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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.

Kintsugi stones

September 14, 2022

I used a kintsugi kit by Jack Richardson to meld two broken stones back together.

Painting Miniatures

September 8, 2022

I tested my painting skills in a challenge with Boy: who could paint the best D&D miniature?

Eliza McClelland’s Kit

September 7, 2022

I made a small mixed-media piece using an Eliza McClelland beadwork kit and some other art supplies.

Hexie Dreams 16

July 16, 2022

I have a total of 107 flowers ready for my fussy-cut EPP Hexie Dreams quilt and am moving on to planning how to arrange them.

Eternal napping in the sun

June 25, 2022

You can stop here if you don’t wish to read anything sad today. It’s already bad enough with Roe v. Wade, war, and such, I know.

Stitch Club: Goodwin

June 16, 2022

As part of TextileArtist.org’s Stitch Club, I followed Valerie S. Goodwin’s workshop to create a map of one of my favorite places.

Hexie Dreams 15

May 8, 2022

For my fussy-cut EPP Hexie Dreams quilt, I’ve so far stitched together fifty seven flowers.

In 2020, my embroidery guild offered a class on Ukrainian whitework: the Summer Lace pattern in all white by Terri Bay. Of course, this was well before the war occurring now. My friend, then, had recently gone to Ukraine to meet her father's side of the family for the...

Hexie Dreams 14

February 26, 2022

I’ve begun sewing the hexies together for my fussy-cut EPP Hexie Dreams quilt.

ruthy on Saturday, November 27th, 2010

soooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!
Jaclyn on Saturday, January 15th, 2011

Great pictures! I saw them awhile ago, but still! Looks like you guys had a wonderful time! I should show you my pictures from Petoskey, MI.
- Crafty CaLynn on Saturday, January 15th, 2011
  
  Thank you:) Boy took a lot of the better ones of course.

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