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Kathleen’s new WOOL APPLIQUE project, Butterfly Sampler by Sue Spargo. As I mentioned previously, the background is a soft green wool and the entire sampler measures 16×22. Butterfly #8 today. The butterfly body is embellished with what I believe is a row of straight stitches with Palestrina but I am not absolutely certain. The background…
I posted a couple of weeks ago about Angela at Gossamer Tangles. Angela is a talented textile artist who creates one of a kind jewelry in crochet. She writes, “I create a variety of jewelry and jewelry-type accessories, as well as scarves and bags. I enjoy incorporating different types of materials into my creations. I…
A section of Block #11 in my current CRAZY QUILTING project – Black Butterflies. As you will know by now, I chose a bold primary colour palette for this project. You can find all the posts pertaining to this if you look in the right sidebar under Categories – Crazy Quilting – Black Butterflies. I…
I special example of CRAZY QUILTING today. Beth recently found my shop while searching for perle cotton inspiration. She picked up some of my hand dyed threads to use in a very special future project. She tells me that every two years a group of local women each receive a crazy quilt block to embellish….
Rayon ric rac is a narrow trim, 1/4″ wide. It is a flat zigzag braid ribbon commonly used for embellishing. It is fantastic for use in crazy quilting, wool applique and various forms of textile art. I have added some new colours that would be wonderful for embellishing both Christmas and Halloween themed painted canvases. …
Another lovely butterfly today in Kathleen’s new WOOL APPLIQUE project. The project is Butterfly Sampler by Sue Spargo. As I mentioned previously, the background is a soft green wool and the entire sampler measures 16×22. The butterfly body is embellished with an open fly (I think!). The wings are a lovely shade of lavender. The…
The finale of Block #10 in my new CRAZY QUILTING project – Black Butterflies. If you are interested in following this project, you can find all the posts under “Black Butterflies” in the right sidebar under Categories. I am pleased with the final results of this block. Note the paisley motif in the lower left. …
Crazy quilting using Colour Complements hand dyed embroidery threads
Another butterfly block in Kathleen’s WOOL APPLIQUE project, Butterfly Sampler by Sue Spargo. This is Butterfly #6. Kathleen chose a soft green wool background for the entire sampler which measures 16×22. The butterfly body is a brown wool embellished with a tete a beouf stitch. The wings are lavender wool. The upper wings are layered…
any of my customers purchase my threads for painted canvas NEEDLEPOINT projects so I am always delighted to receive photographs of their ongoing projects. I was particularly excited to see that Tess has used my FLAT RIBBON which I include in my sampler packs. This is a viscose knitted rayon approximately 2 mm in width…
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