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I saw Chinese thread books online and fell in love. I was doing a zentangle project…and decided to combine the two. Origami and I are not the best of friends…yet…so I had to make SO many boxes to get what I wanted…and ended up with 3 books. The boxes open in different ways and are stacked on top of each other to hold thread, pattern pieces, small scissors, buttons…etc. SO much fun!
Facial Threading - The Ancient Art of Beauty.
這種古早的美容術，運用細棉線和白粉將臉上多餘雜毛、粉刺及角質層去除的手藝，在台灣被稱作「挽面」，廣州人習慣稱「界面」，中國大陸北方則叫作「絞面」或「絞臉」，此外還有「拉面」、「開臉」等等稱法，而無論稱法如何不同，光就字面意義可知，指的是同一種在臉上做大掃除的古早美容術。
Taipei, Taiwan.
2011/8/6
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New memorial to Stephen Simpson’s gold thread works in Avenham, Preston.
Amongst other things, Military badges, Christmas decorations and telephone cables, all incorporating gold and silver, were made at the factory until its closure in 1991.
During the Second World War factory bosses were given a top secret assignment -- to make authentic German badges for British spies. A small room in the factory had been used by women to produce authentic badges for English spies going to Germany in the Second World War.
Richard Arton, born in Preston in 1921, worked for Stephen Simpson’s. While here he was commissioned to design an evening bag that was presented to HRH Queen Elizabeth on her visit to the town in 1938. He also designed of the lettering and heraldic crests on the Wedding Cake of HRH Elizabeth II and Prince Philip and undertook refurbishment of the Royal Order Garters belonging to the Queen and Winston Churchill.
The old Gold Thread factory has been conveted into flats.
Sarvana Threading Studio
300 Monticello Ave, MacArthur Center, Norfolk, VA
This studio opened as Wink Threading Studio in October 2009; it was originally Fred Meyer Jewelers, which opened in March 1999 and closed in the late 2000s.
Today I presented my methods for thread drawing - using four different techniques for this simple piece - to the Harbor Art Guild in Hoquiam, WA.
I used four different techniques to create this image - standard lock-stitching on a home machine, darning on a home machine, fabric applique with fusible web, and hand-embroidery.
I love thread! The colors are eye candy. The spools and bobbins look beautiful neat or messy. I love looking at the displays of color in stores where there are loads of spools. What a goof, eh?...but I know I'm not alone....
Thread Sketch 4
Hand painted, hand embroidery and hand beaded on cotton cloth.
Hand beaded border.
3 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Sewn to mat board.
Silk thread roti - the threads made of caramelised sugar and then eaten in a roti - is a desert created in Ayutthaya. A mix of Indian subcontinent and Thai cuisines, the dish here was made by a Muslm family living in Ayutthaya and I was told that it is typically sold in the street by Muslim vendors.
The colours can vary - the green sugarsilk is coloured by use of the pandan/pandanus leaf.
My card is for this week's SCS Inspiration Challenge & was inspired by this Cosmopolitan Area Rug from Wild Wings.
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The pattern in the rub reminded me of this new Basic Grey Sweet Threads Hero Arts flower stamp. I stamped it multiple times on tan cardstock & clear embossed.
I used Distress inks to create resist contrast. The base is stamped with envelope pattern for a bit more texture. I finished with a birthday sentiment.
Even though the background is a flower, I think it makes a great masculine birthday design.
Sketching with thread....! I tried to use a continuous line but the thread broke! Experimenting with using watercolor.
A simple shirred sundress for Hopeful Threads. Blogged at crafts4lily.blogspot.com/2012/04/hopeful-threads-dress-gi...
Brand new - old thread from the cute turquoise box! (blogged here: thecozyapartment.typepad.com/cozynotions/ )
I made a wrapped thread detail....woohoooo what fun! And, then, I decided ...hey...this could be a button loop, so, I stitched on two lovely shell buttons.... wrapped my initial two threads probably a bit too loosely around one button for length....and carried on with wrapping. I will probably go ahead and do the second loop... try to get them the same length...and then, move the buttons a bit further away .. or not...I'll see what it all looks like when I finish my second 'wrapping'...more FK and other detailing to come at the base...
EEC 2013 (Embroider, Embellish, Create)
Today I presented my methods for thread drawing - using four different techniques for this simple piece - to the Harbor Art Guild in Hoquiam, WA.
I used four different techniques to create this image - standard lock-stitching on a home machine, darning on a home machine, fabric applique with fusible web, and hand-embroidery.
Xander loves when I swish this old piece of thread around for him to bat his paws at. And every so often, as seen at the end of this video, he gets the better of me and catches it.
One of the prizes on her Easter hunt was a sewing kit for making fancy hair pieces. She learned to thread the needle, make a start knot, stitch, gather, make a square knot, and make a finish knot.
Empicoris rubromaculatus, common name of this species is thread bug. A cosmopolitan assassin (Reduviidae). Found in my kitchen, Hobart, Tasmania. ~4.7mm bodylength.
This reduviid belongs in the subfamily Emesinae, all members of which tend towards thin bodies and very elongated limbs. Thus collectively called thread-legged bugs. Their forlegs are raptorial and not used for walking.
Reference:
Wygodzinsky, PW. 1966. A monograph of the Emesinae (Reduviidae, Hemiptera). Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 133: 1-614.