w 12 ... late!

Ok so it's now Friday!! I've been busy clearing out the garage to take the stuff from my studio! I posted the photos of the view from my studio a few weeks ago. Incredibly the next day I received an email saying that everyone was on a months notice to leave. Boo Hoo...I couldn't believe it. Making it public was like the kiss of death! Ok so that's a bit over dramatic but I was really dissappointed. I suppose all there is to say about is...next!

Back to reality and I'm still fiddling about with the little stitched landscapes for my class.

My usual jumble of stuff in the making. My new one is to the right of the picture before I added the flowers. 

Here it is finished, well at least the front is. I still have to put on a fabric backing and the brooch pin.

A bit of duplication on the next few pictures. I'm always amazed how the work looks in close-up. These flowers are really quite small and now I see them blown up some are not all that well stitched! They're a teaching aid, I want people to think that they can stitch them as well. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!! 

Until next week, byee!

x

W 10...

Can't believe that this is my 10th Wednesday post.

I've been doing a bit of hand stitching for a change and quite enjoying it which is nice.

I've been watching a selection of YouTube videos lately and one of them was Teesha Moore. She makes these great little pillows to make a fabric journals. I've been wanting to make one for a while as well as making smaller seashores/landscape pieces.

I thought that I would combine both ideas which I could then take to my embroidery class. They are working on landscapes at the moment so this would fit in nicely.

This is what I've come up with so far. I'm not very sure if the border goes with this type of stitching but it'll have to do for now.

 

I still have a few stitches to do at the front and then I may have a look at the borders again...

later.

Bit of a dark shadow on this one, sorry.

That's it for now, byeee!

x

www...4? I think!

Busy tidying, not my usual pastime I must say. Well it's more of de-stash time...it has come to a head. Stepping over things just to get into my room, then there's the clearing the table before I can start to do any work. Driving me nuts!

 So here are a couple of photos of my start. Sadly there seems to be more notes of 'keep' on these magazines than there is 'out'.

I just had to stitch the other day, withdrawal symptoms kicking in. I had some room at my little table-top ironing board (Ikea x) and my sewing machine so I made myself a background piece of cloth. Just my usual style, nothing too complicated you understand. Strips of fabric machined down onto a felt background with some further details on top.

 Unusual for me but I decided to do some hand stitching as well as my usual free machining (free motion embroidery).  The above photos shows the pink felt base fabric and the stitching on the reverse.

Above are some shots of the work so far and as I have done some of the hand stitching today I've included them in the 'Wednesday work' post.

The flowers, I have daisies on my mind at the moment so I think that's where they came from. The work is so much more colourful than in my last post. Maybe it's a reaction to all the neutral work I've been doing lately.

I do love a bit of colour. :o)

I hope to have more to report about the clear-up by next Wednesday.

Bye for now

x

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

unsure...

... found these photos. I have this piece hanging around. Could probably call it WIP , yes think I will as I really don't think it's finished. I'm at a bit of a dead end with it. Really should have it pinned up on the wall to inspire me but haven't got that far...

I quite like parts of it but as there is no artwork to go with it (naughty, naughty!) I'm not sure which direction to take with it.

...mmmm, think that last one looked like it had a heart in it, can't imagine where that could have come from!!!

Anyway here it is in its unfinished state, or maybe I should just call it finished!!

...mmm...maybe, not!

Think I'll pin it up!!

byee!

It's been a while!!

Found a few photos that I'd forgotten to show. These are still from my seashore series. They may go on for quite some time!

...little fly stitches, a change from all the straight stitched and French knot flowers. Although I still use these stiches a lot as you can see.

...a mixture of sheers, wool fibres and machine embroidery...

...I quite liked the different colours on this one. Especially the strong red and turquoise.
The sandy beach at the top is actually my table!!

Sorry about the quality of some of the pictures, I seem to have developed a wobbly hand these days!

There you go, a few to be going on with. Will try to get some more things together soon to share.

Bye for now

x

bit of a mix...

...I can't believe that I misssed out on my 50th post!. This is my 51st so I'll just have to save my celebrations for my 100th post!!. So here goes with number 51. A little bit of this and a little bit of that... ...these hearts keep croping up every now and again. I'm intending to do lots more so watch this space...

oops! didn't mean to upload this one. Never mind, it's just a WIP.

Hope to do a lot more work on it soon. It's the usual mixture of free machining the embllisher and some transfered dyed velvet.

This is a one of my "micro" panels. It's probably about the size of an ATC.

I've made a set of four "daisy" pictures, two I had framed up and the other two I mounted on board and packaged in cellophane as unframed pieces. I ended up abandoning trying to frame them myself and sent them to a framer. They make such a good job.The next two photos also come from an unframed piece.

Just a little set for today.

I'm off to see the Mongolian felting exhibition at the Collins Gallery in Glasgow tomorrow. Might manage to visit a few shops as well, oh dear! Poor me!!!

That's it for now,

Byee!

:o)