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Showing posts with label buttonhole stitch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label buttonhole stitch. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Stitching on the Tree Cloths

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  After sampling... ...I used the colour studies to find matching coloured threads... ...and headed outside to stitch on the cloth...
Saturday, December 10, 2011

Progress With Red & Students' Samples

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Progress Report on Red: 3rd layer is just about finished VCA student progress with samples Esther's couching Sarah's couc...
Friday, April 23, 2010

'Tapestry Stone's' Narrative

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While doing research on Tyndall stone that has been used extensively in public and private buildings through Canada, I was delighted to rea...
Monday, April 19, 2010

'Walls Talk's' Narrative

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'Walls Talk' has come back from South Korea where it was in the Canadian pavilion at the 2009 Cheongju International Craft Biennale...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

'Meadow's' Narrative

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This work is another in a series where i have been using a technique developed by the co-founder and co-principal of the Opus School of Tex...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Walls Talk

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Walls Talk is finished - 120 hours of stitching! John Dean is the photographer. He always does a superb job with my work. There is lots of ...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

Walls Talk

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Working on building up the focal point of the wall. This is a large fossil form caught in the stone. I will have to move the stone blocks ar...
Friday, February 6, 2009

Walls Talk

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I'm back stitching in earnst on my Walls Talk (I think that is its name). I have made 8 blocks of Tyndall stone to make the wall. I now...
Thursday, November 6, 2008

Julia Caprara's Funeral

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It was Julia's funeral yesterday. On and off, all day, I was thinking of her, her family and all of their friends and how sad they must ...
Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Julia Caprara's Buttonhole Textile

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I found some more images of the work I posted yesterday. This close up shows the work with the 3rd layer - the buttonhole stitch starting to...
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Monday, November 3, 2008

Julia Caprara's Stitching Techniques

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Back in 2005 Quilting Arts Magazine featured a series of articles written by Julia Caprara. In the Winter issue, Julia wrote about the impor...
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Monday, October 27, 2008

Julia Caprara

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I am filling my blog space with colour today to remember Julia Caprara who passed away on Friday. Julia was one of the doyennes of the art...
Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Mutwa Embroidered Blouse

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A Kungeree type of Mutwa blouse with embroidered panels for an unmarried girl. The panels are embroidered flat then sent to the tailor to ma...
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