Embroidery in a Void - drawn thread work

 Last Saturday was another fabulous Certificate Course Workshop with Di Kirshner on drawn thread work where threads are removed altogether and the space filled with embroidery. I've done some of this before, but have much to learn, and Di is a very accomplished teacher.

I'm not going to give much detail. The class was very much the intellectual property of Di and I'm trying not to breach that. 

Much of the class time was taken up preparing the spaces in which to embroider. It is, I think, a really nice design, and simple enough to work as a sampler, in part or whole.

It took me a couple of days to finish at home and I was excited to find a way to make it up in an appropriate form.

I tested a couple of ideas out on Katherine, Niamh, Veronica and Anthony. Their views, while not unanimous were similar enough to guide me to a pouch, or pocket.

I found some dark green silk, which they all agreed was appropriate, so this is the result. I did think of a Christmas present that would fit into it!. I lined the piece completely with the silk, then folded it to form a long thin pouch, folding the corners in at one end and stitching up the other end.

I even ironed it very carefully

before stitching the back seam down using four-sided stitch and adding a Dorset button I had from some previous class.  I also stitched the lining down on the inside - not strictly necessary since it was firmly attached to the linen, but neater and less likely to catch on any contents.

I have every reason to be pleased with this result.

I'm really grateful for these classes. Many thanks to all who helped along the way.