Ruddington Frame Knitters Museum, workers cottage

You are also able to visit the workers cottage

Take it further challenge (April)

stash busting nicely :)

Take it further challenge (April)

Next project for Wednesday night stitched up meeting, computer design and copied using makeshift light box ( window)

Take it further challenge (April)

print and paint

Take it further challenge (April)

still playing with change using the same motif, I went to Stitched up last night and stitched the wholecloth version. The idea is to dye it but at the moment I quite like it as it is.


Anyway, I'm going to grab a cup of tea as both Patchwork and Quilting and Quilting Arts magazines came through the door this morning.

Take it further challenge (April)

atc size waiting for stitch

if you elongate the image it reminds me of a fuchsia

Take it further challenge (April)

not a lot of time tonight but managed to make two new stamps and try one out on Angelina fibres.. interesting....

Take it further challenge (April)

Next game was to make a stamp from the image and try it on some dyed cotton..oops forgot to mirror the image.....never mind:)





The shadow in the corner is the camera as I didn't want to use the flash as it tends to drain all the colour. May add some rubbings of the stamp once the paint has dried.

Take it further challenge (April)

Slowly starting to develop Positive/Negative/Change themes.

design marked out ready to hand quilt on Wednesday night

Next stage will probably be looking at stamps and paint.

Take it further challenge (April)

I have made the choice of using Negative/Positive change as a starting point and at the moment intend to explore changes is texture/size/colour whilst using the same motif. I'm not really looking to make an item or even a finished piece of work as such, more a case of setting time aside this month to play.

doodles made whilst waiting for April challenge to be announced

decided to start with this little design

Painted in so I can play with positive/negative images

first sample started, black satin?fabric from stash being fused onto white cotton sheeting background.

The Pink Artist Doll

Do you remember the squares stitched for the Pink Artist Project? Well, here is the finished doll

Her name is "Love Squared."

She wears 180 two inch art squares.
182 artists total created her.

She is just under 40" tall

and weighs 6 pounds and 2 ounces.

She smiles because already she knows love
and is able to give love unconditionally.

To many, she is a symbol of hope.

She stands for COURAGE and was built

by a community of givers.

Please drop by Girl Gone Thread Wild to view the process of making and finishing the doll to raise funds for Breast Cancer Research as I think she is absolutely fantastic.

These are my two stitched squares for the project

Unusual fabric art

I found this link to neuroscience art on Allies in Stitches,

This is the world's largest collection of anatomically correct fabric brain art. Inspired by research from neuroscience, dissection and neuroeconomics, our current exhibition features three quilts with functional images from PET and fMRI scanning, a knitted brain, and two fabric pieces interpreting single neuron recording. The artists are Marjorie Taylor, Karen Norberg, and Patricia Jauch. Techniques used include quilting, applique, embroidery, beadwork, knitting, and crocheting. Materials include fabric, yarn, metallic threads, electronic components such as magnetic core memory, and wire, zippers, and beads.

Go on , have a look.

Bobbin lace and tatting

On a Wednesday nights I try and get to Stitched Up craft group meeting held at the Textile Workshop. I usually take some hand sewing that I can do easily whilst chatting. Last night I realised that I don't really have anything portable so I dug out my lace bobbins which need the old thread unravelling and my tatting shuttle which I haven't touched for years. Hopefully I'll get the bobbins sorted and paired ready to set up a practise pillow to take in one week for everyone to have a go.

quick practise run with the shuttle last night

my favourite bobbins are black with metal work like these

Take it further challenge (April)

I spent yesterday lunch hour shut away from customers and thinking about the challenge. So here it is
Changes
Positive/negative, good/bad, better worse, changing seasons, ages/stages of life,changing weather, decay, changing lifestyle/fashion, changing mindset.

Positive/negative keeps jumping out at me so I'll explore that more at the weekend.

Last night, however was a bit of a disaster as I spent an hour or so scanning more photos for Biker Ted when the computer crashed on the very last one. Typically none were saved so I have to do the whole lot again once I am in a better mood. Interestingly both computers crashed at the same time and mine is usually very stable.

Take it further challenge (April)

Sharon B wrote:

There are stages in life when it is almost unacceptable to change. For instance it is often implied that it is not acceptable to change when you are middle aged and the desire for change at this stage in life is often referred to as a mid life crisis. Yet often at the same time, in the work place expensive consultants are being hired to help corporations and institutions ‘manage change’. We are expected to adapt to different work stresses and embrace change in the work place but changes our private lives is framed as bit of issue. It amuses me when people say we have to learn to live with change as change has always been part of life. As soon as we are born we start to grow in other words we start to change.

How do you see change? That is the challenge topic this month.

Once again I came up with it by using ColourLovers If you have not seen this site before and love colour do check it out as there is much colourful fun to be had over there.

when I started this challenge, I had intended to play with the concept each month but I suspect that I may struggle with this one. The colours are okish but not enough variety for me.