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The theme of Bees, Butterflies and Beetles was so popular, that a second group of stitchers formed another round robin so they could play, too! In BBBII, the talented stitchers were Margreet, Darlene, Cathy L, Ritva and Beryl - representing countries from all over the world! BERYL’S BLOCK Beryl’s Naked Block Cathy L’s work on Beryl’s block Darlene added the beetles and the Beatles! Margreet’s work for Beryl This gorgeous butterfly was stitched by Ritva More of Ritva’s work Beryl’s completed block CATHY L’S BLOCK Cathy’s Naked Block Darlene’s work for Cathy Margreet’s work Detail of Margreet’s work Ritva’s work Beryl’s work Cathy L’s completed block DARLENE’S BLOCK Darlene’s Naked Block Margreet’s lovely work Darlene was next to stitch on Ritva’s block Beryl;s work Cathy L’s work Darlene’s Completed Block MARGREET’S BLOCK Margreet’s Naked Block Ritva’s work Beryl’s work Cathy L’s work Margreet’s block after Ritva, Beryl and Cathy Darlene’s work Completed Block after Margreet finished and framed it. RITVA’S BLOCK Ritva’s Naked Block Beryl started off on Ritva’s block Cathy L added these critters More of Cathy’s work Ritva’s block after Beryl and Cathy Ritva’s block after Darlene added her stitching Finished block after Margreet’s work Ritva’s lovely block after she framed it.
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Lichen inspires me! There are tiny worlds amongst the damp tendrils. Tiny flowers, shapes, textures and surprising bright colours. ...
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This little page is found on the back of each of the color leaflets. The minute I spied that little thimble-man I fell in love. ...
This project will help you make the most of free motion embroidery on your sewing machine. The collar of this evening bag is machine made lace worked on water soluble fabric featuring hand made flowers, baubles and cords. Rich in technique whilst not too hard to make. Complete instructions & pattern.
This is the second half of the popular Cabinet of Curiosities course. Cabinet of Curiosities Part II - Stumpwork is designed to teach the s...
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Voici le petit dernier .... L'atelier Patch et Plus se déplace à Clermont Ferrand les 13 et 14 Novembre 2015 pour vous accompagner dans la réalisation d'un " étui à ciseaux" à Pont évêque les 20 et 21 novembre 2015 pour vous accompagner dans la réalisation...
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The American Folk Art Museum in New York is exhibiting wartime quilts made by British soldiers from their uniforms in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The mystery items from the "What am I' competition were the bottom of frying pans! These magical images were via one of my favorite blogs Junkculture. The clue was a link to Junkculture in my side bar! The photographer responsible is Christopher Jonasson, whose investigation of worn out frying pans is titled Devour. Christopher says, "Devour is a poetic comment on the downfall of the world as we know it. The photographs investigate a series of frying-pans and the wear and tear they have encountered over the course of their lives." The winner is Julianne from Sister Outlaws who, after having a few stabs including door knobs and darning mushrooms finally deduced the correct answer.Julianne has chosen this Colour Kitten brooch as her prize. Yay !
This is Hedebo embroidery. It’s a type of whitework which has it’s origins in the Danish countryside and is quite identifiable thanks to its distinct motifs. You can read more about the…
Michala Gyetvai
This little page is found on the back of each of the color leaflets. The minute I spied that little thimble-man I fell in love. There are not enough feather stitches in my work. This page makes me think I need to add more. I need said skirt...stat. Thinking I should practice this stitch on a scrap piece of gingham. Mine have a tendency to grow as I stitch? Basket bags...with scroll work. We made those in brownies. Blanket stitching was my first embroidery stitch. I loved how it sealed the edge of a seam. It remains a favorite. You can find the pamphlet available for download on my flickr...here.
On this page you will find all my free tutorials for you to use .. ~ Salt Shaker Vase And Flowers ~ ~ Hymnal Page Feathe...
Last Wednesday saw me in Oxford to pick up a frame for a painting. After our last visit to the Ashmolean and with my new determination to do more observational sketching, I decided to spend a few hours pottering there. I always like to begin with this staircase, as it takes me back to my art student days and the first time I breathlessly and reverently climbed them to visit the Renaissance rooms. I can still remember the emotional choke in my throat (dramatic child that I was) as I paid my respects to the Masters and began my own long artistic journey. I like the continuity of returning with another sketchbook, over twenty years on, still tramping that same road, which has twisted in ways I could not have dreamt of then. And now I find the new extension has caught my heart too. It also leaves me breathless, though for a different reason. I actually feel a little sick if I get too near the glass partitions and look down - or up. But I love the way you can watch the other galleries and their occupants on all levels, like a giant cultural ant's nest coiling round the central space which seems to me like an invisible pillar rising through the centre of the museum. Needless to say, I took many photos of this and that, flashless photography (for personal use) being allowed. Just look at this little collection of lovelies - three needlework 'favours' or love tokens from the 1600s, each just few inches tall - - and a sweet gold wirework frog purse from the same era, used for carrying herbs or perfumed sachets. I wonder if I could reconstruct a similar design? But with all this visual wealth around me, I had to narrow my choice of subject down if I were not to become overwhelmed. So I naturally picked animals. Like this adorable little hare tureen, which could sit in one's hand. And this exquisite porcelain cat, which I think is some kind of pill box - - scaring the nearby tapestry parrot. I found myself more drawn to the Oriental galleries, perhaps because my own style is similarly curvaceous. A wonderful piece of Satsuma ware, a mouse sitting on a turnip. Size is roughly that of large cooking apple. Ivory monkey with dragonfly, just a few inches long. The tiny dragonfly is about the size of my little fingernail. I fell in love with this deceptively simple hare-shaped lacquered incense box the last time we were here. It measures about two and a half inches across and to me is absolute design perfection. I think if I could have just one thing from the thousands of things in the Ashmolean, it would be this. As with the landscape notes I made last weekend, the object of my sketching was not to produce a page of pretties nor even to make notes for future work. Neither was the challenge to exactly copy the object itself. What I wanted to do was explore the design style of each piece and the way each individual artist had interpreted and tweaked the animal form, especially if it was also a functional item. Trying to get inside their creative minds as I worked; and at the end of the exercise, the final scribbles were really just a crude record. The real result was what had been imprinted in my visual memory and loosening up my hand skills. I'm already looking forward to my next visit.
Nuno felting is a technique developed in 1994 by the textile artists Polly Stirling and Sachiko Kotaka. By manipulating a small amount of wool fiber through a base fabric, they learned they could create a felted fabric with characteristics quite different from traditional felt. Nuno felt is thin, lightweight and drapeable. A similar process to wet wool felting, Nuno felting brings 2 different materials together to create a whole new textured fabric. While I was in Tucson for the Crystallized workshops, one class that I attended was Nuno felting. Follow along with my how-to photos to make some of your own! Step 1: start out with a base fabric (silk organza) a bit larger than the desired shape and size (the final product will shrink). Lay out a towel to keep your surface area dry and bubble wrap with bubbles face-up. Step 2: place a thin layer of merino wool roving over the base fabric using a shingling method (overlapping each section slightly) Experiment with designs. Step 3: place a piece of tulle over the entire piece. Step 4: Sprinkle the piece with a water and olive oil soap mixture. We used empty plastic bottles with sprinkle holes in the cap for the water mixture. Use your hands to pat the mixture into the piece. note: the piece should not be drenched with water, just slightly showered. Monica came around with an exterminator spray container and misted each of our pieces. She uses this when she is making many pieces at once. Step 5: with a styrofoam pool noodle cut down to size, loosely roll the piece up—the bubble wrap, base fabric, roving and tulle. Step 6: secure the roll around the noodle—we tied it up with panty hose. Step 7: roll on a flat surface, starting with both hands to elbows and back, about 100 times. Step 8: unroll and lift up the tulle to check the piece. The roving should have started to connect to the base fabric. Step 9: roll everything back up tightly this time and roll 100 times again. Step 10: Repeat steps 8 & 9. Step 11: after about 300 rolls, the piece should be almost completely connected to the silk organza. The final "felting" step is to lay the entire piece out, and with a more concentrated oil olive soap/ water mixture, sprinkle on and rub soap and fibers against the bubble wrap. The back side on the base fabric should begin to ripple when the roving is completely attached. Step 12: when complete, it should resemble this texture. Delicately rinse the piece under running water and soak in a vinegar/water solution for 15 minutes. Step 13: hang dry. Monica and Pat, the wonderful Nuno felt instructors, wearing their handmade scarves!
This little page is found on the back of each of the color leaflets. The minute I spied that little thimble-man I fell in love. There are not enough feather stitches in my work. This page makes me think I need to add more. I need said skirt...stat. Thinking I should practice this stitch on a scrap piece of gingham. Mine have a tendency to grow as I stitch? Basket bags...with scroll work. We made those in brownies. Blanket stitching was my first embroidery stitch. I loved how it sealed the edge of a seam. It remains a favorite. You can find the pamphlet available for download on my flickr...here.
Amanda Cobbett's Lichen studies are so perfect as to be real she constructs them from paper maché and then embroiders the surface.
....des 15 derniers jours ! Dernier RDV de l'année chez Léa... pour réaliser la pivoine Léa toute en beauté ... Léa a " tué" Stéphanie la magie opère... ...puis le "Châle de la nostalgie" Léa "tue" encore... M'Chou un peu inquiète pour son voile de...
Wool comes in so many luscious colors. This brilliant little strawberry is made from hand dyed wool roving on recycled wool. I needle felted and embroidered a pretty dimensional, garden design. Its stuffed with emery to sharpen your pins and needles.
