Slow stitching is becoming more popular as an art and craft form that takes bits of fabric and thread to create small pieces of art.
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Slow stitching is becoming more popular as an art and craft form that takes bits of fabric and thread to create small pieces of art.
adventures with fiber and life
… for a collaborative textile project, and would you believe 3 come along at once!I have blogged about the 2 previous projects here and here . I thoroughly enjoyed them, and was delighted t…
Hand painted velvet, silk ribbon, and lace Czech glass beads Hand and machine embroidery
adventures with fiber and life
adventures with fiber and life
adventures with fiber and life
I have looked at some alternative ways to create a landscape background and now for a few different ways with the poppies. The pictures sp...
Today I've tried to group the art/pictorial quilts that I took pictures of at the AQS show in Paducah last month. Hope you enjoy! Above is: Along the Fjord - A Slice of Norway by the Textile Explorers from Mesa Arizona To the right: Holding Onto Hope by Amy Cavaness from Illinois Above: Majestic Redwoods by Pat Durbin, California Left: Mont Saint-Michel Memories by Linda S. Schmidt, California Above: The Memory of Summer by Eunhee Lee, South Korea Right: Seasoned With Time by Karlyn Bue Lohrenz, Montana Above: Beautiful Autumn by Mariko Miwa, Japan Left: Hwasung Fortress: Suwan Hwasung Version 2 by Mikyung Jang, South Korea Village by Mary Arnold, Washington Enchanted Daisies by Kristi Leduc, Washington And you're following the Spring Clean Your Studio Blog Hop, head on over to Sarah Vedeler's blog: https://inspiration.meaningoflifedesigns.com/spring-clean-your-studio-2018/ Now I need to get busy and do a little Spring Cleaning myself! Have a great day!
This patch of coneflowers is on one our morning walk routes....and I've been watching it progress. I absolutely love that all the stages of the blooms that are on display....there is something about the spindly way these flowers begin that make them look a little cartoony and whimsical. Christine let me know that the inspiration photo for my "swoop of color" project was done by Ellen Lindner. Christine and I took an online fabric collage class from Ellen several years ago...and I've been following her ever since. She's one of my inspiration artists. http://adventurequilter.com/ You can read about my "Sticky Fingers" class project here: http://joyfulputtering.blogspot.com/search/label/glued%20fabric%20collage It makes perfect sense that this is her work. It's called Florida Native #2 and you can read about it here on Ellen's blog. http://adventurequilter.com/quilt-gallery/around-the-neighborhood-gallery-partial/florida-native-2/ Although I'm practicing the skills from Isobel's class....as I look at Ellen's imagine again I love the simplicity of it. I'll go simple next time....I certainly didn't this time. I prepared my background as directed in Isobel's class. I stitched a "stem" line as a reference and fused down some Kaffe Fassett stripes to give me some guidelines for petal placement. Then I started adding fabric pieces.... ...and decorative machine stitches. I was reminded that contrasting colors are better. The purple stitching stands out...but the green under the yellow petal gets lost. This is why I practice. Time for fibers.... ...and hand stitching. This is where I stopped....and probably not in time. There are things I like....and things I would do differently next time. I will likely do another piece inspired by Ellen's organic leaf shape....but keep it WAY more simple....leave more breathing space and do less stitching and embellishing. But It's all a learning curve....and that's how I roll. Practice, practice, practice. It's time to move on. The day was way too bright to take photos....so the coloring is yellowed and off....and I know I say this all the time...but it does look better in person.
adventures with fiber and life
My previous post showed how to put together a Poppy Field. Here I want to share with you some ideas for creating a similar background but i...
Cold, Cold snowy morning here in Montgomery View from my top floor window over Montgomery gardens. It's one of those days where i'd like to shut myself up in my studio with the heater on and create all day. However, the clever one, being ever sensible, and the boss, is telling me that we have to move ourselves and open the shop! I'll be alright once i make the effort and brave the cold of the corridor and the bathroom! new work "Imagination" ...still running with my theme on houses, i can't seem to move away from them at the moment, whatever i do, whatever is in my head it turns out as a house ... time to get the sketchbooks out i think and experiment. This stitched collage is made up of (really) old ephemera and fabric, with the inevitable painted house and the gold leaf, which is quickly becoming my signature feature. detail more detail Detail of another piece all sealed up with my new hand made business card attached I'm very excited... i bought a new sewing machine yesterday, it should arrive Monday or Tuesday (weather permitting), i 've ordered a few extra parts for it too, so i can't wait to see what i can achieve with it. I have to admit that i'm officially a hoarder. I've spent the last few weeks cleaning, cleansing and even discovering my art studio! I'm still amazed by what i find in there. These wonderful cigar boxes bought for me by my lovely hubby on his car boot forages (and these are just a few of what i have) i found stashed away in a cupboard. My friend laughs at me when i get ecstatic over what she refers to as "bits of rubbish" saying "what happened to flowers and diamonds as love tokens" - but each to their own and i prefer these! I rescued this packaging from the shop. These boxes came packaged with christmas decorations which were opened and sold separately, they're all shapes and sizes, made of wood and are quite strong, too useful to throw away (she says)! I tried covering this one with paper, haven't quite decided what i'll do with them yet. I made the little birds out of some air drying clay that i also found stashed away when "re-discovering" my studio! ok, i'm off to open up Indigo Moon, i can't see us having many customers today but it's good to be open just in case. Gav's made a fresh pot of coffee, and it's time for porridge. We have the heater on in the "cold/haunted" kitchen to keep us warm and i have a tray full of things to make to keep me busy. My latest makes are these gorgeous button brooches (which i have made before, but this time i've been packaging them up) and added a 2/3 vintage buttons hanging from the card. I put them in the shop yesterday in a pretty rustic basket, they look really nice. Keep warm everyone, Spring is on the way!!
Hilary Ellis has never really considered herself to be a textile artist as such, but rather as an artist who incorporates stitching, thread and beads into her
Stitchy, stitchy goodness ...It's all I want to do these days! I love to free motion stitch ... ok, not that perfect type stitching where you have to follow a pattern and all but that freehand type of machine embroidery, where you let down your hair and let loose! About a week ago I joined a friend of mine, Tracy...
