F comme Francoise Sept. 07

F comme Francoise Sept. 07
Originally uploaded by fifiquilter

These ATCs are for the France Patchwork Challenge des Initiales. Each participant was given the names of their 5 recipients so that we could choose the appropriate letters - I had two Ms; 1 each of F, A,C. Great fun! I used a Morris backgroud that I washed out a bit, then added the initial downloaded from a site that hosts copyright-free illuminated letters. These are all 15th century woodcuts. I printed them onto cotton using the trusty Epson inkjet, cut them out and applique-ed them on using fancy embroidery stitiches. Some have been stitched onto a layer of gold angelina.
Next, I added an Artchix image and metallic scrap. Finally, I embellished them with little seed beads (Mill Hill & Hoffman Bead Gravy/Soup).