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This is the top I made for the 4th and to get me through the last months of my pregnancy. Sequins are a pain in the ass...btw
I've made the paper version of these traditional Scandinavian Christmas decorations, but thought it may be interesting to try a wool felt version. So, I used some beautiful, plant-dyed wool felt to make this trio of autumnal woven-heart baskets. (Please see the link in my Flickr profile for more information about how to obtain the woven baskets.)
Each item is hand-woven, and then hand-embroidered using the blanket stitch around the edges.
The hangers/handles are made from 100% cotton yarn in yellow and/or orange.
These items can be used several different ways:
- hung from a door knob, they can be a pretty fall decoration for your home.
- children love to wear them like little purses; and either carry items around the home or collect items in them when they go on nature walks.
- collect some branches and place them in a vase on your nature table. Hang the woven basket and other fall items from the branches for a nice autumn display.
Each heart measures 3 3/4" x 3 1/2" (not including the yarn hanger/handle).
Here are my finished buttons for the feeling stitchy embroidery button swap!
My partner said she likes raccoons and deer, so i decided to make her a woodland creatures button set. :)
a detail from "My Tree of Life" 76" x 76" by Sandra Reynolds, Bristol, RI
Truly, this was the most exquisite quilt in the show. I could have stayed in front of it for hours,
looking at every single minute detail, ALL HAND EMBROIDERED, QUILTED and APPLIQUED!
What a labor of LOVE!
See Sandra's description below, above the man viewing her masterpiece.
“I've learned a lot about women.
I think I've learned exactly how the fall of man occurred in the Garden of Eden.
Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden,
and Adam said one day,
"Wow, Eve, here we are, at one with nature, at one with God,
we'll never age,
we'll never die,
and all our dreams come true the instant that we have them."
And Eve said, "Yeah... it's just not enough is it?"”
~ Bill Hicks ~
“Adam and Eve were born in a garden,
and gardens are still where people go to renew themselves by meeting creation.”
~ Carol Williams ~
“Did Adam and Eve Have Navels?”
~ Martin Gardner ~
Its time to be hopeful, have new dreams & make some new resolutions for the new year in your life.
Color your new year with Ada hand Embroidered cotton chikankari Kurti and celebrate newness.
Finished..a landmark for me at this time!! Thanks to everyone for all the emails and good wishes.my sincere apologies for not being able to comment on everyones incredible work..but I am looking at my contact box and group work when I can..
Unwound is my interpretation of the poem:
who i am-- by Mary Alice Ramsey..."I’ve had zippers up my back-And sashes tied behind-I’ve had sharp toes-And pointed heels-And didn’t even mind -Elastic traps and hooks and straps -Because I sought to find -The woman who I was -The woman who I was ....I’ve had soft skirts that twirl and swirl -And blouses loose and silk -I have let My toes uncurl -And hair pour down like milk- I have unbuttoned and unbound -I’ve come unfastened -And unwound -And as I did I think I found-The woman who I am -The woman who I am". **************
Ms. Ramsey's poetry can be found at:
The pita sandwich includes:
- two pieces of lettuce
- ham slice
- egg slice
- Swiss cheese, and
- tomato slice
Had a lot of fun making this meal. Used a combination of Japanese patterns as well as my own patterns. Some items are a single layer of felt (e.g., meat slice) while others required four layers of felt and were much more complicated (e.g., tomator slice - with 14 different pieces - all blanket stitched together).
This felt food meal was made for Jeannie (sewfun4u) for "Fake Food For Beginners ~ Your Speciality" on Swap-Bot. Made an extra set for my daughters to use since I want them to play with safe, all-natural toys that stretch their imagination.
Other felt food that is available can be found through the link on my Flickr profile.
Creator: Unidentified.
Date: 1917.
Description: An embroidered silk postcard, very popular during the First World War. Features a heart with an arrow through it, bows and blue daisies and the message "From your true love". Sent to a Miss Emily Mary Brown. From a collection of postcards donated by Miss Brown.
Learn more about this image at the State Library of Queensland: onesearch.slq.qld.gov.au/SLQ:slq_alma21148707450002061
Information about State Library of Queensland’s collection: www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/picture-queensland
This work is the twelfth in a series of "Remnants", which were all inspired by very old, heavily patched and stitched textiles, (such as certain types of boro and utilitarian quilts) and the old, worn and weathered rural structures that surround where I live, (and where straight lines cease to exist.)
Hand embroidered, large sized quilted fabric beads. Approx. 1.5" long with bead hole opening slightly under 1/4". (5mm)
This work is the 11th in a series of "Remnants", which were all inspired by very old, heavily patched and stitched textiles.
I used Kaffe Fassett shot cottons and ikat fabrics, (which were created in conjunction with Oxfam, an international charity that champions fair trade, thus helping to support the poverty-stricken weaving villages in India and Guatemala where the cloth is produced).
The threads are Sulky 12wt blendables.