a quick note

Collaged Slow Stitch

January 28, 2023

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

January 25, 2023

I stitched this mixed media piece following Gwen Hedley’s instruction through TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Camp.

Hello 2023!

January 1, 2023

A quick note about some website updates.

Tea Cup study

December 23, 2022

I was inspired to stitch up a stack of tea cups which lead to starting a second project that I’m still thinking about.

Patchwork Coaster

December 14, 2022

I hand stitched and hand quilted a patchwork coaster for my tea cup.

Stitch Club: Clover

November 23, 2022

Jette Clover lead a TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club using scraps and a stamp. I used a country farm stamp with a big red barn as inspiration.

Stitch Club: Tume

November 20, 2022

Kate Time lead a TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club on narrative bead texture, and I was inspired to have a play!

Interwoven Expressions 2022

November 16, 2022

I picked up some artsy crafts at a regional show called Interwoven Expressions.

Open Press Project

November 13, 2022

I ordered a small print press from the Open Press Project and have begun experimenting with pressing leaves.

Stitch Club: Notman

November 9, 2022

Emily Notman lead a TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club where we would learn to make a jar wrap, and I was inspired to create a scene along a lakefront at sunset with cattails blowing in the wind.

Stitch Club: Bliss

November 2, 2022

Oliver Bliss lead a TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club recently centered on color blocking, and I was inspired to stitch up a skull with flowers.

Nina Stajner + Lake = Swan

October 13, 2022

I worked up Nina Stajner’s swan coloring page from the Lake app in a (mostly) single solitary stitch: the stem stitch.

Stamp + Embroidery Kettle

October 12, 2022

I used a tiny scrap of stamped fabric to make a tiny canvas showing a tea kettle on a table.

Chickadee Wall Hanging

October 7, 2022

I was inspired by Mandy Pattullo to make a chickadee wall hanging mixed media piece.

Stitch Club: Norbury

October 1, 2022

As part of TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club, Ruth Norbury tasked us with making a textural mixed media peice and I chose Hubert Robert’s La Fontaine painting as my subject.

Stitch Club: Steel-Jessop

September 21, 2022

As part of TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club, I made a map of Guy Gavriel Kay’s Sarantium (by Martin Springett) following Bridget Steel-Jessop’s workshop.