WIP: Musing on Empress Woo

WIP: Musing on Empress Woo

A shot of a work in progress called Musing on Empress Woo.  A little departure from the other Musings, as this one is on a printed fabric not a plain one.  I fell in love with this fabric, called Empress Woo, a while back and finally hunted down a fat quarter to experiment with.  Of course, I had to buy a bunch of other fat quarters with it that I didn’t really care about, but it was totally worth it!.  I’ve discovered that few people seem to have any of the actual Empress Woo pattern with Empress Woo on it in stock anymore.  There are several floral Empress Woo patterns, also by Robyn Pandolph, out there — but they just aren’t as awesome.  FYI, I found Empress Woo to begin with at Free Spirit Fabric. I think my favorite designer there is Jane Sassman.  I used some of her fabric to make a “mused upon” tarot bag for a friend a while back.

But back to the piece at hand…
In case you are wondering, her dress did not have a pattern on it.  Following the same procedure as the other musings, I drew the design on the fabric freehand with air disappearing ink.  That means, of course, that it disappears as I stitch.  I love the temporal nature of it!

Piece is 8" round and will be framed in a hoop. There is a mixture of silk, cotton, and metallic floss used.  Primary stitches are back stitch, blanket stitch, french knots and a touch of satin stitch.

It’s planned as a donation for the 2009 Open Hearth Foundation’s Persephone’s Ball silent auction.

[tags]embroidery, empress woo, robyn pandolph, hand stitched, WIP[/tags]

1 Comment

  1. DivanDiva /

    I also love this fabric and decided to break down and buy it before it is no longer available anywhere. I am just going to quilt it, but I like what you have done with it. It reminds me of my grandmother!!