If you have a few spare minutes, I’d highly recommend checking out Jude Hill’s blog, Spirit Cloth. She is a talented fiber artist who creates incredibly detailed, hand-embroidered work. Definitely a must-read!
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When we last worked with our silk paper, it was still drying on a piece of mesh screen… have you peeled it off?
Now what do you do with it?
I’m going to attach mine to a piece of quilted canvas, and then stretch it onto a wooden stretcher (the way paintings are hung) Now, that’s […]
So how’s the silk paper looking? The last post ended with letting the paper dry overnight - it’s time to check it and see if it’s dry enough to peel off the screen. If it’s dry enough, the edges will feel firm and “crispy”. Unfortunately, my paper is still mushy, so I’m […]
I love making silk paper - it’s messy, wet and tons of fun to play with :-) Ready to get messy?
For this project I’m using raw silk in a “cap”, but you’ll probably find silk hankies (not to be confused with the kind you blow your nose with!) more easily. Meinke Toy has […]
I know that this project is a little late, seeing as it’s the Easter weekend already, but you’ve still got a couple of days!
To begin, cut egg shapes out of different colored felt - these ones are approximately two inches wide:
Place them on a second piece of felt, but don’t cut it out. Instead embroider […]
A Joyful Abode has an easy to follow tutorial on how to embroider shisha mirrors. What are shisha mirrors you ask? They are little mirrors that are used to embellish clothing, textiles and home accessories - most commonly found in east Indian textiles. Go check it out!
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I showed you the process of using bleach pens to print fabric yesterday, but how did those samples turn out? Here’s how the green print looks after being soaked in the bleach neutralizer, washed, dried & ironed:
I love how this swatch turned out… but the bleach didn’t do a darn thing on the other two! […]
As, promised - here’s the slightly-overdue tutorial :-)
Did you know that you can use those bleach gel pens to print on fabric? That’s right, I’m abusing fabric again! Depending on the fabric you can get anything from dramatic white lines to soft, hazy marks on the fabric.
You’ll need fabric (cotton is the safest to start […]
We’ve chosen a subject and taken photos.
We’ve used photo editing software to simplify the image.
We’ve sketched (and sketched, and sketched and sketched) and then painted.
We’ve used photo editing software again to help us decide on where to embroider.
And then we finally got to embroider :-)
But I wasn’t quite satisfied, so here’s my final solution:
There was […]
I suggested playing with photo editing software to help with plan out stitching lines. Now that we know where we’re going - it’s time to stitch!
I began with two shades of yellow - both plain old polyester sewing machine thread. I wanted the yellow to be small “pops” of color to make it more interesting […]
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