My name is Katie, and I am a hoarder. I've been hoarding all my life. I stop for a while, then it gets a grip of me again, and I start hoarding anything, everything ...
I've been experimenting with my Family Tree idea. I found some of the clothes I have been 'collecting' from when I was little, that have just been sitting in a bag in the loft for years. I also rescued a shirt that my husband nearly threw out some time ago, he was wearing it the first time we went out together. I then found clothes of George and Oscars.
So, although it almost broke my heart to do it, I began chopping away at these garments! Actually, once I got into it I found it quite theraputic, and MANY memories resurfaced that I thought I'd forgotten.
I then used a needle felting method to attach the tree trunk and leaf shapes to the background fabric, as a base for the embroidery.
I tried to balance the colours and styles of fabric without it looking too contrived. My intention is to put all of the names of our family members, using freehand embroidery. I did toy with doing a traditional style family tree (but upside down), but I felt it would look too rigid, so I will try to put people into family groups.
I need to work out whether to put the embroidery on top or around the leaves. I also want to embroider and embellish the leaves and tree.
It looks a bit rough at the moment, and whilst a lot of that is intended, I want to make it look more finished. I'm still really excited about this idea, and can't wait to put the children to bed tonight!
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