Looking through the Church Window.

You may remember this, bought at a car boot sale for 50p. I was going to use it for the Lollipop Trees picture, but changed my mind. The bottom shelf thingy is wrapped in dark blue wool. It got put to one side until I could decide what to do with it. The shape of it reminds me of a church window. 

The front is now finished, a piece of scrap fabric found at the Scrapstore. It has wadding behind it and is stretched tight and laced onto a cardboard cut out. 

The outer edge of the window is wrapped with black wool, so I could stitch the picture onto it.

I have enhanced the flowers and leaves with felt tip pens, to make the colours stand out more. And stitched on some foliage to make it less flat.

On the top of the shelf, and the back, I have put thick black fabric and stretched it tight to fit snug.

Those blue flowers were white.

I embroidered around most of the flowers and leaves to add definition.

Flowery buttons at the top.

Tidy back, all covered, with a wire attached to hang it.

It's how I imagined it when I first thought of the idea of looking through the window. Pleased with this one, but it needs some disguising of the stitches holding the ivy on. Maybe some green wool to look like moss. 

Toodle pip.   ilona