tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5107104724200465702024-02-19T16:16:58.423+10:30Stitch1PetaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-37143186479960787362014-01-15T12:51:00.001+10:302014-01-15T12:55:48.725+10:30A Touch Of Venice - Gondola<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Gondola for the upcoming 'A Touch Of Venice" Exhibition at The Embroiderers Guild Of South Australia is going well.<br />
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I still have a couple of pieces to add to it as you can see and then that part of the work is done. After that I am going to make a back drop for it. Here is the first stage of that work.<br />
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I am going to draw, paint and embroider the back ground. I had thought of doing that straight onto the cloth but I chickened out and I'm going to draw a pattern on this piece of paper and then take it from there.<br />
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I haven't done much in the way of creating original pieces for some time as health problems killed my creative drive. I am improving though and being banned from driving for a few days has given me the impetus to start work on a piece that needs to be finished by the 15th of February.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-73771446780494796892013-09-11T20:06:00.000+09:302013-09-19T09:19:35.213+09:30Making my Mask<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Now that SALA is over I can concentrate on my pieces for our March Exhibition "A Touch of Venice". I am still trying not to buy anything and my mask filled that criteria. The mask was given to me by a friend and I used one of the old ties from my stash. I drew the pattern myself and the embroidery is stem stitch and fly stitch leaves stitched with perle 8 thread (from the stash). The little crystal flowers, hot fix jems and beads are leftovers from other projects and the ribbon is from the stash. For the bias binding I covered some piping cord with the ribbon and stitched it with gold thread. The ruffle at the top is a scrap of gold fabric and the milliners net is from my stash as well.<br />
I have some other pieces in the works for this exhibition and I want to make another 2 masks. More photos to follow.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-20630890731977651032013-08-23T20:55:00.001+09:302013-08-23T20:55:20.889+09:30The Mad Hatter, the Dormouse and the Jabberwocky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I made this Jabberwocky, Mad Hatter and Dormouse for our SALA exhibition. The exhibition was a huge success. <br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-38528375632543053872013-06-03T17:06:00.001+09:302013-06-03T17:08:58.050+09:30Felt Berry CakeI was inspired by this <a href="http://call-me-cupcake.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/chocolate-mascarpone-cake-with-berries.html" target="_blank">Chocolate Marscapone</a> cake <br />
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from Call Me Cupcake when I needed to make a felt cake for The Embroiderers Guild of South Australia's SALA Exhibition.<br />
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Here it is my own 'Felt Berry Cake'<br />
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SALA is The South Australian Living Artists festival. This is a month long celebration of the original works of talented artists here in our South Australia. <br />
Our members at the guild are keen to share with others that our work is "Anything But Old Hat".<br />
We came up with that title after someone in the media said that "Craft work is Old Hat".<br />
It is embarrassing some times how out of touch with reality some of the population is. In that eternal discussion of Art versus Craft people tend to forget the the term 'Masterpiece' is a craft term - this was the title guilds gave to the piece of work a 'craftsman' completed to make the transition from journeyman to master.<br />
A craft was, and still is, not a hobby but a way of life for many who make their living with what they produce with their hands and heart. If not their primary source of income then the work we create with our hands is definitely a primary source of satisfaction that we are feeding our creative drive with the work of our hands. So wha tif I can go and buy a scarf for a few dollars, that won't give me the satisfaction of creating an original piece of art with my hands. If it also keeps my neck warm that is just a bonus.<br />
I hope you'll join us in August at our SALA exhibition. You'll see a stitched version of a Mad Hatters Tea Party plus a lot more from the talented members of our guild.<br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-63394447472824693382013-05-19T14:28:00.003+09:302013-05-19T14:28:56.022+09:30Baby Mary Jane Booties<br />
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My darling granddaughter is a bit young for shoes. She is only 3 months old. Still every girl needs lots of footwear.<br />
I've been laid up with the flu and it has worn off enough for me to want to do something easier than the lace vest I'm making. Favorite Daughter in Law mentioned to me the other day that Princess Sophie is growing out of her booties so like any good Nana I whipped out the laptop found a free pattern on <a href="http://ravelry.com/">Ravelry.com</a> and made my first pair of booties in a long time.<br />
The pattern is easy to follow and knits up quickly in 8 ply or DK for those non-aussies.<br />
<a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/ruthies-mary-jane-shoes" target="_blank">Ruthie's Mary Jane Shoes</a> is a cute and easy pattern. I've started another pair in dark purple and then I might do a different pattern.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-43028837751839898312013-05-07T18:18:00.001+09:302013-05-17T17:18:56.630+09:30Leather BagsSurely there is a legion of leather lovers out there, I am certainly one of them. There is something special about the smell of leather. In my world there is also something truly lucious about a new bag, especially a leather bag. Added to that is the satisfaction of making it myself.<br />
I recently spent four fun filled days in a workshop with <a href="http://www.rose-annerussell.com.au/" target="_blank">Rose-Anne Russell</a> - a leather shoe and bag artist who lives in the Adelaide Hills. Rose-Anne lives in a converted stone building that used to be a carpenters workshop and now is a beautiful home and studio.<br />
We learnt so much - designing our bag, how to make a pattern and then how to put it together.<br />
The first day we sewed some samples, drew up a pattern for and made a pencil case.<br />
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Then designed our tote bags and made the patterns.<br />
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If you want to make your own bag or shoes contact Rosie - you can't go wrong.<br />
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It was another hot hot hot day here in Southern Oz. Husband and I went out for breakfast and then home to put the studio to rights before I head into a marathon of book making for the exhibition I am having at the Leafy Sea Dragon Festival with Emanda Fretwell you can check out <a href="http://www.lsdf.org.au/events/re-booked-re-use-re-new-re-made-handmade-book-exhibition" target="_blank">Re-Booked </a>here.<br />
Before that though there is our annual Easter Mix It Up - A collective of artists selling our work at the Yankalilla Show Ground little hall. It's never to early to stock up for Christmas. I have done skirts, fishermans pants and shirts both button up and t's again. They are so popular every year.<br />
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All I have to do now is iron and lable them.<br />
The bigblack piece of fabric is for another exhibition later in the year. More info to come.<br />
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I have a whole collection of garbage bags on the back lawn out of sight of the neighbours and people passing by.<br />
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Let me reassure you I haven't done anything illegal. <br />
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It's a good day to dye here in South Oz. High temperatures and, when I started out this morning, hardly any wind. Of course when I went and got everything out I didn't have any Urea and couldn't remember where I'd got the last lot from. A quick whiz through the Web and I had to go to the garden centre.<br />
I then raced through the supermarket looking like a refugee from Walmart, OK not that bad but I was wearing an old pair of gym knee length shorts, a tank and my birkenstocks. None of those Walmartians wear birkenstocks so I am still a step above them Thank God.<br />
So quick restock on rubber gloves, garbage bags, toilet paper and an eggplant to go in the curry tonight and I was off home without anyone recognizing me (I hope). I did wonder what the young man who served me thought cause he didn't ask me did I have any plans for today and our local supermarket makes all the checkout people ask that. I often want to say "Mind your Own Business" but my daughter works there and I didn't want to upset anyone more than my poor choice of clothing already had.<br />
So back home groceries away and all set to dye. Big piece of plastic over the folding table on the back verandah and of course the wind came up and I had to find some heavy stuff to stop every thing blowing away.<br />
Now I have all those bags of stuff dyeing happily in the heat. I'll be doing the wash out tomorrow and I'll take another photo then to share with you. It's all stuff for Mix It Up Media and Art Show at Yankalilla at Easter. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-37750838635585470832013-02-20T14:19:00.001+10:302013-02-20T14:23:03.544+10:30Martina Celerin - Textile Artist ExtraordinaireIt's always fun to find a textile artist whose work makes you think 'hang the expense I want some of that'. That was my immeadiate thought when I saw <a href="http://martinacelerin.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Martina Celerins</a> beautiful 3D art work.<br />
Her piece called Spring Treasures is so beautiful.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-30758046404634437882013-02-16T17:25:00.001+10:302013-02-16T17:48:06.752+10:30Priorities and Committments Part 2In 2009 I wrote a blog post about <a href="http://stitch1peta.blogspot.com.au/2009/01/priorities-and-commitments.html" target="_blank">Priorites and Commitments</a>.<br />
In that post I said that as the AGM's of the many committees I was on came around I would not stand for office again.<br />
It's only taken me 4 years to get there but I am blessedly committee free at the moment. I only belong to the SA Cloth Doll Club and the Embroiderers Guild of SA now.<br />
Despite my love of a myriad of crafts I still work full time, I'm still a wife, mother and grandmother and that takes priority.<br />
In that old blog post I said "I will do the things I like. I will have to study for work and as I
still have to work for about another 20 years I need to do this. I will
stop being the fix it person and if anybody doesn't like it tough. I am
sorry if that sounds harsh but I feel that for my own mental health I
should do this." I haven't stopped being the fix it person and I doubt I ever will but now most of that is at work and they pay me to do it.<br />
It's hard to not put my hand up and say I'll go on a lot of committees but I have and I will limit myself to one at a time. As I said above I am on none at the moment but there is the whisper of one in the pipeline that I've tentatively said I'll do so we shall see.<br />
I am getting things ready for several exhibitions I am involved in this year and I'm gathering things for the basket making workshop I'm doing in Ballarat so it's all about me. And I'm not sorry about that. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-32237081848379020482013-01-22T21:25:00.002+10:302013-01-23T12:42:33.195+10:30Salley MavorSally Mavor is an amazing artist. I admire anyone who can finish a piece and she does some amazing stuff which is shared on her site <a href="http://weefolkstudio.com/" target="_blank">Wee Folk Studio</a><br />
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detail from the last illustration from Sally's 2001 picture book, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/98581364/autographed-picture-book-in-the-heart">In the Heart</a>.<br />
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Even the logo for her <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SalleyMavor?ref=top_trail" target="_blank">Etsy shop</a> is gorgeous.<br />
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She describes hereself thus<br />
"Today, I sew different materials together to create fanciful scenes in
relief, much like miniature, shallow stage sets, with figures imposed
on embellished fabric backgrounds. My work is decorative and detailed,
full of patterns from nature and found objects, all sewn together by
hand with a needle and thread. The original fabric relief sculptures
have been photographed and used to illustrate 10 children’s books,
including the award-winning <i>Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes</i>. Original illustrations from <i>Pocketful of Posies</i> are touring the country into 2014. My how-to book, <i>Felt Wee Folk: Enchanting Projects</i> is still being discovered, after almost 10 years in print."Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-39433229630978553492013-01-11T17:13:00.001+10:302013-01-13T20:33:46.795+10:30KumihimoAlas I have discovered new passion. I am overflowing with passions for textile works and this one is no exception. I undertook this workshop in kumihimo when the one I had signed up for was cancelled. The kit was only $3.50, perfect I thought. I didn't have to spend a fortune on anything as I have a plethora of threads.<br />
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Now I also have a beatiful sassafras maru dai like this one.<br />
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Several books, some of the hand held variety of disks - some of which are intended as gifts and a new passion.<br />
Here are the samples I made in the class. Bev Bills from the SA Spinners and Weavers was an excellent teacher.<br />
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It's so good to be creating again.<br />
Tomorrow I'll be creating a small stitched landscape with Glenys Leske. <br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-19860224388814557472013-01-08T15:10:00.000+10:302013-01-08T15:10:41.949+10:30Summer School and Mix it UpThe SA Embroiderers Guild Summer School starts tomorrow. Unfortunately the classes I really wanted to do didn't have enough sign ups and had to be cancelled which was very disappointing. Still I am going to learn a new skill - Kumihomo braiding. I chose this class because I only need to spend $3.50 on a disk and I had everything else.<br />
I haven't done much on the embroidery front for some time cause I have to work for a living and I've had the chance to do lots of overtime. This is going to pay for my cruise in November.<br />
I'll have more time for creating now though and I'll be starting on things for our Mix It Up exhibition and sale at Easter. More to come soon.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-40794549530780312892012-10-01T10:57:00.000+09:302012-10-01T10:57:28.612+09:30T'Arts DisplayI spent yesterday setting up our display and sale at T'Arts.<br />
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<a href="http://www.tartscollective.com.au/" target="_blank">T'Arts</a> is an art collective in Gays Arcade which runs off Rundle Malls Adelaide Arcade.<br />
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My stitching friend Margaret Marsh is a member there and invited several of her fellow stitchers from the South Australian Embroiderers Guild No Limits group to join her for the month of October.<br />
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I decided to remake a nuno felt vest I made some years ago that I'd never worn as it was to big and just didn't look right on me. Of course once I'd finished remaking it I fell in love with it and it looks great on me now. Isn't it always the way.<br />
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If you are in Adelaide and would like to see more of the amazing art works including wearables and some beatuiful bags, glass and wood please head along to T'Arts.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-87987337567755669502012-09-13T19:20:00.001+09:302012-09-13T19:20:28.924+09:30Books<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am making some books for our display at T'Arts in Gays Arcade Adelaide. A group of us have a display there for the month of October and I was thrilled to be invited to be involved. I am exhibiting (and maybe selling) the felt vest I have been fiddling with for so long and a group of hand stitched books. Here's a little taste of the books I made. this one is a page a day journal - that means there is a page to use every day for a little drawing or some words. I am thinking of making a little bag to store it in, what do you think?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-9369032955427490442012-09-09T21:08:00.002+09:302012-09-09T21:08:24.990+09:30Goolwa Beach Walk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I took a day off from the creating today and we went to the beach. It's been one of those amazingly perfect weekends weather wise. That was our reward for the horror weather we had all week. I did do some painting for another book cover before we went but the chance to walk on the beach and eat some delicious seafood was to great to resist. I found a lovely piece of driftwood and brought home some shells. In the photo you can just see the sea mist in the distance.<br />
The boronia will be amazing in a week or so<br />
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If you'd like to see what we ate and some more photos pop over too my other blog <a href="http://petaeats.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Peta Eats</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-17077483073229467262012-08-25T15:31:00.000+09:302012-08-25T15:33:02.957+09:30Artists Statement Part 3<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Love of textile art is part of my life. My type of meditation is to create something and that</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> feeds the creative yearnings of my heart. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">My artistic journey has travelled
through many genres including art and bookmaking but always leads back to
textiles. My favorite pieces are thoses that combine the impractical into something practical. My latest pieces combine new work
with Ephemera I have rescued, creating tangible works of very personal
art. Those transformations are equal parts joy and frustration.</span></div>
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You might also beinterested in<br />
<a href="http://stitch1peta.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/artists-statement-part-2.html" target="_blank">Artists Statement Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.stitch1peta.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/artists-statement.html" target="_blank">Artists Statement Part 1</a></div>
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The photo above has nothing to do with this post but I love this piece of work I did in 2010 so I thought I'd show you again.<br />
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I am still pondering and procrastinating over my artists statement. I did find these websites <a href="http://artiststatement.com/category/samples" target="_blank">Artists Statement'</a> and <a href="http://www.mollygordon.com/resources/marketingresources/artstatemt/" target="_blank">Molly Gordon's</a> advice which I am intending to peruse in greater detail. This is what I have so far - a big improvement on 'I like to make stuff and if I sell it Yay for me.'<br />
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Re-Use, Re-New, Re-Purpose.</div>
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A love of textile art has
always been part of my life - To pass time, to feed the creative
yearnings of my heart and as my own personal type of meditation. <br />
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That journey has travelled through many genres including art and book making. </div>
I love creating pieces that combine new work with rescued Ephemera.<br />
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That's better isn't it. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-18298976901571683892012-08-22T21:11:00.000+09:302012-08-23T16:26:59.411+09:30Crocheted Edges<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am adding some ornametation to the felt jacket. I've crocheted a braid and added to one of the collars.<br />
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I've also blanket stitched along the other edge to add a crocheted edge. It was taking so long to try and just crochet it.<br />
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I am still working out what type of button to use. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXx36yuIHTC17Ck0ES8i_s8jaFv2shfXpn0Vm4a8pggRboVXGK_x0BnqA9Cu2PwMXVyLgPB-Hm8qHYYBNzmU4H-Av0pb1x2jPvH9XrTi35xlJWmtNBXt4hUjF5GJ3UEHMIrVrBOKPwjxY/s1600/020a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXx36yuIHTC17Ck0ES8i_s8jaFv2shfXpn0Vm4a8pggRboVXGK_x0BnqA9Cu2PwMXVyLgPB-Hm8qHYYBNzmU4H-Av0pb1x2jPvH9XrTi35xlJWmtNBXt4hUjF5GJ3UEHMIrVrBOKPwjxY/s1600/020a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-69521941790647232642012-08-21T18:32:00.000+09:302012-08-23T16:20:33.995+09:30Finishing touches?In my search for the right way to finish my jacket I have been looking at some amazing Irish crochet. I know I have a couple of books on it somewhere in my messy library.<br />
My favorite sites so far are<br />
<a href="http://outstandingcrochet.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Outstanding Crochet</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.irishlacemuseum.com/Homepg.html" target="_blank">The Sheelin Irish Lace Museum</a><br />
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There's lots of <a href="http://pinterest.com/robin_moody3/irish-crochet/" target="_blank">Pininterest</a><br />
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and on the <a href="http://www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/html/warm/priscil.htm" target="_blank">Antique Pattern Library Priscilla </a>section.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-37169944212872334602012-08-19T16:52:00.002+09:302012-08-27T17:17:27.420+09:30Artist's Statement<br />
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artist’s statement. Is it a form of self-advertisement? Is it a description of
my own artistic journey? Is it a way of filling the back of a swing tag? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Perhaps
it is something I write and then print out and put on my studio wall to
keep me focussed and inspired when I just want to re-read a novel for the tenth
time instead of getting on with a piece of work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Artist <a href="http://rebekahjoyplett.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Rebekah Joy Platt</a> description of
herself is “I float happily about with my fingers in the water. I draw all day
and write all night”. Rebekah is the author of the wonderful “Invest in Artists”
print that is available from her website. For the full quote you need to go
<a href="http://www.imagekind.com/Invest-In-Artists_art?IMID=c37718a7-cf60-41be-af4b-9076cf4dbffd" target="_blank">here</a> but I’ve pulled out a few lines for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“When you buy from an independent artist you
are buying more than just a painting or a novel or a song…….. You aren’t just
buying a thing, you are buying a piece of heart, part of a soul, a private
moment in someone’s life…… something that put’s the life in living”.</span></div>
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I wish I’d written that.</span></div>
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been working on improving my own writing. I read a lot. I completed a
professional writing course that left me depressed and wondering if I have any
talent for writing at<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all. I am filled
with self doubt and nothing kills off creativity like a bad case of self doubt.
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you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint,
and that voice will be silenced." <br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">That, of course, applies to anything but sometimes that voice is really
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bit more than “I like to make stuff and if I sell it, Yay for me!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Actually that
does sum up my creative journey. I just need to make it a bit more highbrow,
then again maybe not. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-84231468826880472562012-08-15T11:35:00.001+09:302012-08-18T18:48:17.723+09:30Felt and silk jacket ButtonsButtons make or break a project. I need some sort of closure on the jacket. Previously I had big handcrafted wooden ones on it. I took those off some time ago and put them somewhere safe. Needless to say now that I need to see if I will use just one I can't find them. Plus I think it needs a bit more ornamentation. I am considering adding some crochet on a couple of edges, a few smaller bits of crochet and a crocheted button. So off to the net I went.<br />
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I love these vintage crocheted buttons<br />
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by Nancy Nehring and couldn't resist buying <a href="http://www.amazon.com/50-Heirloom-Buttons-Make-ebook/dp/B002DUCC3I/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1344996099&sr=8-1&keywords=Nancy+nehring" target="_blank">her book</a> on my kindle <br />
<a href="http://www.freepatterns.com/detail.html?code=FC00638&cat_id=333" target="_blank"> </a><br />
<a href="http://www.freepatterns.com/detail.html?code=FC00638&cat_id=333" target="_blank">http://www.freepatterns.com/detail.html?code=FC00638&cat_id=333 </a><br />
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and <a href="http://mademoisellechaos.blogspot.com.au/2010/03/crochet-button-deluxe.html" target="_blank">these</a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lZbspW_xtVFNpUzK34-txxljwAQ98IKL1GY1RGae7HiTK29R1vJVwMlWNHrVvoCJigf6xJwrZrLyMFyE2c3yS0V1O9pPQqFGo15u_xXGysZiDicDANjMSey_40cCBGi3EX41CTIGZ10/s1600/4416700458_139e2a77ce.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-lZbspW_xtVFNpUzK34-txxljwAQ98IKL1GY1RGae7HiTK29R1vJVwMlWNHrVvoCJigf6xJwrZrLyMFyE2c3yS0V1O9pPQqFGo15u_xXGysZiDicDANjMSey_40cCBGi3EX41CTIGZ10/s320/4416700458_139e2a77ce.jpg" width="320" /></a>from Mademoiselle Chaos.<br />
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Then there are these really easy ones from <a href="http://www.craftstylish.com/item/6550/how-to-crochet-a-button" target="_blank">Craft Stylish</a><br />
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Or I could make some <a href="http://www.britishbuttonsociety.org/20070401DorsetButtons.htm" target="_blank">Dorset buttons</a> or some like <a href="http://www.burdastyle.com/blog/vintage-in-detail-dorset-buttons" target="_blank">these </a>from Burda Style <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNCGE38AF-oMRquO8vfmOwloawFIR5oVw-IW8dW3VaEbD3kVG1Sw5RYrwiSJ0-Oe-8Q3TTxKbUw9loHrmTT8c4bF1BCQNQ7qg566NMY-RAygR8usyxxh9gtGl-YFwPiB0vUx49118QYk/s1600/DorsetButtonsBlog_large.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJNCGE38AF-oMRquO8vfmOwloawFIR5oVw-IW8dW3VaEbD3kVG1Sw5RYrwiSJ0-Oe-8Q3TTxKbUw9loHrmTT8c4bF1BCQNQ7qg566NMY-RAygR8usyxxh9gtGl-YFwPiB0vUx49118QYk/s320/DorsetButtonsBlog_large.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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and there is a brief history of them on <a href="http://kraplap.blogspot.com.au/2008/11/buttons-dorset-buttons.html" target="_blank">P8 Buttons and Fabrics</a> Craftstylish has a <a href="http://www.craftstylish.com/item/42688/how-to-make-dorset-buttons/page/all" target="_blank">dorset button tutorial </a><br />
For the crocheted ornamentation I thought of doing some crocheted ric-rac like <a href="http://foxslane.blogspot.com.au/2010/09/how-to-crochet-ric-rac.html" target="_blank">this</a> from Foxs Lane<br />
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I've just spent an hour shuffling round the net so I should go and do some of this. I'll show you tomorrow what I've done.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-81672730778043413512012-08-14T15:42:00.000+09:302012-08-14T15:57:27.916+09:30"Do or do not -There is no try"<br />
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It was with some trepidation that, today, I finally cut into
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I have lost a lot of weight since I made it 4 years ago and
it didn’t sit right on me anymore. I love the colours of the felt so I didn’t want to ruin it. As a result I have spent some months looking at it and thinking about what I could try to do with it. </div>
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I need a major piece for an exhibition in October and I've already promised to do something with this jacket so it
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The new pattern was drawn on interfacing, fiddled with and
pinned together to make sure it fit. Next step, feeling slightly nauseous, was to cut into over 30 hours of felting meters of silk and wool together.</div>
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The result is good.
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I took off the white silk ribbon embellishments. Adjusted the
neck and armholes and cut quite a bit off the hem and sides. I may play with
those off cuts and make a matching bag so as not to waste them. The seams have
been tacked together and I will machine over those tomorrow. Then decide on a
fastening for the front. There is still quite a bit of the skein of silk ribbon
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Bits and pieces to use in my art are found every where. My wonderful friend Emanda brings me treasures from her Antique shop. These are from a dead cuckoo clock. I am not sure what I'll include these in but they'll go into something. Any suggestions?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10027956561280725762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-510710472420046570.post-2469711977214278042012-07-19T11:02:00.002+09:302012-07-19T11:02:57.186+09:30Sari Silk stuffMore on the sari silk - I am still using the first of 6 hanks of sari silk ribbon I bought from <a href="http://www.thethreadstudio.com/" target="_blank">the Thread Studio.</a><br />
My goal is to see how many items I can make from one hank.<br />
I am now making book covers from it. Here are 3 that are still Works in progress.<br />
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This is a section of the first piece (I need a better scanner).<br />
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For this one the ribbon was ironed flat then woven on my ironing board. Next a piece of vliesofix was ironed on. That's as far as this I have gone on this one.<br />
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This is a smaller piece - I wove the ironed ribbon, vliesofixed a piece of thin cotton onto the back and then went crazy with my flower stitcher (from The Thread Studio). I hand embroidered the section on the right with button hole circles, cast on roses, fly stitch leaves, french knots and stem stitch<br />
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This piece has the woven ironed ribbon. I backed it with aquabond and then tacked a piece of solvy on top with the pattern for the paisley drawn on top. I then freehand machine embroidered on to it with a variegated purple thread. </div>
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I didn't need to use the aquabond I should have just attached a piece of thin cotton with vliesofix. As I couldn't see what was happening between the layer of solvy and aquabond I ende up with some holes I now need to cover and I have to attach something onto the back to stabilise it. I am going to add some more embellishment to this before it is made into a book.</div>
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