We took a trip to the beach last summer and came home with happy memories and some really nice shells. I wanted to find a way to display them in my guest bathroom that I was changing to a beach theme and so this project was born.
I also wanted to play with my new favorite medium,
watercolor on fabric with embroidery. This time I used an iron on transfer pattern for the Toes in the Sand part (also purchased at Joanne's) and after transferring the pattern I first water-colored the image. When I watercolor before stitching I can get closer to the edges and keep the watercolor more even. But sometimes I am not sure which images I am going to paint or what colors I want to highlight so I just wait until after I have embroidered, keeping my options open.
I found the shadow box at Joanne's and bought some colored burlap there too to use as bright background. I also used the same burlap to cut out flower shapes to mount on twine to hang from the frame, adding a little bit of whimsy, my favorite!
I enjoyed this project because I finally got to use my shells!! I also enjoyed using the shadow box. The colors and the fabric on the bird's wing matches my "Take Me to the Sea" project because they are both for my guest bathroom.
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