The doors of my next casket are complete. The Hare is sound asleep in one of the Wanderscapes I have created for this series. Here is the Hare from a slightly different angle. […]
The Hare and Wanderscapes
Most of the background for the second door is complete. I am loving the intensity of color I get from the detached buttonhole shapes. Here is the beginning of the sleeping Hare. […]
Slow and Steady
Aesop’s Fables are the theme of my next casket. In the story of the Red House, Claire and William run a puppet theater of fables. The colors look rather gloomy. We haven’t seen […]
Back to Hand Stitching
I have started stitching casket 3. Here is the left hand door. I arrived at this place in the design process because of the experiments I did with freehand machine embroidery. This is […]
Why Not Use a Machine?
I have been playing with free motion machine embroidery. I have used traditional casket designs for the Cabinet of Curiosities class and made a 21st century panel of stumpwork. I have already […]
An Overdue Update
I have been stitching.
Home Again
My “Once Upon A Time” casket is home! Thank you Winterthur for the wonderful opportunity to be a part of your exhibit “Embroidery: The Thread of History”. It was a magical experience from beginning […]
The Mountains
The mountains are taking shape at the top of the panel. As I stitch I am making notes of all the details I will come back to later, details I will be adding […]
Trying To Get It Right
I had fun stitching Bubbledom…. …until I stepped back and looked at it in context with the rest of the map. Too dark and gloomy so…. I took it out. Not only […]
A New Background
I spent most of New Year’s Day making changes to my map. I didn’t like the color or texture of my background choice. I dyed a batch of plum/black wool and love it in […]