Cauldron attached

at long last I can stitch again – feels good!  The cauldron is now stitched onto the cloth and I have begun the quilting/decorative stitching – I do love this process.

Again, apologies for the quality of the pictures:

this one is the closest in colour to the real thing ).

Cauldron bubbling…….

At last I have had the time and inclination to get started on the cauldron.  I am working this off cloth and will attach it to the whole once all the surface stitching has been done

Step 1:

The backing is calico.  I tie-dyed a small piece of cotton for the central yoni-shaped heart of the cauldron.

Step 2:

Looking through my stash I came across this piece of cotton with all the lovely arches which I thought would work well for the rest of the cauldron, as per my sketch.  However, the colour is definitely not right, much too light and bright – I want earth colours – so:

Step 3:

I mixed up some blue and some yellow procion dyes to get a sludgy green and painted the arches fabric to see what would happen.  It paled somewhat once dry but I am happy enough with it – once stitching has been done to the surface the look  and the colour will change again.

Step 4:

This picture was taken outside and shows the colours a little better.  It is all tacked/basted and now ready for stitching.

There is movement again.