It all starts with a stitch! An organic exploration of fiber art & beyond.
I've been working my way through the design of the Funicular wallhanging. I drew several color concepts in my Inspiration Book exploring how to portray the striking swirls of chartreuse and electric blue against the red and purple stairs. It needs lots of movement and yet a linear element as well. I drew 4 options:… Continue reading Step 1: Funicular Design
Did you watch the Olympics?? Woo-hoo!! I admit to saturation and the reason I've not done a blog for 10 days! I do enjoy the games - the devotion the athletes have to push themselves in a sport they love can be very inspirational. I'm not naive about the money, fame and popularity they can… Continue reading Vizualization
I find inspiration from many sources: images from our travels, books of quilting and fiber art, books of inspiration and support (e.g. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert and Artists Way by Julia Cameron), a walk in the woods, classrooms and workshops, and of course the artists, quilters, writers and bloggers I hear, read about and… Continue reading Inspiration Book
This weekend I was trying to catch up on some old magazines and read an article from the May 2017 "New Yorker" written by Andrea K. Scott. Scott wrote about an exhibit in Harlem focusing on the art of lifetime video artist Joan Jonas. She writes: "Jonas plays Toto to her own Wizard of Oz,… Continue reading Pulling Back the Curtain
Have you ever played Bananagrams? It is a fun, fast paced game where each player builds words using letter tiles - you continue to build while using as many letters as possible. At any time you can suddenly find you have letters you can't do anything with.....you can 'dump' the one letter to pick up… Continue reading Bananagrams
Some days are just not meant to get anything done - at least not what you'd planned. I sat down yesterday morning and created a list of tasks I needed to do by the end of the day (from just sending an email to tasks more involved)....I accomplished HALF of them..and I assure you it… Continue reading Funicular
First...the hemming is done!!! Woohoo!!! (I did have to hand stitch 3 hems because machine stitching was too visible and I couldn't figure out how to do the blind hem stitch on the machine...right, time to move on.) That pile of distractions are gone and NOW I get to start something new!! I'm thinking of… Continue reading Being a Snowflake
Sewing is a joy...when it is not a chore! There is one chore I've never 'taken a cotton to' and that is hemming clothes! I put it off as much as possible, I hide it, I make excuses not to do it. Why the fuss about hemming? Frankly, it scares me! Of the things that… Continue reading Hemmed In
It has been frigidly cold but very little snow....until this week when we got hit with our first Nor'easter of the winter! By afternoon the storm had slowed down - we put on our cross country skis and hit the trails. We were the first skiers out, breaking trail through the fluffy virgin snow. There is… Continue reading Breaking Trail
Welcome to Made with Stitches!! For me, it all starts with a stitch! And I love so many different stitches...quilting, sewing, embroidery, knitting and even felting. I can't focus on just one but have an eclectic nature that revels in a mix. I do have a particular love of quilting, thread painting and embroidery. And… Continue reading It starts with a stitch
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