Hey, friends! I'm coming to you today with my very favorite fiber arts projects! Teaching fiber arts is one of my very favorite things to teach, along with clay. This summer and fall, I put in HOURS creating THIS BOOK which will be due out this coming summer: You can preorder yourself a copy here if you are interested! But if you just can't wait, I thought I'd share some of my very favorite fibers projects right here today. Be sure and follow the links to the lessons as nearly all of them have how-to videos that are perfect for you and your students. Let's start with sewing! 1. These GIANT pizza pillows were such a hit last year with my students that I knew I had to do it again. Because I was wrapping my fibers book this past fall, I decided to kick off the school year with fibers. Usually, I'm all about fiber projects in the spring. This is how we displayed the pillows at last year's art show! This year, we also made both emoji and donut pillows (size: HUGE) but for details on those, you'll have to scoop up my book. 2. If you are looking for a beginner sewing project on a smaller scale, you might wanna try these stitched monsters on for size. My kids used Smart Fab fabric for the bodies but felt would work just fine. If you are curious what types of needles and thread I recommend, be sure and check out this blog post as well as the others where I break it down for you. 3. I learned embroidery from my grandma when I was in elementary school and I LOVED it. It felt so good to learn something so "adult" in my mind: creating a picture with needle and thread. I love sharing this experience with my students now too. You can read all about this Our School Has Heart fiber art's experience right here. This year, I decided to live dangerously and introduce embroidery to my second graders at the start of the school year...when they are still first graders, really. It was a bumpy start but they got it and loved it. This lesson can be found in my book but I did create this video a while back to help you troubleshoot stitching with kids: Actually, the above video was created for AOE during one of their online conferences! This is a couple years old but does walk you thru a lot of important details of all things fiber arts and kids. And here is my troubleshooting embroidery with kiddos video. I hope you find them helpful! 4. For even MORE details on sewing and embroidery, along with a book I strongly recommend, visit here! 5. Needle felting with kiddos is not something I do very often...but I do enjoy doing it! If you attempt needle felting with children, I'd make certain it's with a group of kids that understand the dangers of the needle felting tool and are responsible enough to handle it. As y'all know, I LOVE needle felting and have put in countless hours stabbing stuff. If you are interested in learning more about needle felting, start here. 6. One of the most popular lessons on this blog has been my string art lesson. This is based on a project I did in 5th grade and LOVED. My students have loved it just as much. I've created videos to walk you and your kids through this lesson so be sure and check out this blog post AND this blog post! 7. Paper weaving is a must when you introduce weaving to your students. But what to do with the paper weaving when finished? Last year, we made these woven owls and the kids loved them! Both this blog post and the one mentioned above have A TON of videos on teaching first graders (and up!) how to make a paper loom and weave. 8. Circle Loom Weaving has always been a huge hit! I normally do with my second graders in the spring but this year, I did it with third grade in the fall. I can't tell you how many videos I have on this! Be sure and check this blog post out if you have any questions about getting started. 9. Have you ever tried CD or Embroidery Hoop weaving? So fun and easy! Last year, my second graders tackled CD weaving instead of plate weaving. It was a great way to upcycle those stacks of CD's I'd been accumulating. This type of weaving takes less time than plate weaving as you don't have to spend two art classes painting the plates. They also look super pretty in the window when light hits the CD. Video and lesson details here! 10. Whenever I get stumped for a lesson, I just think back to the things I enjoyed creating as a kid. I remember the summer I spent at a vacation bible school learning straw weaving. So fun! My kids love this one too. Details and video here! 11. Want a lesson that packs a huge punch? Tree weaving teaches landscape painting, weaving and so much more! This lesson of mine has been another huge hit on my blog. I have many videos to walk you and your kids through this fun technique. You can find it here. 12. I have yet to meet a kid who didn't love making Ojos de Dios. Why not try expanding on that love by making BIG God's eyes?! We did that here! 13. Pouch Weaving used to be one of my all time favorite things to teach. Because it is complex, I created an entire series of weaving videos for you and your students, including how to create that cool cord. You can find the beginning of the series here. 14. Got yarn? Then you and your kiddos can yarn bomb! What a great activity for your early finishers too. 15. Shibori! I love shibori dying and so do my students. I created a video that explains EVERY one of these folding techniques and you can see it here. So, truth be told: I've been blogging for seven years and teaching for twenty. I KNOW I've left some great lesson links and videos off this list accidentally. So, you are wanting more, give my name and whatever type of fiber project you are interested in a google search...or search in the bar on the side of this blog. Because there are just so many fun fibers lessons out there. AND stay tuned for my book where there are even more!
I'm fangirling on a zillion different levels right now! WOW! (Are we allowed to say whimsical again?) Jeila Gueramian is a Brooklyn-based artist who has has done major installations around the USA and I absolutely love them. Below are a few examples of her work and you'll definitely want to visit her web site for
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Most often, I seem to work in 2" widths, creating the guitar straps which are the main product that I sell. Consequently, many of the pattern drafts which I have previously shared are for 2" wide bands. Recently, I made some new products in 1" widths and had difficulty adjusting my designer's mind to this narrower width. I was using the same yarn but had only half as many threads to design with. Wow! At first I was frustrated, but then, after a few tries, I started creating designs which I really liked. I thought I'd share some of these with you here. Each pattern draft is shown below the photo. Consider the top row of the draft to be heddled warps and the bottom row to be open warps. If you use any of them, please send me a message with a photo as I really enjoy seeing how my designs inspire other band weavers. And if you like this post, please share it with others in your network on Facebook, Pinterest, Google+, etc. (Note: The yarn I'm using for these is Omega Sinfonia, a sport weight yarn which is slightly thicker than a #3 crochet cotton. If you use a finer yarn, your woven band will be narrower. Or, if you use a heavier weight yarn, your band will be wider than 1".)
Galerie et biographie d'une artiste autodidacte réalisant des sculptures textiles.
Anemone Vase Art Deco Necklace At the Show Blue Hair Slide Bridal Bag Bride and Bridesmaid Bags Brooch Butterfly Panel Butterfly Purse Cala Lily Vase Clematis Vase Close up of Clematis Vase Harebell Vase Decorative Dress Collar and Brooch Dragonfly Organza Panel Ely Cathedral Organza Hanging Festive Hanging Lantern Fish Lamp Flower Medley Panel Hand
I have been practicing my nalbinding skills as part of my devotional work this year. One day, perhaps I will make socks and mittens. For now, I am making sampler wristbands so that I can practice…
Some of my favorite postcards to remind you that beautiful things can be small. . Kilka moich ulubionych pocztówek, by przypomnieć Wam, że piękne rzeczy mogą być małe. . . . #arttextile #fabricartist...
Favorite folded fabric quilts by Jennie Rayment. I love these!
I have another favorite fiber artist that I'd like to showcase before the end of this month, Jude Hill, the maker of spirit cloth. She, like Morna Crites-Moore, I happened upon in Quilting Arts magazine last year and have been following her blog ever since. http://www.spiritcloth.typepad.com/ Jude inspires me with the incredible amount of hand stitching that she puts into each of her pieces, and I especially love how she incorporates weaving into her quilts by ripping various fabric strips apart then weaving them back together again to form her quilt bases. Afterwards she embellishes over top with very special images and lots and lots of hand stitching. I also appreciate how she documents her process and includes her thoughts thru notes she jots down. Jude also has an amazingly diverse flower and vegetable garden and is a fabulous photographer (even though she doesn't think so) and includes those photos into her blog. Harry Trieu, Mary Pinedo and Gary wait till you see her garden full of goodies! Thank you for allowing me to feature you on my blog. WHO AM I "..... 60 years old ...born and raised in new york currently retired and financially stressed, residing on the north shore of long island in the woods with my husband , WAS (the cat) , a lot of fabric and a partial water view. .....my love of sewing started with making doll clothes and then my own clothes. ..... studied children's book illustration at SVA ( school of visual arts) in new york city... quitting before completing in order to get a job and pay my rent... landed a job as a trainee hand weaver for a large manufacturer, the beginning of a love affair with woven fabric design. .....designed woven fabric for the apparel industry for 25 years, a full time career that required commuting to new york city on a train, 4 hours in transit a day. .....began sewing during my commute, made my first full sized quilt in 1979. unplugged. queen size. .....gradually, because of my access to fabric and my understanding of fabric structure, my drawing skills and fascination with story telling... i became obsessed with telling a story with cloth. .....unplugged for convenience of portability and my dedication to energy conservation. i don't buy much of anything and i hate all the "gunk" that is applied to fabric art these days. it interferes with the nature of the fabric and pollutes the earth. i believe in recycling and re-purposing and my work is mostly given away but i have opened a shop for smaller pieces. hand sewing is meditative and beautiful. i do occasionally plug in but machine stitches are just not the same. .....my pieces evolve through a process of thought catching and what-iffing. each one is a sampler of a kind, containing new techniques and ideas, each a study for the next. i use them as metaphors for change and life's journey. my style is based on layers, the nature of fabric, redefining traditional techniques, unconventional cloth construction, mending and the relationship of sewing to weaving. i call myself an alternative quilter and a folk artist. i would love to be a teacher someday. .....started my blog http://www.spiritcloth.typepad.com/ to record the process of making a spirit cloth, which is always a gift and usually takes one or two years to complete. because these are such long term projects i thought that the process could be interesting enough for posting. i have been published in quilting arts magazine, artful blogging, and art quilting studio. .....i enjoy comments although i am sometimes too busy stitching to catch up right away. thank you for visiting. it seems i might be able to communicate something through cloth making. i hope so. this blog is a personal journey into gift giving and story cloth. one step at a time. and diversions along the way. The quest. i have recently experienced a transition where my hobby has become my life. in order to explain this transformation to myself i have set up this blog to record my thought process as i create what i no longer call a quilt but a spirit cloth. my approach is always very scattered and i hope this journal will help me in my quest to understand the nature of my creative thought and the magic it seems to conjure. i am not a good photographer or a writer, but it seems i might be able to communicate something through cloth making. i hope so. bear with me if you are reading along. i am likely to make multiple posts per day to keep up with my thoughts." jude
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My current work embraces sculpting methods using textiles from sustainable recycling of cloth, fiber and found objects. I combine weaving, wrapping, felting and hand sewing in abstract whimsical sculptures or large cocoon like amulets of variant sizes. Though domestic in nature it has little or nothing to do with domesticity other than a nod to materials used by women who craft out of an affiliation with these materials or the obsessive nature of crafted textile arts I embrace the spastic and weirdly beautiful combinations to cast aside tradition as much as possible. I work wherever and whenever I have time. I use a combined studio and “portable” approach, I bring my studio wherever I go, both traveling with materials and finding them along the way. Among my inspirations for the open and productive way I work is my long time interest in “wattle and daub” a construction method using natural, readily available materials. My work is less theoretical than just about making.
I recently attended a 2 day workshop with Michelle Mischkulnig to make this heavily stitched cottage garden piece. The fabrics include silk, cotton scrim, silk paper, silk fibres, paper, yarn and various other scraps. The surface has been heavily free motion stitched with rayon and metallic threads.
Ocean Waves Felt Textile Art A textural textile collage made with stitched, appliquéd and beaded felt. An abstract piece inspired by the colours and textures of the ocean. Felt was made using merino wool fibres, curly sheep locks , angelina fibre and mulberry silk tops. To make felt fine layers of wool fibre are overlapped. Agitating with hot, soapy water loosens the scales of each fibre. It is then rolled (and rolled and rolled and then agitated some more then rolled some more – it really is a long slow process) until the fibres ‘felt’ into a wool fabric. Felt 'pebbles' were added. 'waves' have been created by layering cut pieces of felt and covering them with organza and netting. It was then heavily free motion machine stitched around the cut shapes and the net was cut away creating surface texture and dimension. White mulberry bark has been added to give the illusion of the crest of the waves. Beads have then been hand sewn into the felt. I love the textural effects of combining different textiles. A unique, colourful, stunning textural art Signed in stitches Felt at widest points 31 cm x 26cm. up to 3 cm thick in places Mounted on to a 3.5 cm deep canvas 30 x 40 cm Wool is naturally resistant to moisture and dirt but can be blown gently with a cool hairdryer to remove dust. A few drops of lavender oil deter moths. Postage is Royal Mail signed for For international postage please ask for a quote
About The Artwork hand dyed cotton, rolled on wood panel, inspired by the ocean and sky Original Created:2023 Subjects:Abstract Materials:WoodSoft (yarn, Cotton, Fabric)Acrylic Styles:AbstractContemporary Mediums:FabricManipulatedAcrylic Details & Dimensions Mixed Media:Fabric on Wood Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork Size:17 W x 25 H x 1.5 D in Frame:Not applicable Ready to Hang:Yes Packaging:Ships in a Box Shipping & Returns Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments. Handling:Ships in a box. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines. Ships From:United States. Have additional questions? Please visit our help section or contact us.
This one-of-a-kind fibre art piece has been created from hand-dyed cheesecloth and thread waste that have been needle felted to a patchwork black cotton base. Additional stitching has created circular sinkholes and a trail of garnet seed beads drifts from the background into and over the design, picking up the colour of some of the threads. The cheesecoth has been dyed in shades of green and the thread waste has a variety of colours including red, blue, yellow and purple along with a few metallic fibres. The asymmetrical olive green inset picks up one of the shades of the cheesecloth. I hope you will click on the photos to see the details. This abstract art is been backed with quilt batting and wrapped onto an 11" x 14" (28 x 35.5 cm) stretched canvas and it hangs like a painting on your wall . . . with the edges neatly covered. The title and my name and location are on the back of this piece but I did not sign the front as you might like to hang it with a different orientation than I have chosen. Thanks so much for looking! Please browse the other items in my Etsy shop, including other fibre art wall decor as well as one-of-a-kind fibre art purses, cuffs and cards. http://www.etsy.com/shop/KathyKinsella?ref=si_shop
About The Artwork This is a soft sculpture/installation/wall art/hanging playing with a variety of textures from sources such as deconstructed vegetable/fruit plastic net bags, yarn such as wool, cotton and acrylic, and some found beads. Explorations of how different materials connect with each other, how they behave led to this playful design of a happy garden. I used mostly crocheting, some knitting and embroidery in this piece. This artwork looks great from both front and back - it can be successfully hung as a space separator - a see-through effect is just great. It casts wonderful shadows in the evening light if hung this way. It is quite light-weight, and in the photo provided it hangs on four pushpins, and two pushpins support the sides. Original Created:2020 Subjects:Garden Materials:PlasticSoft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric) Styles:AbstractPop ArtExpressionismFolkConceptual Mediums:FiberPlasticFound ObjectsEnvironmental Details & Dimensions Sculpture:Fiber on Plastic Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork Size:48 W x 68 H x 4 D in Frame:Not Framed Ready to Hang:Not applicable Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube Shipping & Returns Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments. Handling:Ships rolled in a tube. Artists are responsible for packaging and adhering to Saatchi Art’s packaging guidelines. Ships From:Canada. Have additional questions? Please visit our help section or contact us.
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