Italian Holiday from Sketch to Stitch (part three)

Paint and stitch on fabric.
At this point I must say that if I do this again using this design, the end result would be very different but this was about 5 years ago!





This is the closest colour match that I could get, Fuji cameras always give me a problem with red. Finished item painted, hand embroidered and beaded. Confession-it has lived in a bag at the back od a cupboard since the collage exhibition as I simply didn't like it much!!

playing with shiny bits (City and Guilds use of metallic thread etc) part one

For creative embroidery part two (not sure what it is called now) we had to show that we could use metallic threads etc so take on reel of copper wire and......

knit with it



add sequins as you knit



add beads as you knit and spray paint when finished



knit then machine and handstitch over it



French knit with it



add beads as you knit



wrap it round cocktail sticks



I later used wire and beads in brooches but can't actually get to them to photo-maybe later.

next post will be stitching with metallic thread.

Take it further challenge (March)

So here she is, the final version and a big thank you to everyone who commented about the skirt.

This has been a very interesting challenge especially for someone like myself who doesn't often work in 3d

For anyone who is interested, body is painted cotton, wings are free machine embroidery with angelina and beads and the legs are fabric wrapped pipe cleaners. All items are from my stash ( no, I didn't buy the beads at the NEC:))

Sisters

These two will be going to their new home at the weekend.

January TIF Challenge complete

approx 10.5 inch square
hand dyed cotton, t shirt computer print, computer print on cotton,hand embroidered, machine embroidered and quilted and beaded. All items from existing stash.

Design source:admiration: The Dali Lama

ATC for Annica

Annica spotted the ATC for Neki on my flicker site and offered to trade if I still had one so here it is.machine, hand embroidery and beads on a background of assorted fibres bonded to heavyweight vilene.

Scrap Challenge #5

Ok, here is the latest scrap challenge offering, scraps of handmade felt, embroidery, sequins and acrylic felt for faces and reverse.

Bobbin Lace with a twist

No stitching over the weekend as busy cataloging books and putting them back on the shelves, however, my stat counter shows that quite a few people have googled me over the last few days looking for bobbin lace references. With this in mind I dug out the following photo.



fashioned from basic bobbin lace made with beads and wire, chain crochet with wire and beads. If you click the photo it will enlarge and show the detail, I made it as part of my goldwork research for City and Guilds part 2

not usually a crazy enthusiast but........

the subject was an embellished heart and I had some wonderful mother of pearl buttons to use
along with sequins and beads collected over the last few years