The peacock range was made for the Royal School of Needlework shop to coincide with their Peacocks and Pomegranates exhibition. Details of that on their website. I have not made any pomegranate pieces yet but I'm working on it. I think I am much more drawn to the peacock colours , so they got first look in.
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| A lily of the valley silk ribbon and silk appliqué necklace. I really wanted to get the effect of the little flowers being like little round bells and quite three dimensional. I think I have achieved it. |
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| This large silk shaded brooch was done for a lovely mum on Mothers day. Her name ? Iris. Stranded cottons on a white silk backing. 5cms diam. |
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| Close up of the colours, as the flower was so small I had to use stronger colours than I would use on a large project to enable me to get enough shading into a small amount of space. |
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| Three necklaces with the letter G and two silk ribbon roses. Silver rococo thread and sequins make up the letter. |
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| The backing of this brooch is a silver lurex/silk mix which does not really show up in the photo, it really shimmers! Some fabric painting, sequins, beads and freestyle stitching finish it off. |
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| Close up of a silk appliqué necklace with space dyed threads. |
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| Three peacock silk appliqué necklaces. |
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| Silk appliqué and metallic threads bangle. |
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| Another initial , this one with three roses and a contrast colour on the sequins. |
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| Close up of the silk roses and silver rococo threads |
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| A freesia and buds in silk ribbon on a wonderful blue silk. |
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| A large brooch of two ginger toms. A little amount of fabric painting then alot of stripes. I had to do some editing to make the embroidery design simpler than the photographs I was given, but I think it has made the image more striking and therefore a better piece of jewellery. |
