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Featherweight Cardigan

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

After all of the whining about how I can’t seem to knit anything correctly, you may be surprised to learn that I’m in the process of knitting another project, Hannah Fettig’s Featherweight Cardigan.  I blame Lee and her Featherweight Cardigan.
I tried very hard not to spend any money on this new knitting venture. The good [...]

a surprise present! for me!

Monday, January 11th, 2010

So… 
My close friend Lee , the knitting queen, recently wrote a blog post referencing my fit of I-don’t-know-what-to-do-with-this-Get-it-out-of-my-house. 
I had given her a bag full of Blue Heron Silk Rayon yarn, in various stages of knittedness.  The back story here is that I had splurged on this yarn for my birthday, intending to knit a sweater [...]

Embroidered Self Portraits

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Over these past months, I have discovered that I really enjoy embroidery. I couldn’t figure out what to embroider, so I decided that self portraits would make a nice subject.
This is an embroidered picture of me with a bee buzzing around my head.  I have one of those brains that doesn’t shut off when it [...]

enamel + felt + embroidery

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

I’ve finished the crop circle embroidery project (all nine pieces).   We’re in the process of securing the pieces in the frames.  With Keith’s assistance, I’m hoping to have this project completely finished (with pictures for the blog) by the end of the week.
I’ve been busy preparing for the trip to Penland.   Electroforming, etching, reading books, [...]

Midwestern Rhythm

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

I don’t typically name the pieces I create.  However, this is the name that has been rambling through my mind as I work on this embroidery.  I began working on the first of nine pieces at the beginning of April. 
It’s now the beginning of June and I’ve gotten six of the nine pieces to a place [...]

Organic Embroidery - Microscope

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

This week’s lesson involves looking under a microscope.  I had seen an image of a cold virus several months ago and it was beautiful.  I remember filing the image away in the “I-should-really-do-something-creative-with-that” portion of my brain the minute I saw it.   Well…this week’s embroidery lesson has provided just the opportunity. 
I haven’t really followed the [...]

Creative Embroidery - Lesson 3

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Have I mentioned how much fun I’m having with Susan Sorrell’s online class? I literally can’t stop embroidering my third piece.  Well, I did stop to have a fantastic sewing session with Lee  (exciting news - more about this later) and to continue with my jewelry class (also exciting - more later).
But, now, for the latest obsession.   [...]

Creative Embroidery - Seeds & Pods

Friday, March 13th, 2009

This has been a crazy week. I haven’t felt like I’ve had time to do anything except work, eat, and sleep.  I did manage to work a little bit on Lesson 2 of the Creative Embroidery - Organic Designs workshop, Seeds & Pods.
I used fabric paints to decorate the Lutradur (a nonwoven translucent [...]

Organic Embroidery

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

I’ve signed up for an online class called “Creative Embroidery - Organic Designs,” taught by Susan Sorrell.   It’s a long story, but I’ll try to make it shorter.
About a month ago, the boss decided to allow me to move from one government gray office to a slightly larger government gray office in a quieter part [...]

Warp Rep Placemats

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Several months ago, I wrote that I had hemmed the warp rep placemats that had been sitting in my bin of regrettable unfinished handwovens. Lee had come over for a sewing session and I discovered a hemming mojo that I didn’t know I had. I hemmed all sorts of things on that weekend and the [...]

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