Our group exhibition is just a couple of weeks away now. The idea is not only to show the work of local artists but also to have a few things for sale to visitors, so I’ve been making more embroidered bags to sell. Besides the large shopping bags (pictures of which I posted some time ago) I’ve been experimenting with smaller bags, because these are easier to embroider with smaller designs, and so (I thought) they should be faster to make.
Two mini-bags, embroidered with designs done in the 5×7 inch hoop
A small “grab-bag” in dark blue silk, embroidered with a folk-arty bird
The designs worked pretty well, and the bags are quite attractive, but the problem is that they take just as much time and work to make as the larger shopping bags, and their small size makes them extra-fiddly to work with. So I think I’ll stop there and get back to the large embroideries