Embroidery Hand Stitching

The course with the The School of Stitched Textiles  really allowed me to move out of the comfort zone. You know the course is so varied in content there is no room to get complacent. For instance this print below.  The brief was use an artist style to design a Print.  This stops you, it did in my case (!), from falling into the designs you usually come up with. I used Paul Klee's Full Moon (1919).  I did manage to make the stencil achieve a border repeat and made a Lino cut stamp for the tree.  Fun and challenging! Another, Module 7, had us making beads, buttons, tassels, braids and edgings to fabric panels...loads! I personally love these  fabric bell tassels on hand made cord.  I believe the design comes from India... Here's some of the other tassels that were the least unwieldy to fit into my Module 7 Sample fabric book! This is a Lantern!  The base fabric is Organdie.  Fun was had researching into the best fabric stiffener because i have...

So this is part of the Module 11 to create a Professional Profile! It is interesting to see the images of my work....i think i need to work on the images! Haaaahuuuu a Photo shoot i guess! Do leave a comment, i would be interested to hear your thoughts....working on own does have its drawbacks regarding feedback, however, for someone like me that gets easily distracted it is the preferred method (i would get on others nerves distracting them!) Oh yes my school reports are still true today!

 So here we are another year down the line... Last time i wrote i was completing the Raised Stitches section of Unit 5! There is a few Tasks in Mod 4 first....here i'll show you! Or Nue Goldwork.   I made 3 Brooches, the image is my favourite. The Canvaswork Task , still unfinished i thought some extra stitching and/or bead work would let this design shine through....i may have some extra time to go over my work to add finishing touches before i submit a 'video' of 20 best images to complete course. The Applique Task inspired by Morandi.  The Appliques are raised as well as having Reverse Applique decoration. My goodness then Module 5.... Task 1-This is English Quilting the design is based on the grasses in my garden. I enjoyed this one as the design was simple! Task 2-An Experimental Hand Quilt piece....not my favourite. I made 2 pieces see below....I admit i struggled with this unit, do not know why, took way too much time up and should have just let it go!  But...

Procrastination Break  So more than a year on....exactly one year and six months! I'm at a point where I am at a loss as to start my next module for my C&G Hand Embroidery. I do have some ideas, some projects I wouldn't mind taking further but for some reason I cannot make the decision as to which one. I have thoughts in my head such as I want to make something fabulous instead of just good it passed.  Something i feel I could express my creative core with... I do realise that ideas are very rarely unique but perhaps this is paranoia but i have at least two of my possibilities show up on social media...I don't mean exactly the same as mine but similar enough to put me off making them. I'm guessing that most people go through this kind of phase when they're studying!  I wouldn't say I am a Textile Artist, more of a Maker...I do like to make my own projects not others but I'm a 'flitterer' sorry i know thats not a real word but it perfectly describ...

Hi So here I am again...so much life in between ... I am having another go at the SST Hand Embroidery course! I am hopeful to complete this time round. I haven’t stood still in my Textiles love! Here’s just some of my recent projects... My Cloth Doll making..... Notebook covers..... A Stumpwork story.....my story of an adventurous lad I used to tell my daughter when she was little! So above you see Keal and his Grandad who's ill but was the quest adventurer....he has a quest laid unsolved.... This page is nearly complete...just need to add something to the wall behind Keal...but I know not what at the moment... This will be the front cover of the Story Book (horizontally!) Another of the stories pages...a forest scene and a hidden gem for Keal to find to help solve the quest. The Introduction page, also explains the picture with Keal and his Grandfather in bed! Over to  https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/FibreD...

So little time to keep up! Isn't this a beautiful brooch...straight copying from a Royal School of Needlework book on Stump work by Kate Sinton...this adorns my winter coat and I'm constantly receiving compliments. One of the reasons I am trying to teach myself Stump work is using the technique for a book I have had in my mind for years...years! So far I have several sketches of scenes within the story....I have made a start on the cover... Its finished but not complete as I have to wait for the measurements from the completed pages...I love it from its layered fabrics to the printing ink colour and the hundreds of hand stitching...and Shisha mirrors! I have my Introduction page finished too. Here's a detail image of the capital letter... So next came a Forest scene...this was my first choice to do as I 'thought' (!) it would be an easy one to start as I knew the techniques I wanted to use...here's the sketch for the page....

Design Portfolio DD11  Line Inspiration DD12-Exploring Mark Making On various papers. DD13-Explore line to Music DD14-Isolate lines DD15-Translate lines into design DD16-Evaluation of Design Development. Evaluation of materials, tools, equipment, media and ideas. Emailed separately. Session 1b Embroidery Samples EM11-Back stitch EM12-Stem stitch EM13-Chain stitch EM14-Fern stitch EM15-Evaluation of Samples.  Evaluating stitch type thread types working line, meandering and circular shape.  Learning and use in own Design Ideas.  Again emailed separately.