Another three pages, following on fromthesethat makes 27 minimum still needed but who is counting! Mini compositions, scraps of paper, little snippets of stitch, tiny doodles....all of which could be enlarged, used as inspiration for fabric pieces....inspiration....food for my brain...
There are more artist book related ramblings for you to pore over here, hereandhere.
If you like these, if you're curious then ''reinventing the page'' begins next Monday, yes...next Monday.....
I must also say that I didn't make the books. I bought them from this amazing placewith her consent to use them in this way, to titivate and pass them on.
This is finished....when you saw it last it wasn't lined and it wasn't stuffed with wadding which is there to ensure it holds it's shape until I make a decision on what to do with it. I tried to photograph it standing up, which it does easily because of the boned lower edge. Getting a good image of that is a completely different matter though.
It's 15 inches tall (38 cm) . It's lined with Broderie Anglaise onto which I have stitched strips of silk Habotai and metallic silk tissue. You can just about make that out in the last image.
There are two more pockets in progress here.....smaller, flatter, no boning. You will see those just as soon as I get my fingers in gear and stitch.
Slowly, slowly I am putting together five little artist books. Three pieces of paper have been stitched and doodled and I now have another three finished pages. Stitch has been extended on to the pages...cohesion.....
My best guess is that I need at least another 30 pages minimum, spread over the five books. It sounds much more of a task that it actually is.
We still have pins, we still have tacking stitches and we don't yet have a lining but what we do have is a boned lower edge, a hand stitched reverse and a couple of decorative lengths of silk ribbon. It's almost finished.......the white hankie pocket being made in class. This is one of those pieces I am going to struggle to part with. You can't keep everything Karen I keep repeating to myself, after all....I'm keeping this oneand how many pockets does one girl need. (haven't we heard that before about pin pillows??)
(just to remind you.....this is how this piece looked last time you saw it)
It looks like there has been a button making marathon going on here over the past week but there hasn't. These have been created gradually over a number of weeks, this marathon is a long running process. The latest buttons, the first two images, those were created this week in class. (the puffy ones were, we just talked about the blue and white ones) The labels you can see are attached to the edges of small pieces of pin tucked Broderie Anglaise. Those cloth pieces will each have five buttons attached to them, button cloths.
Very soon I will need to have a ''stock take'' of makes for France. I can then decide what else I need to make, (quite scary because I know I still need a lot of stuff) Maybe a list will be required....I'm good at making lists, not quite so good at ticking them off.
Doodle doo....do you remember? The reason this is out, (not that it's ever hidden), the reason it's open, pages being turned, old images being perused is to keep the momentum going for the collection of pieces following on from those in yesterdayspost. There will be quite a few of you, new readers, for whom Doodle doo is an unknown.....there is a short video here made some time ago which will tell you more....
Buttons.....more buttons are being made here too. Here are a few ''in progress''. Tomorrow there will be oodles of them.
Another reminder for those of you who didn't catch this one first time round.....''Reinventing the page''makes a return on March 7.
No, your eyes do not deceive you.....it's an ironing board. The implement of torture which is the ironing board features a lot in my life (yours too I'm guessing) consequently it features in my doodles too, in my embroidery, in my thought process. Domesticity, or more precisely my own domesticity has been a starting point for me creatively for some time now. The other piece here is a domestic cloth, a kitchen towel.....and of course, there is a Grandmothers Flower garden patchwork motif. Grandmother, home, domesticity, cloth......all create memories for me, are massively important to me.
These paper pieces are part of what I hope will be a bigger series, a collection.
Don't forget...''Reinventing the page'' is making another appearance for those of you who missed it first time round.
OK...I'm off. I'm going hereto see these......I need to put on my dancing shoes.
As promised....a past class....new to those who didn't take part in this first time round. Not a ''work on your own'', this one is a work with me, work within a group. We start on March 7. Below is all the information you need, above are images of what we will be creating. I am so excited about this, reconnecting with this work, reconnecting with play and paper and stitch and doodle for design and finished textile pieces. All process is transferable to other projects, use it again and again. Access to all resources, video, images....is forever. There are no deadlines, no set tasks....
The cost? Exactly the same as if this were a ''work on your own'' class. Access to me is free.
This class is an exact copy of ''reinventing the page'', first run as an online learning programme in March of 2015. If you participated in that online class you do not need to purchase this rerun. Video content is EXACTLY the same as that provided in 2015.
If you did not take part in this class in 2015 this will be a new and exciting learning programme for you.
The reason for this rerun?
Work on your own online learning does not suit everyone. Some people prefer interaction within a group, some people prefer an online forum in which to participate along with the support, encouragement and interaction that provides.
This run of ''reinventing the page'' will include access to a new online, private blog and a new, private flickr group where you can interact with other group members, share work, share process, ideas and benefit from group support. I will be active in providing feedback within that group. (this does not happen with ''work on your own classes'')
Please note.....video content was recorded in 2015 and may contain reference to events from that period of time.
To reinvent ''to change something that already exists and give it a different form or purpose''
***You do not need to have participated in any of my previous online learning programmes to participate in ''reinventing the page''***
***An advanced knowledge of embroidery is not required for this learning programme. Suitable for beginners and the more experienced.***
Reinventing the page, a ledger class and more.....it's about creating interesting pages, creating sheets of design work by use of overlaid paper, by folding, by cutting and scrunching paper. There's no need to worry that you have pencil, paint and art phobia, I suffer from those too. We will be playing, having fun, you will be holding my hand, I will be supporting you, encouraging you.
Lets play with paper , transform our ledger pages or create new and unique stand alone sheets of design, art and inspiration. We will begin with the basics of design/ledger work, examining colour and pattern before we begin to add colour to doodles, add stitch to paper, create overlaid pages, fold, cut shapes, scrunch paper, manipulate images, create collage with snippets of cloth and coloured tissue scraps.......all this and more will be used to create a collection of original paper sheets or pages which will provide inspiration for stitch and design.
All process demonstrated is completely transferable for future work, being applicable over and over a
NO PREREQUISITES YOUR ACCESS TO ALL RESOURCES IS PERMANENT. Videos will remain in your possession forever. NO DEADLINES NO SET TASKS
Please allow 24 hours from registration to receipt of mail containing a list of suggested equipment
Please respect my copyright. Do not share passwords with anyone else. You are welcome to post work from this class in any online forum, Facebook, Flickr, blogs etc but please do not share process, instruction.
Please note.....video content was recorded in 2015 and may contain reference to events from that period of time.
Lace, lace cloth......the white piece is the latest of three pieces. This is what we will be doing in my Workshop atPour L'amour du Fil. We will be embellishing lace cloth, lace cloth provided by me. It will be titivated with hand embroidery and perhaps a few puffs. It will be ''holey'', maybe even raggedy at first but once we embellish and titivate it will also hopefully be pretty and beautiful.
Another pillow top is taking shape, pink gingham flowers, silk background, lots of bullion knots and a a little chain stitch. This one will hopefully have oversizedfunky puffstoo, somewhere to stick the pins!!
There is a lot going on in the background here, all being photographed and recorded to share with you at some point. Final titivations are needed on some things but tomorrow I hope to show you a little white ''thing'' I have just finished.
As you may know I have been listing a lot of past classes as ''work on your own'' where there is no interaction with others on the private class blog and no interaction within a private forum on Flickr. I realise that a lot of people prefer to be part of an active group, a group where ideas can be shared and support is freely available as opposed to working in complete isolation. For that reason I will be ''rerunning'' some classes with new Private blogs and new Private flickr groups. All videos will be those used in the initial classes but the difference will be the access to a wider group and regular appraisal and input from me. (this does not happen with work on your own classes) (and....the price will be the same as that for the equivalent ''work on your own'' class. ....extra features....no extra charge)
If you took part in any of these classes first time round there is no need for you to register now...Video content is exactly the same as that posted in the initial run of the class. These ''rerun'' classes are for those people who have not taken these classes in the past.
There will be more news on the first class to be posted as a ''rerun'' on Monday.
I'm making good progress with this work, with these 7 inch embroidered squares for a new cloth book of embroidery. The paper piece featured in my last post and I...
