Musings on Creating
Begin your creative journey and memory collection with your own gorgeous stitched daydream journals. Talented textile artist Tilly Rose shows you how to create beautiful cloth journals, among other lovely items, to record precious thoughts and ideas - from fleeting memories to treasured items, sketches, poems and photographs. There are eight gorgeous things to make, including journals, a sewing case, a project bag and a scroll cloth diary, using a range of exciting techniques that include layering and collage, hand embroidery, transferring your own designs to cloth, stamping, appliqué, embellishing, patchwork and free motion machine embroidery. A journal provides a fascinating glimpse into your world, is a beautiful object in its own right and will provide inspiration for further embroidered creations.
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Mixed Media Inspiration :: Freckles and Flowers Today's mixed media inspiration comes from Freckles and Flowers. In her post, Paula shares several mixed media images to advertise an Altered Books Mixed Media workshop she was teaching. Be sure to stop by Freckles and Flowers for more mixed media inspiration. A Bit of Imperfection :: Thoughts from …
Natalie Henderson,the talent behind Vintage Luxe, and a friend of mine is running some lovely workshops in Corbridge. I would go myself but am teaching my own evening class so can't! The theme of the workshops is "Repurpose found objects to create pique assiette mosaics" ‘pique assiette’ is the craft of re-purposing broken china, glass, jewellery, buttons - indeed any vintage ephemera - into mosaics the finished piece often tells a story, or has a theme ... you will learn how to source objects, nibble china, glue, grout, and complete a mosaic mirror frame and/or wooden heart The course runs over three evenings: 7:00-9:00pm Tuesday March 6th Tuesday April 3rd Tuesday May 1st The total cost for all three sessions £60.00 - includes all materials and refreshments to book and for further information about the course, access and facilities, please ring Delight & Wisdom on (01434) 632818 or email [email protected]
My 2010 TAST sample for Couching is here and the 2007 TAST sample is here A few basic stitches for Couching and a few more ways to Couch Searching the Web for Couching I found Bokhara Couching and …
Summer's heat is cooling down up here in the North Early morning walks are cool and misty but the days do eventually warm up and it is a joy to stitch on the front porch with Rusty Pups basking in the sun eager to receive visitors. It is thrilling for me to be given a chance to stitch. After two months with the pups they have settled, giving me more stitching time. Thank you girls! Couching down layer upon intertwined layer of twigs and branches. Just the beginnings of a piece inspired by our Springtime adventures discouraging the beavers from taking over our garden. They did leave eventually. After all, in these parts, they have hundreds of streams and ponds to choose from! Deep in thought watching her sister chewing something or other! Never had a seagull on the chimney before he must be wondering if any of the Rusty Pup toys littering the garden might be delicious edibles! They haven't yet worked out how to get into the car unaided and they are getting heavy. Hope they learn soon.
This article contains outstanding textile and fashion design sketchbooks to inspire students working with fashion garments, personal accessories, wearable art costumes, fabrics or textiles.
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A series of ten works created by Italian artist Pamela Campagna, nails on wooden board connected by hand with cotton yarns to form amazing family portraits and familiar faces. ...
I have finally put together my group of tactile samples! From top to bottom and from left to right: 1 Zigzag gathering over a string...
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by Judit Gummlich An in-depth guide to contemporary stitching with and on wool, explaining every step of the process. “My aim is to provide a trail of knowledge and inspiration you can follow.” Transform your knits with a handful of simple embroidery stitches: a cosy cardigan embellished with bright flowers, a dragonfly on the front of a sweater and mittens with plants climbing up the back of the hand. This timeless embroidery book features 18 nature-inspired templates, generously complimented by insightful tips and ideas on how to use them. Embroidery on Knits is an in-depth guide to contemporary stitching with and on wool, explaining every step of the process — from planning to finished project. It is a source of inspiration and knowledge for crafty beginners and savvy stitchers alike. Judit Gummlich is a multi-talented crafter who has worked in theatre costume departments for more than 20 years. She is a passionate knitter, gardener, beekeeper and nature lover. Judit lives with her husband, bees and two cats in Hamburg, Germany. Embroidery on Knits is her first book.
I have been working with intensity on my piece for Wild Pure Aesthetic Wonder. I've named the one panel I'm focusing on Beginning With Time. (continued from here) The size has increased and I am glad that I can no longer touch the edges. I used borders to achieve the increase in scale but now have some design challenges and not much time left before I have to ship the panel to Newfoundland. I am loving the process. Ordered seed stitch. Accumulation. I hope that what my work communicates is the quiet joy of making and at the same time the feeling that we are each just a tiny speck. go slow....stop thinking.....look around Van Gogh
In today's blog we are recording a moment in the Cottage Garden with a needle and thread to create embroidery wall art...
Free motion embroidery creates a lot of scrap threads. I don’t throw them out and incorporate them in my art work. Here are a few tips on how to reuse them.
If Grandma could see what happened to her lost spool of thread! Blogged: pennysanford.typepad.com/penny_sanford_porcelains_/2009/0...
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Heather Thomas teaches you all about thread while providing helpful tips and techniques for working with thread.
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Goodness I have been chilled to the bone these last few days at Chartres and meanwhile fire warnings were out not so far from where my shed ...
Learn a clever trick on how to bury thread ends which are too short to thread through a needle eye
Slow Stitching is a new term for an age-old practice of quiet gentle making, mending, repair and stitching. Here’s what slow stitching is and how to do it, as well as what you can make from all your beautiful stitched pieces.
Nosheen Iqbal incorporates her Pakistani heritage into the embroidery and wood pieces that she crafts in her home studio near Dallas.
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by Heidi Emmett Some days I need to re-pin my musings that I have found on Pinterest. SOME DAYS!? I do it everyday, ha, ha. But, as I have said in the past, 1/2 hour is my limit. Enjoy some of my &…
Creating everyday art through the fiber arts.
As the end of summer and the beginning of fall approaches, I am so excited! COOLER WEATHER! It makes me actually want to move around again. The coolness permeates the house through the open windows in the mornings. It is invigorating, and I think, 'What will I do today?' Now don't get me wrong. I'm not so full of spunk that I am going to clean all the rooms in the house today, or get that huge project finished, or anything funny as that. But I do see some progress in my work, which to me, is quite exciting! Sewing is one of my favorite pastimes. Collecting sewing notions is something that I just cannot stop doing! I decided to pull together some pretties and show them off this week. Below, packages of Silhouette trim were a recent find that are going in the 'keep' collection! I hope you are all having a lovely week! And that cool breezes and refreshing days are part of your future! Take care and thank you so much for visiting me! Blessings, Doni
Pamela Campagna and Thomas Scheiderbauer's thread and nail portraits remind me of the rubberband and pegboard games from kindergarten. But these portraits
Heather Thomas teaches you all about thread while providing helpful tips and techniques for working with thread.
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A long, long time ago – back when the idea of blogging for Ten Whole Years had never even crossed my mind – I started a project that would become an Old Friend. It has withstood the test of time rather well, and I thought it would be fun to revisit it. Maybe it will ...
