If You Go Down to the Woods Today - Using What You've Got to Make a Textile Landscape

Hello my lovelies, I've been inspired by spring and beautiful bluebells. Do bluebells grow where you live? I thought I'd share the whole process of making a textile landscape. I've included the inspiration piece and how to break down an image into shapes so that you can recreate it in fabric. Making a piece this large takes time, a lot of time but I hope you agree that it's worth it. Thank you for being so patient as I took an extra week to make this video, as a rough estimate I would say that so far it's taken about 30 hours. The embellishment process will be in the next video and I'll be covering some hand embroidery and machine embroidery, and lots of hints and tips that you can apply to your own textile art. Enjoy the video!
- Eleanor 💚
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Inspiration photo by Michael Howell via The Guardian - bit.ly/43tJtIF
Needle felting artwork is called 'Bluebell Path' by Ally Scott
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'Castles in the sky' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

[@carmenbailey1560]

Wow, talented works with fabric, I’m impressed. Thanks and will be looking forward to your next video. 👍❤️😊

[@eleanorbirchellhughes]

Aww, thank you 😊

[@ingridbirchellhughes2632]

Watching this build and build is captivating, it’s so beautiful! I can’t wait to see the next video. 😮

[@eleanorbirchellhughes]

Thank you 😘😘

[@alittleworldofmyown67]

Absolutely amazing!! You're so clever!!

[@carolreid9755]

Thank you for the video,I have now watched this video three or four times. I embroider but recently started slow stitching along with many and decided I wanted to be be more creative and try a landscape. This has been so helpful. I learn so much from you working through the project. You are so good at explaining everything.

[@imagatorvetmom]

Lovely. One of my favorite arts.

[@aceofsparks3973]

What a brilliant way to use scraps! I usually make snippet rolls but this looks fun to try, thanks :)

[@jeanniecottage4162]

I love the stone wall. ❤

[@chriskiefel7735]

I've never had art lessons, and your instructions of starting with the far away point are super helpful! I can see how to break things down and layer them. I am super inspired to do something like this in the next few months. Thank you.

[@eleanorbirchellhughes]

Thank you for you lovely comment, and I'm so glad you have been inspired. 😊

[@dianneeverett1633]

Very nice.

[@philipashworth2714]

Really great work, very interesting, I will add it to my list😀

[@eleanorbirchellhughes]

Do you need a new book? You know for this extensive list! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@karencraig1121]

'Conkered' the trees, lol!

[@eleanorbirchellhughes]

😂😂 I think you're the only one that noticed!

[@elizabethamis9376]

This is so interesting. Thanks for sharing. I've wanted to see how to create a landscape picture for a long time. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. ❤ 😊 from Somerset. PS I have pressed the bell but it won't fill in. Will I miss anything? Hope not.

[@eleanorbirchellhughes]

Hi Elizabeth, glad you enjoyed the video, I hope you have a go. About the bell notification the only time that's happend to me on TH-cam was when the app needed updating.