blending.   

#100gardenthreads / 19 - Lavender  Materials : sewing threads, cotton fabrics  Techniques : raw edge applique and free motion machine stitching   

#100gardenthreads /18  More of the hollyhock flowers.  Materials: cotton fabric, threads, coloured pencils.  Technique : raw edge applique, free motion machine stitching, hand colouring.   

#100garden threads / 17  Hollyhock  Materials : cotton fabric, threads, coloured pencils  Techniques: raw edge applique, fabric collage , free motion machine stitching,  colouring,   

#100gardenthreads /16 Today I started folding book number 4 and decided to try a different angle. Because I decided to feature my pink hollyhock , it only seemed logical to run the thread vertically  This book will open more like a scroll than an accordion book . All this thinking meant a slow start ( more stitching needed) but I hope this one will develop into something promising.  Inspiration photos below from my garden.  Materials : cotton fabrics, thread  Techniques : raw edge applique , free motion machine stitching, fabric collage.     

#100gardenthreads / 14 & 15  African daisies and Gerbera  Materials:  hand dyed and print cotton fabric, threads, coloured pencil  Techniques: applique, fabric collage, hand colouring, free motion machine stitching, machine and hand embroidery.   

Pages 12 and 13vcan be viewed as one....  #100gardenthreads / 12 & 13   Materials : assorted cotton fabrics and threads.  Techniques : fabric collage, free motion  machine stitching and hand stitching.   

#100 garden threads / 11 and the first page of Book 3 ( folding books )  Materials : fabric and thread .  The background fabric is a Botanica, a degsin my an artist friend, Daniela Glassop, who happens to live in the same suburb as I do  Techniques : machine stitching,  free motion stitching, applique Below : marigolds in my garden - inspiration photo.   

#100gardenthreads /10  The last page of folding book 2  -  Noisy Miners ( as opposed to Indian Mynas ) are native birds whih flock in our garden and feed  on the nectar of the grevillea.  Materials : fabric and thread  Techniques : fabric collage  and hand stitching.   

#100gradenthreads / 9  Continuing the exploration of grevillea leaves ....  Materials : cotton and polyester fabric, Cottage Garden hand dyed thread, khadi paper disperse dyes  Techniques : disperse/transfer dyeing, hand stitching.   

 #100gardenthreads / 8  Materials : disperse dyes, polyester and cotton fabric, threads  Techniques : disperse/transfer dyeing, free motion machine embroidery, hand stitching. 

#100gardenthreads / 7 ...  Grevillea leaf  Materials : polyester fabric, disperse dyes, thread, leaves, paper.  Techniques : hand dyeing, machine and hand stitching,   

#100gardenthreads /6 The beginning of a new folding book featuring beautiful plants in my garden - Grevillea Robyn Gordon.  Materials : disperse dyes, f cotton and polyester fabric;   Cottage Garden thread.  Teachniques : Disperse and eco- dyeing, stitching, gel plate printing   

#100gardenthreads/5  Materials : paint, watercolour paper, used teabags, coloured pencils.  Techniques: Splatter paint patterns, tea bag applique, drawing and colouring.   

  #100gardenthreads /4  - Can you spot the beautiful red flowering gum tree , featured in the folding book from my project? This is a layered, collaged fabric map of my immediate neighbourhood.  Materials : organza, cotton, netting, threads,  inks.  Techniques: applique, collage, stitching. 

 #the100dayproject  03/ #100gardenthreads  Materials:  paper, thread, fabric, dissolvable fabric  Techniques:  free motion machine stitching.