Dyeing with extracts
I took a workshop with Susanne Grosjean again this year. This time focusing on extracts. I learned a lot and came home with a sample card of 25 dyed yarns and a selection of...
Category: Making
Joining Stitch 5
I like this randa stitch a lot. But I’m thinking it is very similar, if not the same, as Sushma’s 355 stitch. I really enjoyed doing the 355 stitch with the wrapping of the...
Content contemplation
Too many art forms. I’m primarily interested in artist’s books. I don’t want to make blank books full of pristine white paper that will never be well used. I’ve taken a book to bed...
Joining stitch sampler 3 and 4
This stitch was very simple, only three passes of the needle. Important to be consistent! The simplest stitches require the most care. My tutorial is here: Step-by-step Palestrina Stitch This randa stitch is similar...
Joining stitch sampler
They have a lot of names including joining stitches, randa embroidery, fagoting, insertion stitches, bridging stitches. I’m in the process of making a fabric concertina, “Adrastea,” and realized I needed to try out some...
Adrastea
Phase 1 of this fabric concertina is complete: the initial stitching together of layers on each panel. I stitched the Threadcrumbs patches to their backing cloth and the very thin dyed cloth to a...
Blizzard of Seeds
I’m excited about making another fabric concertina. I had cut some squares of gold fabric and mull quite awhile ago for no particular reason. They were just sitting around on the shelf where I...