Stencil and Stitching

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's project is another innovative way of using stencils. The stencil I am using is the Blank Page Muse Clouds & Drops 5x5" Mixed Media Stencil. 

I lightly traced the clouds on a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" white cardstock. I overlapped the clouds. I also traced the raindrops, flipping the stencil to create a variety of shapes of the raindrops. Not that this matter since the traced raindrops will be covered by the stitching. 

I added texture to this panel with a use of The Greetery Aida Cloth texture plate. 

I poked holes on the traced clouds and raindrops. I made sure that I poked a hole on the areas where the curves of the cloud meet to retain the shape of the clouds. I then poke the holes on the traced lines of the cloud. It does not have to be even all throughout since the curves of the clouds varies. 

I did a chevron stitching on the inside of the clouds. The holes created by the texture plate helped a lot in doing this stitch.

I did a chain stitch for the outline of the clouds.

I stitched the raindrops using a rainbow order of colors. The stitch I used is a single loop of the chain stitch in stitching these raindrops. Some of the floss are loose but this did not bother me. This added some texture to the project.

I decided to keep this simple and without a sentiment. I can always add a sentiment later on.

I hope you like today's project. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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