I recently saw a demo of bobbin work and decided to give it a try. For this piece, I used a background fabric that I had used for Heather's edges class a few years ago. I cut it down to size and used a gathered ribbon for the surrounding area (the stippling in the background was already there). Then I cut out three different floral shapes from some scrap felt pieces I had. The embellishments on each flower and the lines beneath the flowers were done with bobbin work. The stems and leaves caused a problem in that I didn't have any craft thread to match the tonal green in the background. I scrounged around and found some cheap, velvet-like fabric that was the right color. I cut out the stems and leaves, fused them to the piece, did a blanket stitch around them, and then I added a few beads in the small, yellow accent flowers.
The bobbin work itself was a little hard to manage. Several times the thicker thread in the bobbin would get stuck. But it all worked out well anyway. Great way to use up left-overs from a previous class!
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