Wow, I realize it has been a long time since I blogged. I'm so sorry.
I want to tell you about the Reggae Parrot Art Quilt I just did. I'll include some pictures for you too. I belong to TAFA, a Textile and Fiber Art Group which is really great. They have information coming up on shows and possible things to get involved in. It has been great. One of them was See.me. That's fearlessfiberworks.see.me for my art.
So I entered my Parrot Quilt and some of my other things that I have created for my shop Fearless Fiberworks on Etsy; then other artists comment on them or give them points and recommend you or not. The prize is to be on a billboard in New York, I believe. I don't want that, I was just hoping that I could be featured. I managed to get enough recommendations to be featured which is really great. It kind of gives me an idea about what people like in my work. Here's the parrot quilt pics:
I did hand embroidery, bead embroidery on the beak and added lots of different fabrics. I created a fern from shell beads on the lower right side of the quilt and did all of the sewing by hand. I'd love to know what you think of it.
Then I really got into the Embroidery part and decided to try doing an Embroidery on my handmade Felt. I've been teaching myself embroidery stitches from a cool book I bought at Chapters - The Complete Photo Guide to Needlework by Linda Wyszynski.
So, in the middle of the felt I traced a design from a magazine on paper and then sewed through it on the sewing machine for the outline. Then I embroidered it with stitches from the book. One is a Pekinese stitch, very pretty, and they mention that the Chinese women used to stitch this so small and for so long that they went blind. I have to admit embroidering at night by one lamp is a tad hard on the sight, lol.
I then became more inventive and created two dragons from my head on the bottom and a jeweled thing on the top. Here's the pictures:
The dragons are actually a legged dragon on the bottom facing up (with pink beads for eyes) and the one orange one above is a shrimp dragon (both from my imagination) I used beading moderately in this embroidery, but I'd love to do much more. I put a backing on it and sewed the edge with machine sewing. Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think.
I will definitely be blogging more as I'm going to take a course on line (I'll unveil what it was when I finish the project) and hopefully will learn all kinds of neat things to create.
Wishing you all a Wonderful New Year and I hope you enjoyed your holidays!!! Chow!
I want to tell you about the Reggae Parrot Art Quilt I just did. I'll include some pictures for you too. I belong to TAFA, a Textile and Fiber Art Group which is really great. They have information coming up on shows and possible things to get involved in. It has been great. One of them was See.me. That's fearlessfiberworks.see.me for my art.
So I entered my Parrot Quilt and some of my other things that I have created for my shop Fearless Fiberworks on Etsy; then other artists comment on them or give them points and recommend you or not. The prize is to be on a billboard in New York, I believe. I don't want that, I was just hoping that I could be featured. I managed to get enough recommendations to be featured which is really great. It kind of gives me an idea about what people like in my work. Here's the parrot quilt pics:
I did hand embroidery, bead embroidery on the beak and added lots of different fabrics. I created a fern from shell beads on the lower right side of the quilt and did all of the sewing by hand. I'd love to know what you think of it.
Then I really got into the Embroidery part and decided to try doing an Embroidery on my handmade Felt. I've been teaching myself embroidery stitches from a cool book I bought at Chapters - The Complete Photo Guide to Needlework by Linda Wyszynski.
So, in the middle of the felt I traced a design from a magazine on paper and then sewed through it on the sewing machine for the outline. Then I embroidered it with stitches from the book. One is a Pekinese stitch, very pretty, and they mention that the Chinese women used to stitch this so small and for so long that they went blind. I have to admit embroidering at night by one lamp is a tad hard on the sight, lol.
I then became more inventive and created two dragons from my head on the bottom and a jeweled thing on the top. Here's the pictures:
The dragons are actually a legged dragon on the bottom facing up (with pink beads for eyes) and the one orange one above is a shrimp dragon (both from my imagination) I used beading moderately in this embroidery, but I'd love to do much more. I put a backing on it and sewed the edge with machine sewing. Please feel free to comment and let me know what you think.
I will definitely be blogging more as I'm going to take a course on line (I'll unveil what it was when I finish the project) and hopefully will learn all kinds of neat things to create.
Wishing you all a Wonderful New Year and I hope you enjoyed your holidays!!! Chow!
