Stapling fabric is so exciting! After recovering my office chair, my stool stuck out like a sore thumb. No better answer than to recover it, too! Same principles: remove the seat, fit the fabric, and staple away!
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Using wool and a felting needle, I crafted my second little chickadee bird from a kit ordered through Benzie Design.
As part of TextileArtist.org Stitch Club, Mandy Pattullo inspired me to create a fabric book representing my family in colors and textures. A textural fiber art and mixed media mood board, if you will.
As part of TextileArtist.org Stitch Club, Sue Stone inspired me to create a woven background of fabric strips to which I embroidered a large rose.
As part of TextileArtist.org Stitch Club, Emily Tull inspired me to create a set of three lips in different expressions.
As part of TextileArtist.org Stitch Club, Susie Vickory inspired me to create art from otherwise plastic garbage.
I embroidered my friend’s name onto a little placard, and decorated it with a thread-painted monkey and some tropical leaves.
As part of TextileArtist.org Stitch Club, Merill Comeau inspired me to create a flower representing an emotional response to something that has occurred in my life.
As part of TextileArtist.org Stitch Club, Debbie Lyddon inspired me to create three vessels to contain objects with meaning.
The last Textile Artist free stitch challenge was put on by Christine Chester, who challenged us to use a single shape in different ways with whatever stitch we chose. I chose a simple straight stitch in a four-box grid “snowflake” design.
Textile Artist Community Stitch Challenge week 6 was hosted by Anne Kelly. Inspired by her boheme style and mirrored image floral challenge, I crafted this tranquil floral arrangement with a quirky bird.
I’ve redesigned my blog and finally brought it into the 21st century with responsive web design and other perks!
You can stop here if you don’t wish to read anything sad today. It’s already bad enough with COVID and protests, I know.
I've tried watercolor before with frustration (I'm still too impatient) but I hadn't tried using an ink wash so that's what I set out to do this week! This bird wasn't featured in the ABC newsletter (mentioned last time) but I had already sketched it out from before;...
I've been watching Jonathon Strange and Mr. Norrell and just have to point out that in episode 3, there is a lovely stumpwork tapestry piece. It isn't often that embroidery makes its way into a storyline more than a background activity! I paused the show and...
I haven't been very diligent about exercising my pen and ink skills, but that doesn't mean that I've given up. I recently signed up for the newsletter from the American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and got my second issue today. I began what will hopefully be a regular*...
Shortly after making my first "Everything is better with" sign, I put this one in the queue. I gifted it to my sister-in-law, who contributed "sunshine" to my list. I wanted this to be light and "sunny", so taking inspiration from the sky, I chose a light yellow...
At one of my guild meetings, I picked up a small dimensional embroidery kit by A Candle In The Cellar, aptly named "woolly worm on a leaf". I put it away for a time because at a glance, it looked like it used bullion knots to make the worm and I wanted more practice...
I've been tossing around this idea to make a couple of "Everything is better with ___ " signs so I asked around for some input and have a nice list to start with. This doesn't mean I will actually make them all, but if there is something you think that fills this...
The challenge this week at TextileArtist.org is hosted by Emily Jo Gibbs. She works with appliqué and suggested we find an interesting stick - well my yard has more sticks than you could shake a forest at! I spent a short time outside looking for just the right one -...
Richard McVetis led this week's stitch challenge over at TextileArtist.org. The concept is easy: couching stitches. I didn't have a lot of time this week for this project so I didn't stress myself much over trying to make something super cool. Instead, I did what he...
This week's stitch challenge was presented by Emily Tull - I've come across her work before because she does amazingly expressive threadpaintings! I must be honest here: I found the challenge too challenging, haha! What I mean is that Emily showed a very energetic eye...
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