Save the Bees!
Oct 25, 07
An original designed set of 3 hand embroidered buttons for bee lovers!
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Size: 6.5″ W x 4.25″ H (closed) Stitches: Running, Palestrina, Beaded Palestrina, Feather Materials: “Janes Magic Forest” cotton fabric, silk dupioni, cotton embroidery floss, silk embroidery floss, glass beads Status: Private Collection Yeah! It’s finally finished, and just in time too. Today is the birthday of the person who asked me to make this. So instead of paying me for it — she gets it as a gift. Now hopefully, I actually made it large enough for her deck. The Fabric The fabric is part of Jane Sassman’s fabulous “Janes Magic Forest” series, from Free Spirit Fabrics. I really must get more of this line of fabric before it all disappears. I bought a set of Fat Quarters on Ebay that included a variety of Free Spirit stuff, including a couple of great cuts of “Empress Woo.” I’ve become a bit obsessed with several Free Spirit lines lately. The inside is black dupioni silk. Originally, I thought the Janes Magic Forest fabric would be the liner, and I would embroider the silk. But the pattern was just too fabulous, so I decided to embellish with a little hand-embroidery and beading and line it with the silk. The swatch on the right is the fabric sans-embellishments. The Embroidery I made heavy use of the palestrina stitch in this piece. It was the first time I’d used this stitch, and I really like it. I added a bead between each knot, which adds (I think) to the sense of movement. Unlike the example on Primrose Design’s tutorial, I spaced the knots out — which left room for the beads. The book that I use as my primary stitch bible actually showed it more spaced out than Primrose Design does, but I think both are lovely. Along with the beaded palestrina stitch, I used running stitch for a fill stitch. This technique is definitely becoming a major part of my (slowly) emerging style. I don’t sketch out pattern of the running stitch, but rather just start stitching...
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Size: 3.5″ W x 3.75″ H (handle not extended) Stitches: Running, Detached Chain, French Knot, Cross and Half Cross Materials: cotton embroidery floss, linen Status: Sold! I did this little bag AGES ago for Take a Stitch Tuesday, but just remembered I hadn’t posted it. Actually it was my last TAST piece — I’ve really been slacking on the embroidery front lately. I started with the cross stitch/half cross borders, which I think were the TAST stitch of the week, when I did this piece. The yellow and blue reminded me of Pennsylvania Dutch art and so I decided to do something really simple and evocative of that style. I did the centerpiece free hand and I’m shocked that I managed to make it that balanced. The handled is a hand braided cord of the red, yellow, and blue from the main design. It’s slightly larger than the other bags I’ve done, but still very petite in size. Since my focus was on simplicity and balance as I made the bag, I decided to turn it into a mini-ritual kit for just that purpose. [tags]cross stitch, half cross, Pennsylvania dutch, ritual kit, simplicity, simplify, embroidery, fiber...
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Abundance Bag
Feb 04, 07
An original design focused on abundance and based on an Art Nouveau book plate.
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A New Adventure Begins…
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Spirituality: My primary lens is progressive Jewish spirituality, but I also like to find the universal elements that connection us all.
Culture: I am fascinated by culture on most levels. I mostly focus on American culture and what makes us who we are as a country, but I'm also intrigued by sub-cultures in the USA and the growing global cultural trends.
Technology: Technology is one of the strongest drivers of cultural and even spiritual changes in the last 100 years, and possibly the next 100.
Culture: I am fascinated by culture on most levels. I mostly focus on American culture and what makes us who we are as a country, but I'm also intrigued by sub-cultures in the USA and the growing global cultural trends.
Technology: Technology is one of the strongest drivers of cultural and even spiritual changes in the last 100 years, and possibly the next 100.