Saima Kaur led a TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club designed to make us smile by stitching brightly bold and whimsical figures, and I was inspired by ancient South African rock art.
Stitch Club: Kaur
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Stitch Club: S. Kelly
Stewart Kelly led a TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club using the kantha stitch to make a still life.
Hexie Dreams + Template
My Hexie Dreams quilt, which was carefully fussy cut and hand pieced by me, then hand quilted by my gramma, is finally finished after three+ years of work (and avoidance). The proof is in the stitching – persistence pays off!
Ophelia Print + Embroidery
I added simple embroidery to an antique Ophelia print (by Deblois, after Bertrand) I found at a resale shop.
Stitch Club: Dias
Cassandra Dias lead a TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club workshop on embroidered landscapes, and I was inspired to recreate a honeymoon photo of France’s Pont Du Gard.
Camus + Mucha Mixed Media
I used watercoloring pencils and embroidery on an Alphonse Mucha coloring book page with an Albert Camus quote.
Stitch Club: Boschert
Deborah Boschert lead a TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club on creating a mixed media art quilt. I based mine upon a visit to a new town and restaurant.
House Stamp + Embroidery Pin
I embellished a hand-stamped scrap of fabric with embroidery thread to make a pin for my gramma.
Stitch Club: Stone 3
Sue Stone’s third workshop with TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club prompted us to use text in our piece, so I recorded a trip to Shawnee National Forest.
Stitch Club: Stone 2
Sue Stone led a TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club in her well-known portrait style, and I was inspired to capture a man in a hat in four variations.
Stamp + Embroidery pins
I stitched ink-stamped pieces of fabric to make two small embroidered pins/buttons as gifts.
Egyptian Pattern Darning 2
I finished a second bookmark based on a historical Egyptian pattern darning design by Lin Vandenberg.
Hexie Dreams 19
My hand sewn fussy-cut EPP Hexie Dreams quilt is all ready to go to my gramma for hand quilting. Check out a few of my embellished hexies, and come back in the future for the finished product!
My Village Quilt
I present to you My Village Quilt, based on the Urban Village Green quilt: a four-year-long project that tipped the love-hate scale finally over to love.
Stitch Club: Maue
TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club with Joetta Maue prompted a stitched piece from a photograph and I’ve recreated an adored image of my late grandparents.
Stitch Club: Weighton 2.1
Haf Weighton lead another TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club workshop on architectural layering, and I was inspired to render New Albany’s Culbertson Mansion based on a photograph by Daniel Andis.
Stitch Club: Sproule
April Sproule led a TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club using a spiral concept. I felt like this would be a nice project for a friend and asked her for a color palette, hence the unusual-for-me color theme.
Collaged Slow Stitch
I made a quirky and weird slow-stitched collage to try to push through a creative slump. It was much more about doing than the outcome.
Stitch Camp 2023
I stitched this mixed media piece following Gwen Hedley’s instruction through TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Camp.
Tea Cup study
I was inspired to stitch up a stack of tea cups which lead to starting a second project that I’m still thinking about.