a caelo usque ad centrum - from the sky into the center. A collection of pictures: Colors - threads, yarns, fibers, quilts, fabrics, denim/indigo, and fashion. Patina - leather, wood, satin. The visual - detail, white kitchens, pearls in paintings, pears, skies, sunflowers, lonely roads and...
In this article, I answer all common questions about hand embroidery threads and tell you all you need to know about hand embroidery threads and floss
Double Wedding Ring - one with squares, one with triangles.
Artist Sophia Narrett likes to tell stories with a needle and thread. Take a tour of her studio as she prepares for her first solo show here.
Talking in circles. Throwing darts. The blank stare. I bet you've seen all three of these responses from certain readers,...
Antique Silver Thimbles
a caelo usque ad centrum - from the sky into the center. A collection of pictures: Colors - threads, yarns, fibers, quilts, fabrics, denim/indigo, and fashion. Patina - leather, wood, satin. The visual - detail, white kitchens, pearls in paintings, pears, skies, sunflowers, lonely roads and...
Here on Needle ‘n Thread, I’ve talked a lot about cotton floche, because it’s an embroidery thread I really love. A lot of people aren’t familiar with floche, and newcomers to our little community here may not have had the opportunity to learn about it or see what it can do as a unique embroidery ...
a caelo usque ad centrum - from the sky into the center. A collection of pictures: Colors - threads, yarns, fibers, quilts, fabrics, denim/indigo, and fashion. Patina - leather, wood, satin. The visual - detail, white kitchens, pearls in paintings, pears, skies, sunflowers, lonely roads and...
Antique Lace
The reason I like The Cure is partly because no matter what song is playing, you can tell that it's them just by their sound. This is the kind of continuity I value in my own aesthetics as well. Underlying concepts create themes, which I build upon each time I make a new collection. But no matter wh
a caelo usque ad centrum - from the sky into the center. A collection of pictures: Colors - threads, yarns, fibers, quilts, fabrics, denim/indigo, and fashion. Patina - leather, wood, satin. The visual - detail, white kitchens, pearls in paintings, pears, skies, sunflowers, lonely roads and...
Free form crochet - instruction detail on left
Fiber art by Tim-harding- a master of the layer, stitch and slash surface koi detail, from his water series.
The reason I like The Cure is partly because no matter what song is playing, you can tell that it's them just by their sound. This is the kind of continuity I value in my own aesthetics as well. Underlying concepts create themes, which I build upon each time I make a new collection. But no matter wh
If you don’t live in Hawaii, California, Oregon, or Washington state it may be difficult to believe Sashiko has been in the US for decades. For those of us on the Pacific side of things, Sash…
Antique log cabin squares
Here on Needle ‘n Thread, I’ve talked a lot about cotton floche, because it’s an embroidery thread I really love. A lot of people aren’t familiar with floche, and newcomers to our little community here may not have had the opportunity to learn about it or see what it can do as a unique embroidery ...
The reason I like The Cure is partly because no matter what song is playing, you can tell that it's them just by their sound. This is the kind of continuity I value in my own aesthetics as well. Underlying concepts create themes, which I build upon each time I make a new collection. But no matter wh
Big Stitch Quilting
a caelo usque ad centrum - from the sky into the center. A collection of pictures: Colors - threads, yarns, fibers, quilts, fabrics, denim/indigo, and fashion. Patina - leather, wood, satin. The visual - detail, white kitchens, pearls in paintings, pears, skies, sunflowers, lonely roads and...
Antique sewing machine
Abstract monotype collage composition by Gerda Roze. Non-objective abstractions have been the common thread in Roze's work since the early 1970’s and to reflected her independence and innovation. Her works are represented in corporate and private collections in the USA, Canada and Europe, including 4 prints in the "Latvian National Art Museum Arsenals" in Riga and six paintings in "Diaspora Museum of Latvian Art" in Cesis. The work is ready for framing and has been archival float mounted and fitted under UV filtering plexiglass. American, 1995. less
The reason I like The Cure is partly because no matter what song is playing, you can tell that it's them just by their sound. This is the kind of continuity I value in my own aesthetics as well. Underlying concepts create themes, which I build upon each time I make a new collection. But no matter wh
a caelo usque ad centrum - from the sky into the center. A collection of pictures: Colors - threads, yarns, fibers, quilts, fabrics, denim/indigo, and fashion. Patina - leather, wood, satin. The visual - detail, white kitchens, pearls in paintings, pears, skies, sunflowers, lonely roads and...
Mix of cable knitting and color work http://www.interweaveyarnfest.com/index.php
Antique sterling Lily of the Valley thimble
Japanese Boro
a caelo usque ad centrum - from the sky into the center. A collection of pictures: Colors - threads, yarns, fibers, quilts, fabrics, denim/indigo, and fashion. Patina - leather, wood, satin. The visual - detail, white kitchens, pearls in paintings, pears, skies, sunflowers, lonely roads and...
a caelo usque ad centrum - from the sky into the center. A collection of pictures: Colors - threads, yarns, fibers, quilts, fabrics, denim/indigo, and fashion. Patina - leather, wood, satin. The visual - detail, white kitchens, pearls in paintings, pears, skies, sunflowers, lonely roads and...
Beauty
It's another week of the common threads challenge 7 more outfits done! Only 21 more days left!
herminehesse: “The Common Thread ”
Common Thread
Here is a photo of the entire month of February and the first of March. The pick and pick seems to be working well to mark the mon...
vintage tulips
This is a project full of interesting fibers, textures and techniques. The idea was in an older book from our Tulsa Handweavers Guild library, Weave a Weave by Malin Selander. It is no longer in print but I do see it offered on Ebay from time to time and I was able to get a copy from a used book source. It is full of interesting projects, and this one is based on a transparency with an inlay technique called "Ryss" weave. I suppose what attracted me to it was the bold areas of color and the fact that it called for tapestry wool which I happen to have in abundance. I have taken the pictures on the table as a runner but it would also work as a wall hanging. The warp for these pieces has 4 different linen threads, unbleached linen 16/1 and 16/2, and unbleached tow linen 6/1 and 8/1 which gives the warp textural interest. The sett is fairly open at 12 threads per inch which allows for the transparent feeling where the warp shows. The wefts are one strand of tapestry wool (I used my handspun singles and plied) with one strand of 16/2 linen in a contrasting color. There is also some metallic thread in the wefts and the 16/1 is used like a tabby between inlay picks to hold it all together. I did the cool one first and also include a detail picture. Next I wove a warm version of the same idea just laying in the areas of color as I went and improvising the layout. I really enjoyed the visual effect of the combination of textures provided by the wool and linen combinations. As a result of my newfound interest in transparencies my friend Lynn Tedder gifted me with a book from her library, Sheer Delight- Handwoven Transparencies by Doramay Keasbey. It is a lovely inspirational book and now it is my ambition to try a pictorial handwoven transparency. At this time I have only made a few sketches but I look forward to giving it a try. Here is one last detail showing the yarns a little better and the metallic thread picks.
