Stitched textiles with a little wabi sabi on the side
Here in Central Florida Hurricane Matthew is now a thing of the past and life is getting back to normal. Although we were fortunate to suffer only minimal damage, it does take a few days to destress from a force of nature such as a...
Work in Progress: Watercolor Print on Fabric
I decided to print one of my watercolor sketch PhotoArt images onto fabric to see how it would turn out. Well watercolor on fabric never looked so good and all without the mess! It’s a beautiful result and the image printed out...
Adding Stitch and Dimensional Texture to Digital Art Cloth
I’ve been working on a new piece of digital art cloth this week. I designed this PhotoArt image in Photoshop and then printed it onto fabric. I originally had planned to use the printed image in a fabric collage, but then decided to...
How to make bead dangles
Beading is one of my favorite methods of embellishing my art quilts and other sewing projects, and I like to use lots of bead dangles which are made using several strands of beads which are strung onto lengths of thread and allowed to...
Tutorial: Creating texture on fabric using crinkled ribbon
I work a lot with textured fabric surfaces mostly because I think they look a lot more interesting than flat surfaces. Sometimes I create surface texture using machine stitching. And I also use a lot of fabric paper texture. I also...
Canvas Art: Contemplation
I began work on Contemplation last week and it’s now finished and mounted on a 14″ x 11″ canvas. I usually add paint and texture to the canvas before mounting my textiles, however this time I wrapped the canvas with a...
What I’m Working On: Contemplation
Something a little different – designed in photoshop and printed on fabric. I don’t often work with images of people, but I like her wistful look. buttons … some hand stitches to highlight a few of the background flowers...
Fabric Jewelry: Neck Bands
I think I may have mentioned once or twice that machine wrapped cording is probably my favorite embellishment, and it’s my favorite because it’s so versatile. There are literally hundreds of ways you can use it. This is...
Beading on Fabric
I love to embellish using beads. I sometimes add each bead one by one … … and I sometimes add strings of beads … Regardless of which way you bead, you can’t go past a good book for learning new techniques and also...
Working Intuitively: Making a bag using a design printed on fabric
Still using the “Last of the Summer Roses” design that I used to make the small shoulder purse that you can see here, this time I’m rearranging the design in order to make a printed design for a large handbag. One of the...About
