Chanin Poncho Progress

Progress is always good!

Slow....but good.

 I touched up a few of my stones as the paint was a bit blotchy.  They are still drying and appear darker in this photo.  After completing more of the stitching I decided to leave the stones whole.  That was my original plan.   I am sticking with it!

This is what my stencil looked like.  I used a cardboard pizza round.  I then traced my stones onto the fabric with a Micron pen.  Finally, I filled the shapes in with a small paintbrush and my fabric paint.  I actually found that I preferred this method to the regular stencil method.  I felt like I had way more control over where the paint ended up.

Cheers!

Sonja

Chanin Poncho Beginning

I am at the very beginning of stitching on a Alabama Studio Sewing + Design Poncho.  Excuse my wrinkles.

I am trying to use up the rest of this fabric from the making of my first Chanin piece.  Frankly, I do not love the color (Blue Slate) on me for the summer.  I am hopeful that I will like it more paired with black for the fall.

This is the photo that inspired me. 

(photo credit: Alabama Chanin)

I love how the circles are not perfectly round.  More organic.  They remind me a bit of river stones.  So that is what I set out to stencil on my poncho. 

Now that I have started stitching I am thinking it might be best to cut out the centers of my river stones.  A decision must be made quickly and I am utterly torn!   Thoughts?

Cheers!

Sonja