here they are....

this was the first piece that I worked on, fabric, paint and stitch, chopped up and linked back together again. It's great how it can be manipulated but still hold together.

Some calico, Lutradur and stitch then burt with the heat tool.

A little closer....took these outside this evening with the flash as it was starting to get dark and as you can see the rain was just starting to fall.

This one has come out even darker!

This is another of these photos that I've forgotten to turn before posting!

Different fabrics joined together with machine and hand stitching. Just like the old fashioned Christmas decorations!

Some Acetate this time with paint, hand and machine stitching, sorry about the flashy bits!

Some linked fabric pieces...

Some more of the same shaped pieces but linked in a different way...and the photo is round the wrong way!

Calico, garden fleece (burnt), machine and hand stitching. I made the beads from offcuts and wire when I came home.

Didn't realise this is almost the same as the previous photo. Never mind.

I've just deleted another photo!!!! I'll save it for the next time.

Check out Dawn's book for some of the instructions .

"TRANSPARENCY IN TEXTILES" by DAWN THORNE (hope I got the link ok, it should take you to Amazon).

If you'd rather support The Embroiderers' Guild and buy from them try http://www.embroiderersguild.com/bookshop/

If you get the chance to go to a workshop taken by Dawn then I would recommend it. I had a great time and hope to develop some of the ideas into my own work.

Thank You, Dawn for the inspiration and such a lovely time at the Embroiderers' Guild Scottish Branches Summer School, Stirling.

Bye for now.

Moira

x

random photos...

This was what was left afterI'd been doing some printing. I decided to scribble in the paint and take a few photos to remind me what it had looked like. I may have a shot at manupulating this on the computer. One of these days!

This was an old stitched piece that was lurking around. I keep picking it up to see if I can use it but the answer is always no. I can never find the right location for it. The background fabric is one of my recent makes . It is really quite big for me but as yet is still hanging on my pinboard awaiting inspiration. I hope it comes soon as I'd like to stitch a bigger piece.
Byee

busy, busy, busy...again!

...thought that I'd just manage to get a little play in amongst all this busy, busy, busy!!

I've had a little play around with these photos. Can't even remember if I posted this one last time or not. The photo above is the original one.

Anyway, here are the results of some altered photos...

...easy embossing (just press the button!)

...some seriously yummy colours...

...yes there's more!...

...mmm...

Couldn't resist all of these, just had to share. Must have a go with some of my other sploshes and dribbled artwork pieces!

Well that's it for now, maybe some stitching next time...Byeee!

Oops!, just checked and I had posted the original photo in my previous post, sorry!

Reveal...

I said in a previous post that I would show the work that I sent to the Group XII exhibition.

This was my first idea to have faces on my people.

Some transfer painted faces...well rather a lot of faces. I was having fun!

Detail from the main panel. I may have shown this already.

Here they are, a set of three. I decided in the end not to use the faces after all. They are all stretched on artists canvas.

My other piece was framed.

This was taken before it was framed and yes I really did add some acrylic paint to the pieces once they had been stitched. Mainly the clouds.

Detail.

That's it for now.

Moira.

P.S. I think some of these faces could be heading for some ATCs. I've not made any before and fancy giving it a go. I'll let you know how they turn out...if at all!