loops

12/01/2014

paper, zips, loops and lace

Zip open, zip closed, I can't decide which looks better. Perhaps neither of them, they are equally as appealing. This is the third and last sheet from doodle class. Paper and lace, titivated, embroidered, zips added, stitched by hand, stitched on the sewing machine.

This piece along with my others from doodle class and more from the past couple of years are now safely put away ready to come to London. I want to make more of these, smaller, a series. That might not happen yet as I'm pushed for time at the moment but it's noted, it's written down, it's on a list.

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Tags: embroidered paper, lace, loops, paper, paperwork, zips

11/25/2014

Gingham, dots and loops.

Aside from pockets, paper, hankies and zippers I've got dots and gingham on my mind. I kind of started thinking out loud with cloth, piecing, playing, mixing, folding, adding snippets of embroidered edges. What i'm doing is considering options for new pieces which could take shape during ''swathed in stitch''....same pillows, same pouches? I'm not so sure. I have a hankering for a happy cloth, a bright, cheerful, pleated cloth of gingham and lace and spots. This is the first audition.

This morning I made a tiny pocket, the girls in five are going to see that shortly. I will share it with you tomorrow and who knows, I may even have auditioned more cloth for the ''happy, pleated'' piece which is yet to come.

These came today, my very own piece of an art instillation and a tiny part of history in my front room.

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Tags: bullion knots, dots, gingham, loops, spots

11/07/2014

loops on a printed strip

I do hope you're not bored with this. I'm working hard in order to get it finished. This section is the lower printed strip from the first image in this post. It now has added buttonhole lace, loopy bullion knots and French knots.

All that is left to do on the surface of this is to add embroidery to the wider, lighter strip just above this one. I will then need to consider whether I want to add Prairie Points or puffs or both once it's backed. I am half thinking about making some rouleau loops for it, in Liberty print. More decisions to make.

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Tags: bullion loops, loops, printed cloth

10/22/2014

growing....

Oh boy, I'm in love with this. I've started to add more flower, bumpy bit, padded things along another section and wow....in the bottom image you can see how many more still need to be embroidered, I can't wait.

I've had a little bit of a dilemma about this one. I started to make it for the purpose of selling it what with Christmas coming up and all that. However, after lots of thought and angst and pondering....I have decided I can't do it. I'm going to have to keep it. It's going to be a gift from me to me.

There is a pin pillow taking shape in the same way as this with bumpy floral things going on on the surface. Let's hope that makes it's way to the shop. We shall see.

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Tags: bumps, embroidery, flowers, loops

10/08/2014

loopy towers

First of all....wow.....I wasn't expecting the response I got to yesterdays post. Thank you! I meant to give you a link yesterday to where you can create your own mosaics, I forgot. Here it is now, better late than never.

Loops, it's all about loops here at the moment. I just sit down, get my needle and thread, forget to look at the clock and make loops all night. I love them, adore them, can't get enough of them. I am renaming my tiny Lancashire cupboard of a house Loopy Towers as opposed to Ruane Towers. For now I'm resisting the urge to have a plaque made.......

I wanted to share this video with you. When it is released for sale all proceeds will go to ''Children in Need'' here in the UK. Check out the sets, loving the balloons.

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08/21/2014

did I mention my obsession with bullion loops?

My little fingers have been working non stop.....adorning.....I love that word, it's my new favourite....adorning the seams on my body bag. One has bullion loops which as you may know I have a bit of an addiction to. The other has French knots, three colours, kind of like tiny flowers. There is two evenings work here, watching TV, specifically Netflix, mayhem in LA whilst practicing the gentle art of embroidery, quite a contrast don't you think.

adorn

verb (used with object)

to decorate or add beauty to, as by ornaments:

garlands of flowers adorning their hair.

to make more pleasing, attractive, impressive, etc.; enhance:

Piety adorned Abigail's character.

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Tags: body bag, bullion knots, bullion loops, French knots, seams, tiny flowers

07/14/2014

cross stitch hearts and dangly loops

Yes, cross stitch hearts and dangly loops have been added to my stitchery doodle number 2. I'm thinking that this one is not as ''free'' somehow as the first one. This one seems to be morphing into something quite controlled, precise, ordered. There's nothing wrong with that as such but the first one, this one, is more relaxed somehow, more chilled. It could be the fabric, this fabric is crisper, less unruly. It could also just be me, unable to shake habit. Unable to sustain embroidery that isn't controlled or precise..........

What to do? Start another unruly, badly behaved piece.....

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06/05/2014

prepare

A glimpse today of what I was doing this morning. Strips were cut to make loops, a new pouch had prairie points and tabs added and lace has been used as the upper layer in a sandwich of cloth which very soon, in about five minutes actually, will be stitched on the sewing machine.

It's a horrible day here. Wet, grey, cold, dark, miserable......there's nothing else to do except stitch. Result.... and just for Linda....a dogs dinner

a mess, a failure

[Slang];[UK]it comes from the cooking domain where the phrase described a dish that was not tasty enough and therefore thrown away to dogs

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Tags: cloth, embroidery hoop, lace, loops, prepare, strips

03/30/2014

pouch, pillow, Liberty and loops....

Sometimes, of an evening, I am working on things for ''4'' or ''pillows and pages'' and I get to a point that needs to be finished on camera. When that happens it gets put to one side and something else, non group related gets picked up. When this happened last night my Liberty pouch....you are familiar with that......was picked up as it waiting for a ten minute final titivation and then required damp stretching. Check, done, ticked off the list. You can see that here, all that is left is for me to back it.

Rather than then sitting and practicing my thumb twiddling I got out more Liberty, a scrap of silk and a piece of cotton cloth. That's the piece with the pinks and the prairie points you can see here. Another pillow...cushion...whatever. I know. How many pillows do I need?

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Tags: bullion knots, Liberty, loops, pillow, pouch, prairie points

03/24/2014

loops, hexagons and the Liberty pouch

Last night I was playing with the Liberty pouch. I added hexagons, a Grandmothers flower garden, loops, piping, prairie points and French knots. This is evolving very quickly. If I have time I will finish it this week, a little more embroidery and then a backing...hey presto. Well..... I will be shouting hey presto if I do manage to find the time.

Pillows and Pages started today...yes, really. If you're registered on that you should have received a mail, passwords etc. If you didn't get the mail then let me know asap....