… for a collaborative textile project, and would you believe 3 come along at once!
I have blogged about the 2 previous projects here and here . I thoroughly enjoyed them, and was delighted to fnd another group of people who were keen to have a go as well. We worked on round brooches, each of us adding some textile art and then sending it on to the next person.… Read the rest
Tag: textile
heart to heart….
Back in June I blogged about a collaborative textile art project that I took part in, read all about it here
I ended by saying “watch this space” for the results of the second round of the project which involves heart shaped brooches.
Today I posted the finished brooches to the participants, and this is a record of how they progressed from start to finish.… Read the rest
vroom vroom aaargh!
A couple of weeks ago, another of my domestic sewing machines bit the dust. It’s gears crumbled, most likely due to the amount of zigzagging I subjected it to whilst making lots of brooches before Christmas. I had the choice of getting it repaired, getting another similar one, or taking the plunge and investing in an industrial machine that does straight stitch and zig zag.… Read the rest
Rhymes with “Safe Assett”….
I have long been a fan of the fabric designed by Kaffe Fassett and his partners Philip Jacobs and Brandon Mabley, collectively known as “The KFC Collective”.
The bright, bold, joyous designs are instantly recognisable and very appealing . However I had never actually bought, sewn with, or even been in the same room as an actual piece of the fabric.… Read the rest
Brooching the subject……
A couple of folks on my Facebook page asked about how I made my scrappy brooches, and as it happens I recently made a step-by-step record of the process.
I made this scarf using my overlock/serger and was left with a pile of scraps…….
these are some of the scraps left over from the scarf..
this is what I use as the base of my textile pieces, a open weave mesh, and some tulle or organza?… Read the rest
