For Sue...

 

My last page and possibly the one that satisfied me most. The design came to me quite readily, maybe influenced by a book of Japanese art I had been looking at last week. Shades of Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa! 

I used a piece of my own indigo hand dyed cotton from a workshop I did a couple of years ago and followed the pattern on the fabric with hand and machine stitching. I really enjoyed working on this page for Sue and it completes my pages for the group. All stitched with love. 

Margaret

For Debbie and Jenni...

 

Debbie chose two excellent stitches, Pistil stitch and Herringbone stitch, which could be manipulated to add interest and movement to a piece of work. 

Many year ago I tied dyed some fabrics, as luck would have it, Debbie's choice of colour gave me a chance to use it, along with cotton fabric and Dupion silk. 

Free-cut pieced background. Multiple couched threads with herringbone stitch. 

detail of pistil and herringbone stitch

There's nothing I like better than manipulating fabric's and layering stitches. I had never visited Cretan stitch, but with a little research I found it could be used to manipulate pin-tucks, another favourite of mine and of course a plethora of Lazy Daisy stitches added to the mix worked a treat. Did I forget to mention another favourite, Jenni's choice of colour, light cream/natural.

Free-cut pieced background. Pin-tucks. Cotton fabric and linen. Perle, vintage string and wool.

Hope you enjoy my post today.

Sue

Exhibition Dates...

 It give us great pleasure to share our exhibition dates with you...

The Written Word

An Exhibition of Textile Art

The Spring Gallery, the Poly, Falmouth

29th March - 2nd April 2022

Blanchminster Room, Bude Castle

7th -26th May 2022

This, the fourth exhibition of Textile Maids work celebrates the written word. As one of the most expressive forms of communication, we use words to tell stories, record history and reveal our thoughts and feelings. Each Textile Maid has explored her own visual interpretation of The Written Word, resulting in an exciting exhibition of contemporary textile art.

Along with our exhibition pieces we have our altered books to share with you. 

We look forward to seeing you .