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Kate of The Glass Mountain has been embroidering these darling characters on little zippered coin purses. She says,
… Read More...I’ve been a little fascinated by the idea of circus skills lately. Not so much clowning but definitely balancing acts — little
I love this mixed-media work by Gerdiary. Old book pages, frayed fabrics, hand and machine stitching, bird illustrations from a thrifted book. *happy sigh* See the set of six pieces on Gerdiary’s blog post.
Every time I see DeriDolls pop up in my blog reader, I get excited. Deriana‘s art dolls totally knock me out. Here are some of my recent favorites.
(1) Mona Lisa
(2) Anne Boleyn, complete with executioner and … Read More...
This embroidery by Loreta of All the Beautiful Things makes my heart go pitter-patter. See more on her blog post.
Heather Louise of The Doll Farm blog proclaims, “Eat my cake, Barbie!” Yes! Rock on!
MarieE of colored thread is stitching on bricks! She created the surface for her stitchery in a summer ceramics class. She says,
… Read More...I threw slabs of red clay, scored and tore them down to brick size, notched a hanging depression
I study every section on SharonB‘s For the Love of Stitching band sampler as she publishes it. I learn something from every post — about stitch, or color, or composition. They’re all so lovely, it hardly seems fair to … Read More...
OMG! Joetta Maue talked MrXStitch, Jamie Chalmers, into sitting still for an interview! As always, he’s interesting, funny, and right on target. You’ll enjoy his take on the needlework scene, and you’ll love all the photos of stitcheries … Read More...
I am awed by Robbie of Robbie’s Paw Prints. For her July Bead Journal Project piece, she used the image left-above as her inspiration and produced the bead embroidery left-below. Wow. See more on Robbie’s blog.
Penny Nickels is hanging out over at MrXStitch, buffing up our appreciation of contemporary blackwork. Go see.
Oh, my goodness. Look what Bascom Hogue has been up to. He rocks so hard. See more on his Cottonwood Diner blog post.
I was pretty happy and excited about Aubrey Longley-Cook‘s Fireworks series. And then I spotted his Fuel Fossil works. Now I don’t know whether to be happy or sad. But, either way, I love Aubrey’s brain. See more on … Read More...
Rachel of Rayela’s Fiber Focus is publishing a series of online interviews with members of TAFA, The Textile and Fiber Art List. This week, she’s featuring Valerie Hearder of African Threads. Rachel says,
… Read More...Valerie Hearder is both a working
annekata posts about her discovery of the work of dancer and fiber artist Nick Cave. And she has kindly included a couple of videos that introduce us to Nick and let us briefly experience his incredible sound suits — … Read More...
Calamity Kim combines her signature raw-edge applique and machine stitching with some hand embroidery to create a gnome-village table runner to die for. She says she’ll eventually complete the hand stitching and then quilt and bind it. In the meantime, … Read More...
Fiber artist Susan Lenz has an awesome new solo show. The promotional materials say,
… Read More...LAST WORDS features Susan’s Grave Rubbing Art Quilt Series, her “Angels in Mourning” series, and a collection of epitaphs free-motion embroidered on sheer chiffon banners.
This piece — Sketchy by Iviva Olenick of Were I So Besotted — tickles the writer part of me and pleases the stitcher part. I love Iviva’s brain. That’s all. See more on her blog.
This gorgeous, colorful stitchery by Parpi of CRESUS artisanat seems improvisational. It’s got that kind of energy. And it makes me so happy. That’s all.
Art Spirit is featuring photos and a brief description of the work of Bangie, a weaver from Borneo who demonstrated her artform in Santa Barbara, California, USA, recently. Art Spirit says,
… Read More...In [Bangie’s] village everyone knows how to weave
Ruth O’Leary has completed her modern goldwork series, Spirograph, and the embroideries are stunning. See Ruth’s latest post about this work. And be sure to scroll back through her blog to enjoy the entire series of posts.