A fabric collage created with paint, ink, beads and sequins. Inspired by rust, urban decay and the inconsequential, overlooked details in the environment.
Tag: Stitch Club
Stitch Club: wrapped horsehair initial
I knew that I would be trying things that I hadn't tried before when I joined Stitch Club, but I never imagined that I would be buying horsehair and wrapping it in thread.
Stitch Club: sequin and bead flowers
In this workshop I got to use my bead and sequin stash for something more than just embellishing handmade cards. This time they take centre stage.
Stitch Club: owlet
A three-dimensional project for a change. This textile owl was a fun make with a very sweary interlude (all my own fault).
Stitch Club: Indian gold
So many different techniques came together to create this abstract (mostly) textile collage. Both hand and machine sewing, along with processes that I'm more used to using on paper.
Stitch Club: wish tablet
Some projects make a small dent in my stash and others, like this mixed media wish tablet, just add to the piles.
Stitch Club: wire and wax leaf
I love the variety of workshops in Stitch Club and this one is far from the usual embroidery. It does involve fabric and stitch, but goes off in a sculptural direction with wire and wax.
Stitch Club: plane leaf
I took one preserved plane leaf and added stitch, couching, and lots and lots of bullion knots and ended up with this response to a prompt to use materials foraged from nature.
Stitch club: stitched bridge
Not all embroidery has to be neat and pristine, sometimes it's good to take tidy stitches and go full-on grunge with a distressed mixed media approach.
Stitch Club: stitched profile
I almost didn't do this workshop, but then my interest in the techniques overcame my dislike of doing faces and I ended up creating one of my favourite pieces so far.
Stitch Club: organic blanket stitch
I'd seen Mirjam's work on Instagram and loved her interpretation of blanket stitch, so of course it was one of the first Stitch Club workshops I chose to do.
Stitch Club: paint and stitch 2
The second of my paint and stitch experiments; the stitching is more prominent on this softer watercolour-style background.
Stitch Club: paint and stitch
I am loving the variety of styles in the Stitch Club workshops; some focus purely on the embroidery, while others bring in mixed media elements to enhance the process. This one started with paint.
Stitch Club: oak leaf sampler
I started my subscription to TextileArtist.org's Stitch Club with a workshop to create a modern version of a stitch sampler.
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