14. Clematis Heart
This Clematis Heart likes to get its face into the sunshine so I made this eight petal flower climbing up a little bit of trellis. This pattern is made with plaits, picots and leaf tallies. Choose your own edge techniques. This one features a two pair edge (pin under 4). Made with 20 pairs of white cotton.
Working the eight tally crossing shown here (2 versions)
https://youtu.be/8IWHr8ywx_4?si=wmbPpUBtohWnsNUF
https://youtu.be/OC45Io2pARU?si=YgIWCyi7fxO_WIpj
To make the colour changes without having to throw in and out colours for such tiny distances, I made this piece in white cotton, then turned to my art supplies and chose 'Inktense' blocks by Derwent® to add colour.
To keep the colours muted, I wet the lace and only dabbed on the tip of the paintbrush to let the colours bleed into one another. To help fix the colour, I iron over the damp tissue till dry. They always dry more muted than I expect, but the process can be repeated for more vibrant colours.
I describe the method here https://lesleyslace.blogspot.com/2024/02/painted-adventurous-seahorse.html
See my Lesley's Lace facebook page for the .pdf to download from the Files tab.
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