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
The Coneflower kit is here! Also known as Echinacea, this kit features 3 daisy-like blooms, each in slightly different pastel colors. The natural red clay linen background sets off the soft, dirty pastels of this Summer flowering plant beautifully. The kit includes a linen background to work on, and for the coneflowers and leaves we’ve included a fabulous selection of textured, hand-dyed vintage & reclaimed fabrics, linens and, (as always!) a selection of beautiful Liberty London Tana Lawn prints. The Coneflower Kit is filled with soft, gentle and earthy colors with embroidery threads to lift the colors and textures even further. You supply sharp scissors, a marking pen, and a glue stick or fabric glue. Each Wattle&Loop Slow-Stitching Kit combines a carefully curated selection of beautiful vintage and reclaimed textiles, along with some Liberty of London fabric, DMC cotton threads & an embroidery needle. By combining the beautiful textile pieces with slow-stitching & appliqué you can make a truly beautiful textile collage of your own that is completely unique -- while they are similar, no two kits contain exactly the same pieces of fabric! Beginners will be able to manage this kit with some patience and an interest in learning some new stitches and techniques. You can simply learn as you go. Depending on your level of experience, each kit takes between 5-12 hours to complete.
Japanese Boro Slow Stitch Meets on the Second Thursday of the month 10am – 2pm Exploring the idea of slow stitching, patterns, shapes and textures. Using stitch (fabric and thread) for mark m…
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What will you do with all those beautiful pieces of stitching 'process over outcome' ? Here's 10 ideas on how to turn your mindful making stitched work into a practical and useful project that makes you feel happy using it. From drawstring pouches to improv quilts these are simple ways to make somet
Slow Stitching is a new concept that incorporates ancient hand stitching traditions
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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.
Beauty in the Path In each journey, we gather up the pieces. Along the way, we savor the beauty in the path and piece together our experiences. Indigo Dyed Vintage Linen 3.5” x 21.5” For Shelly Sazama, slow stitching is her true passion. She gathers vintage fabrics and embroideries that would often be discarded and bathes them in indigo. She loves the feel of and the stories contained in the vintage fabrics and linens. Shelly adds to the story by piecing and slow stitching them together. Inspiration for her slow stitching is often influenced by the wear or imperfect beauty of a fabric. This collection of stitchings, available now through WEND, are influenced by the peacefulness of the moon and the sea.
Sunday morning I played around with new stones thinking they were going to be grey but perhaps because it is the bleak mid-winter the stones turned a warmer colour. This piece is inspired by Mark's paintings of stones disappearing under water. He is brilliant at that. For both of us scenes like this bring up whisperings of summers spent on beautiful Georgean Bay. For those of you in Toronto don't forget The Artist Project at the Better Living Centre February 21-14, 2019 Mark Berens will be at Booth 506. Strips of plant dyed fabrics soon to become rocks. By Sunday evening I was happily couching away. I have based the background onto an old blanket and it is like stitching butter. The one thing about this kind of stitching is it allows for mind wandering and as I stitched these delicious rusts and browns my mind whispered memories of my beautiful Rusty Pups They are dearly missed As are their antics and adventures. And then as I prepared this post A photo demanded to be noticed So much like my new stones. I have a teacher who always says the piece you start next should always be informed by the last piece you did. Perhaps this means my next piece will have to be seaweed in the colours of my Georgean Bay stones. But I already have soooo many new beginnings just started! But my mind is flowing with ideas on how to go about a seaweed piece. It is so easy to have many ideas isn't it The days just aren't long enough for their execution! I hope you have a day rich in creative ideas.
A bit late but this has been rewritten due to my having accidentally somehow deleted the first effort! Last week, I made my first visit to the Alexandra Palace Knitting and Stitching Show. After a longer than expected journey with a rather stressed out coach driver who had never been to Ally Pally before and ended up relying on my phone to navigate the narrow side streets of London, we finally arrived and I headed straight for the Galleries, intending to investigate the 'shopping' side of the experience later, as it was very crowded. However, it wasn’t that fact, but rather the quality of the work and the artists I met, that meant I returned home with a nearly empty shopping bag but a head full of ideas and inspiration. First was Alysn Midgelow-Marsden’s collaborative Fabricated Narratives project, which was top of my list. This huge hanging of stainless steel fabric looked wonderful, suspended in the corner; as well as the simple but very effective stitching, I love the patination that occurs when metal fabric is heated and Alysn is the ‘metal maestro’ for me. I had a little chat with her about a collaborative project of our own that Traverse are hoping to embark on next year – this piece was a great inspiration for that. Watch this space for more … The Ripple Effect - stainless steel fabric and stitch Heat patination I spent quite some time looking in detail at this piece. I must apologise to Alysn's collaborators because I have no good photos of everyone's work but I will post what I have here. Artists Brushes - Marianda Twydell Circles of Life - Marianda Twydell Sadly, I don't even have a title for the following - an amazing indigo-dyed kimono. Marianda Twydell Next I moved on to Cas Holmes with her Tea Flora Tales and Textile Landscape – an inspiration to Bernice, who was honoured to have a piece of work included in her latest book, Textile Landscapes. Although the naturalistic forms in the foreground of this piece don’t usually feature in my own work, I loved the way the background is composed of such a beautiful variety of Indian fabrics … Madder … along with the intricate embroidery and the use of cut-out elements. Of course, I loved the red madder colour, which was so me, but was also interested to see the complementary pop of yellow, which was so not me! Food for thought … I really enjoyed chatting to Clare Bullock on the Artists in Action stand and watching her nuno felting technique, which has such beautiful results, enhanced by her wonderful stitching. I’ve had mixed results when I’ve tried nuno felting in the past but her explanation was so clear that I’ve come away inspired to give it another go. (Thanks to Art Van Go’s Kevin for this and some other photos of the artists in action.) Clare in action I also liked Clare’s method of working on small pieces, which she carries around, working on them as and when she can, before finally extending and assembling them into a whole; it reminded me of the Indian fabric background on Madder. Adding and extending into a whole piece Close-up of layers of silk and stitch - possibly my favourite section It was very crowded but I managed to find a small space on a bench to eat my lunch while listening to a very interesting talk in the Creative Living Theatre by Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn entitled Capturing the Spirit. I have long admired their work but am always particularly drawn to Jean’s use of the embellisher, as I use it a lot in my own work (as well as demonstrating it at shows). Her part of the talk focused on her series based on the moon and the various design processes she goes through, emphasising the long process of building up layers of print and stitch. Cusp 1 Cusp 2 Strawberry Solstice As luck would have it, Jan and Jean were also on the Artist in Action stand in the afternoon so I had the opportunity to look at several examples of Jean's work in progress up close. She was also very generous in answering my many questions about the effects she achieves with an embellisher and I definitely came away from there feeling very inspired. Jean in action Jean's work in progress There were many other examples of beautiful textile work in the other galleries, although based on people’s comments and having read a few other reviews, it seems there were not as many as in previous years. As this was my first visit, I had nothing to compare it to so I did really enjoy it. I dashed back to Alysn’s gallery as I wanted to take some photos of a few more pieces, which I hadn’t been able to get close to earlier because of the crowds. I’m on a workshop with Alysn next week and I’m really looking forward to working with a bit of metal and wire again – something even half as good as this would be fantastic! (I’ll try to post a few photos of work in progress.) Finally, this beautiful wire mobile and its many reflections had an interesting title - Accreted Towards a Whole. I have a bit of a reputation for being good with words but this was a new one on me and I had to look up the word accretion on my phone; I was very interested in the meaning – the process of growth and enlargement by the gradual accumulation of additional layers and here are just a few of the synonyms that I found - accumulation, gathering, growth, increase, extension. As I sat on the coach on the way home, reflecting on the day and hoping for a better journey than the morning, I thought how well that word summed up my day – not only in the physical processes I had seen, Clare’s nuno felt, Cas’s Indian fabrics, Jean’s embellished, printed and stitched layers, but also the gathering together in the collaborative element of several of the galleried exhibitions and the growth and extension of my repertoire of techniques and the many inspirational ideas which came my way. 'Never mind about the journey', I thought and I was reminded of one of those inspirational quotes you sometimes get on greetings cards: It’s not about the journey, it’s about the people you meet along the way Cath
Small Denim Patch, Sashiko Handstitched Boro Inspired Mending Patch, Slow Stitching Embroidery Textile Wearable Art, Boho Hippie SP013 Please note that many of my items are sent in an 1st class envelope (USPS). Therefore, we will not be able to follow any tracking #. This helps keep my prices low; good for you and good for me. Thanks for your understanding! One denim patch to sew onto jeans, purses/bags, any clothing etc. The jeans in the last photo are for presentation only, the jeans are not included in this offer. Size of patch is approx. 3” x 3” Raw torn edges, these can fray more when washed. I have edge stitched around the denim base to stop the continuing fray. All hand stitching is knotted. On many of the patches I have used Japanese fabrics and/or my own hand dyed Indigo fabrics. The patches can have a combination of cotton, linen, rayon & silk fabrics, each patch may not have all fabrics. All upcycled clothing fabrics are laundered before I use them. Smoke free pet friendly home.
Yesterday’s Moon has become a Memory The old blog let’s call it “Yesterday’s Blog”, is still protected. It is a big part of the story… I am working on restorin…
I came across this relaxing, yet very creative process called Stitch Meditations. It is a bit like doodling in your sketchbook, but think of it more of doodling with thread.
BUY 3 FOR 2 ON ANY OF OUR VINTAGE ART FABRIC PANELS A selection of 9 mini vintage art fabric panels. Perfect for all sorts of small creative projects; slow stitching, junk journaling, greeting cards, book covers, textile art or anything you fancy! Subject: Draughtman's alphabets and monograms Date: 19th Century Size: Each mini panel measures 8 x 10 cm (approx. 3 x 4 inches) Designs are printed using eco-friendly water based pigment inks on high quality medium weight cotton fabric which is pre-treated to offer excellent durability and wash fastness. Pigments are UV resistant and provide long lasting prints. Certifications OEKO-TEX 100 certified fabric OEKO-TEX Eco Passport certified ink ECOCERT GOTS certified ink
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Slow Stitching is sort of my favourite thing at the moment. And I thought you’d like to know why it’s so important for living a simpler more intentional life. Some mindful moments in your slow crafting journey are always worth thinking about. I have an online tutorial video course that will show you
10:00AM- 4:00PM Runs With Scissors Studio, Winnipeg Beach, MB Instructor: Ev Ward de Roo Spend a slow day in the country with like-minded folk and join the ‘visible mending’ craze. Thro…
Bonjour, Aujourd'hui, je vais vous parler d'une technique que j'ai découvert il y a quelques jours, une technique qui m'a intriguée. De passage à ma mercerie (merci Dominique !), j'ai vu traîner sur le comptoir ce qui deviendra une magnifique écharpe...
What is slow stitching? A lot of fun! Learn how to get started with slow stitching and enjoy this creative textile art.
Slow Stitching is sort of my favourite thing at the moment. And I thought you’d like to know why it’s so important for living a simpler more intentional life. Some mindful moments in your slow crafting journey are always worth thinking about. I have an online tutorial video course that will show you
Watching the news made me sad, so I took myself to my studio to find something to do to quiet the mind. I achieved that by working on some hand-stitching
We had an ice storm in the early part of January and while we were house bound by the weather I discovered “slow stitching.” I fell in love with the process and the meditative qualities of these small hand stitching projects and I thought you might also like them! What is slow stitching? Slow st
We had an ice storm in the early part of January and while we were house bound by the weather I discovered “slow stitching.” I fell in love with the process and the meditative qualities of these small hand stitching projects and I thought you might also like them! What is slow stitching? Slow st
