Hello again.
Miga De Pan's beautiful embroideries make you want to get out your needle and threads, I first discovered the work on Hazel Terry's  fave  blog of mine www.theartroomplant.blogspot.com  a great source of inspiration.

www.migadepan.com.ar 

Anna Torma.

I thought that I would while away this Monday morning looking at more of the work of one of my favorite textile artists Canadian Anna Torma. I also thought that you might enjoy sharing this moment of pleasure with me. After a very busy but successful weekend this is sheer indulgence.

Draw me a car 2004.

Rainy Day.

Playground 4.

Jardin du Wiltz. 2006

Storytelling 1995.

Trans verbal 2004.

Troubadour songs 2.

Sewing mends the soul - Author unknown

Stitch your stress away.

Meet The Makers.

Here is another of our talented makers Julie Bull, Julie is a textile artist and illustrator take a peek at a small collection of her work and see what you think.

'Bees and Flowers' cushion.

Such a sweet little flower grouping. (detail from a larger textile).

Just look at this great story quilt, it's such fun.

 

From the large to the small, such cute little brooches.

 'Rhian and Nog' just great for a child's bedroom or maybe for the child within!

www.juliebulltextileartist.co.uk

Come along and meet Julie at the 'makers market'.

Midweek meander.

Meandering through beautiful choreography.



And from the male perspective? Makes me smile!




Enjoy your sewing machine, make it your friend. Thanks to Ros for this little beauty.



An unusual use of knitting, just to make you think about things.

Drawing with a sewing machine.

First session of  'Drawing with a sewing machine' last Friday and I couldn't have asked for a better day. As the course involves drawing and most people are scared of this especially in front of other people, I had been wracking my brain for the right approach. I wanted them to, 1, get rid of their fears, 2, loosen up their drawing style and enjoy the results and 3, understand the concept of a continuous line drawing. This is what I decided to do, firstly get rid of the visual fears of 'oo' that is no good, it doesn't look right'. I had asked them to bring along a scarf and I had bought some items from home, without seeing the items, they first donned their blindfolds ie scarves (apprehension was palpable). I then placed the items in front of them and asked them to draw what they could feel with their hands and not what they knew. Results, wow!

Next they began drawing things that they were really familiar with, now drawing with their eyes closed. After that and gaining in confidence I asked them to draw as if they were drawing with wire, resolving the issue of getting from A to B in a continuous line. Finally I asked them to draw with the opposite hand that they used for writing. These are a few of the results, wonderful, wonderful drawings. None of them had had any drawing experience and all of them were pleased and amazed with the results, here are a few of the images.

I hope that you agree, lively expressive drawings and there are many, many more like this, to many to post I'm afraid.

After lunch and a little chat about the why's and wherefore's of sewing machine drawing, and feeling confident about the drawing side of things, they launched into their first stitched images, and here they are.

Great fun aren't they?

I will be posting more results in a few weeks time. Some interesting things came up in the feedback session at the end, I asked them if they would have still come if they had known in advance that they would be asked to draw, answer NO, did they know that they could draw like this and produce these results, answer NO, had they grown in confidence about their drawing abilities and was they exercise useful, answer YES. Finally, would you have stitched these type of images if you had started sewing without doing these drawing exercises, NO definitely not. Have a go yourself if you feel intimidated by drawing you never know until you try!

Lastly a big thank you to, Lucinda, Margaret, Janice, Val and Jane for allowing me to use their images. Have fun.

Drawing with a sewing machine.

Hi, I'm teaching a stitched drawings workshop which is coming up in a couple of weeks so with this in mind I thought that I would show you some of  the ways that artists are using this technique. I find drawing with stitch very satisfying as a way of working, it has a freedom and quirkiness to it that gives individual results to everybody.If you enjoy textiles or mixed media this technique lends itself to being used in various ways.

This is a beautiful contemporary piece of work, to see more www.gerdiary.blogspot.com

Fun and funky, artist unknown.

The quirky work of Rachel Colman titled 'Rabbit'.

Another interesting piece of work, a little stitched book. It is by Cathy Cullis, to see more visit www.cathycullis.blogstop.com

A detail of a larger piece of work with an interesting use of fabric and stitch, by Debbie Bates.

Moving House. Rachel Howard.

Finally pure drawing. 'Somewhere Else' Bernie Leahy. Fantastic.'

www.efibreart.com

What could you do? Go on give it a go.