Around finishing my hammered linked pendant last week, I also reticulated a couple of pieces of brass into holes. One had been rolled out quite thinly so as well as reticulating it holed rather too well and I ended up with two fragments. This is the end section.
When I was choosing a piece of fabric to go with this piece, I accidentally turned it diagonally so the left top corner was in the centre and then the design of the piece just fell into place.
These pieces of brass just love vivid colours and I found an oddment of what I think is silk matka, hand dyed in the most wonderful range of reds, oranges and golds. Even better, I found some hand dyed variegated thread in reds, oranges and golds and green which matched the fabric shades so perfectly that I didn’t quite believe it!
The embroidery will start in the space at the bottom of the brass piece and then ‘drip’ down.
I’m so pleased with the way the thread tones so closely with the fabric and the green is a perfect complement.
I’m using eyelets, tiny back-stitched spiders’ webs and clusters of french knots to create the texture.
I’ve got a little more to do on the embroidery for this one before I make it up and I also plan to use something decorative to stitch across the brass to hold it to the fabric. I’m thinking long bullions or possibly something like buttonhole bars. Lots of exciting possibilities!!
Under A Topaz Sky 
so beautiful and creative. Thank you, love, nia
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So beautiful …. and creative. You are very talent.
Gorgeous. It looks almost as though the metal is melting into the embroidery.
*happy sigh* Those colours look delicious.
Quite a fascinating piece! What made you think of it?
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Oh my gosh – wonderful. I love the blend of metal with thread!
It’s looking really luxurious, isn’t it – those lovely colours and the burnished metal!