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Category Archives: textile art
Untitled
Well, I can’t carry on calling it Beardie Quilt, can I? And every artist, at some point in their life, produces something called ‘Untitled’. It turned out all right in the end. I like the back, too: I’ve added this … Continue reading
Posted in art, quilts, textile art
Tagged abstract, art quilt, embroidery, patchwork, quilting
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Keeping calm
Still quilting Still embroidering Still bearding. Keep calm and carry on.
Posted in art, In progress, quilts, textile art
Tagged art quilt, embroidery, patchwork, quilting
9 Comments
Scraps Quilt 2
This is Scraps Quilt 2, which will be a gift and should be finished by the end of the year. This one will be very slightly different from Scraps Quilt 1: This time it’s 7″ blocks. I didn’t like the … Continue reading
Posted in art, In progress, patchwork, quilts
Tagged blocks, English paper piecing, patchwork, scraps
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the spirit of perseverance
I wondered if embroidering this quilt might be easier than quilting it. It wasn’t. Embroidering cardboard is just as difficult as quilting it.
Revisiting
On the table today, an unfinished quilted piece that I rediscovered recently while tidying. Sometimes it can be interesting to revisit something from the past, just to see the difference between then and now. This is from several years ago … Continue reading
Completion
Begun on 1st January 2012; finished on 15th July 2012. Ninety-nine 8″ blocks, hand-pieced from scraps, hand-quilted, joined and bound by hand. Originally I was not going to use binding on this quilt. Many historic and traditional English quilts do … Continue reading
Posted in patchwork, quilts, textile art
Tagged bed quilt, patchwork, quilting, scraps quilt
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busy shopping
The shop is now as full as it can be. I’ve listed all the fabrics I currently have available, and these will be the last for some considerable time. I do try to keep prices reasonable, and the current packs … Continue reading
Taking time
A few stitches on the first ‘Time and Space’ quilt: I found that very fine crochet cotton (the long yellow stitches you can see here) is perfect for basting. This area will be quilted in squares eventually, so there will … Continue reading
Posted in In progress, Reflections, textile art
Tagged art quilt, in progress, space, time
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Halfway
Slow progress, piece by piece, on putting the scraps quilt together. It’s about half done. A pessimist would say half not-done. A few people were asking about the quilt-as-you-go method and some interesting questions (and answers) were raised: Does the … Continue reading
Posted in patchwork, quilts
Tagged patchwork, quilt as you go, scraps, scraps quilt, squares
24 Comments
In print
A big thank you to Jennifer of Sew Somerset magazine for featuring my mixed media samples book in the current issue, out today. This is little a cloth book I made a couple of years ago, when I was still … Continue reading
Posted in art, Cloth books, mixed media
Tagged cloth book, mixed media sample book, sew somerset
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