The Flute Player

This is my flute player. Here she sits playing a beautiful tune in a summer spiritual garden. The beads in her hair are glass beads . She is wearing a wig as was the custom in Egypt. Her face is hand-painted and stitched. Her wig was made from a very thick braided thread.
Her necklace and earrings. were made using free motion stitching and rayon thread layered between sheets of Solvy.

Creating the Flute Player

I got the flute player finished. I made and attached her collar, her earrings and hair ornament to match the collar. I made the cone to go on her head. In Egypt these cones were made from a perfumed wax and worn to perfume the hair. They were worn at banquets and special occasions. The warmth of the body released the scent. I decided to put one on my flute player because I liked the idea of my flute player having perfume in her hair.
I made her flute with nylon thread, using gold thread for the mouth piece and a wood color thread for the flute. I made the flute on my sewing machine.
Her hair is made from yarn that is wrapped in nylon. In Egypt wigs were made and worn, so I decided to make my flute player a wig to wear. I added tiny glass beads to the tips if the hair. The beads are the same color as the collar she is wearing.
When I finished I attached her to this cardboard to see what she would look like once I had all the pieces made. When she is attached to the quilt I will stitch over her dress with a cream colored thread so the lines of her body and dress I have marked will show up better. I made her earrings on my sewing machine using Solvy and Madeira nylon thread.

Painting the Flute Player Face

I also painted the flute players face yesterday using paint sticks for the flute player's facial features. I used fabric paint to create her eyes and I used a fine point sharpie pen to make the Kohl lines around her eyes. Tomorrow I will be working on her earrings. After that is done I am going to start making her hair. I think that will take some time. I want to use thread wrapped yarn for her hair. I will make her hair using my sewing machine set on a zig-zag stitch. I will post pictures when I am finished.
I think once I am finished with her hair I am going to start marking the background with a brick design behind the flute player.
I made her flute using my sewing machine. I drew the flute on fabric and used a zig-zag stitch and gold rayon thread for the end of the flute by her mouth. I used a wood colored thread for the rest of the flute.

Putting a Collar on the Flute Player

This is the collar I made today for the Egyptian flute player quilt. I used Madeira rayon thread to make this collar. I made a copy of the collar from the original drawing I have. Next, I used color pencils to color in the design. I decided to us four colors for the collar. I drew a black line design on solvy and layered it with bridal tulle. I used free motion stitching to make the collar on the solvy. Next I removed the collar from the embroidery hoop and applied it to my design board to see how it would look on the flute player.