Paper Craft mixed with sewing.

I've always been fascinated by patterns. My grandmother had one of the fashionable (at the time) pictures on her wall and I always loved looking at it. The picture was a velvet-covered board with lots of tiny nails along the bottom and up one side.

Gold, shiny thread had been strung to form a pattern and though the string was always straight, the pattern made a delicate curve.

I die-cut out a few shapes one day and that evening, I sat watching TV while sewing the shapes.

These are some of the dies I used.

Here are the results.

And my favourite

I used 250gsm cardstock for the bases and embroidery thread for the patterns.