- Embroidery patterns converted into music
- Smooshy cats on glass
- Cute Valentine's box tutorial by hugsarefun
- Knitted and crocheted kitchen
- Wire sculptures
A tale of crafty endeavours, garden battles and feline intrigue
Thursday Things
New Monsters - Romance Edition!
New monster accessories have appeared in my shop...
Cutie monster brooch!
Eyeball monster will keep an eye on your keys!
Horny monster (ummm...) will make your hair more monsterlicious!
Cutie monster brooch!
Eyeball monster will keep an eye on your keys!
Horny monster (ummm...) will make your hair more monsterlicious!
Adventures In Steamed Shibori
I've been taking a City and Guilds level 3 embroidery course at a local college, and this week we tried steamed shibori which was SUCH FUN!
The basic idea is to create structure in fabric through the use of steam. Synthetic fabrics keep their shape when washed, natural fabrics do not. We used a vegetable steamer for 20-25 minutes at a time, tying or stitching objects and creases in the fabric, steaming them then untying the fabric to see what effects we had created, which were often quite unexpected.
This was satin tied around screws. I realised afterwards that the tying thread should have gone more accurately in the threads of the screws to get a more realistic effect.
This is organza tied around screws then coloured with silk paints (which then bled all over the steamer). This doesn't show the screw effect as well as the silk one but I still quite like it.
Beads gave a much more even effect.
I have no idea what this fabric is, kind of nylon Tyvek? It held the bead shape really well.
I love the organic look of this one, which was the most fiddly with using pearl-sized beads in the middle. The larger beads unexpectedly bled colour - I would rather it was all one colour with just texture differences but I don't hate the effect.
I was really inspired by textile artist Michelle Griffiths - I found a Pinterest board here that has some of her amazing screw pieces. I don't know if this technique will fit in with my plans for the final 3D embroidered piece for the course, but I do really want to try it again.
Have you tried any unusual textile techniques that I should investigate?
The basic idea is to create structure in fabric through the use of steam. Synthetic fabrics keep their shape when washed, natural fabrics do not. We used a vegetable steamer for 20-25 minutes at a time, tying or stitching objects and creases in the fabric, steaming them then untying the fabric to see what effects we had created, which were often quite unexpected.
This was satin tied around screws. I realised afterwards that the tying thread should have gone more accurately in the threads of the screws to get a more realistic effect.
This is organza tied around screws then coloured with silk paints (which then bled all over the steamer). This doesn't show the screw effect as well as the silk one but I still quite like it.
Beads gave a much more even effect.
I have no idea what this fabric is, kind of nylon Tyvek? It held the bead shape really well.
I love the organic look of this one, which was the most fiddly with using pearl-sized beads in the middle. The larger beads unexpectedly bled colour - I would rather it was all one colour with just texture differences but I don't hate the effect.
I was really inspired by textile artist Michelle Griffiths - I found a Pinterest board here that has some of her amazing screw pieces. I don't know if this technique will fit in with my plans for the final 3D embroidered piece for the course, but I do really want to try it again.
Have you tried any unusual textile techniques that I should investigate?
Christmas Craftiness Part 2
I completely forgot to take a photo of this before I wrapped it up, luckily Anna Marie was kind enough to send me a photo of it on her wall.
This was made from the weelittlestitches "Pixel People In Love" pattern featuring the Joker and Harley Quinn. It was mostly stitched on the ferry to and from the Isle Of Wight (I'm determined to go looking for red squirrels the next time I'm over there).The strange green Aida was a lucky find at a local charity shop, and I painted the hoop with black acrylic paint. I always forget how long cross stitch takes when there aren't many large blocks of colour - probably why I have so many unfinished projects!
This was made from the weelittlestitches "Pixel People In Love" pattern featuring the Joker and Harley Quinn. It was mostly stitched on the ferry to and from the Isle Of Wight (I'm determined to go looking for red squirrels the next time I'm over there).The strange green Aida was a lucky find at a local charity shop, and I painted the hoop with black acrylic paint. I always forget how long cross stitch takes when there aren't many large blocks of colour - probably why I have so many unfinished projects!
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