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Category Archives: Surface Design
Goodbye January, Hello February
My mini-quilt for January is completed, and here it is shown both front and back. I have included on the front a piece of every thread that passed through my hands and used in some capacity throughout the month of … Continue reading
In Praise of Threads
For me, creativity is taking a simple length of thread and creating something marvelous from it. Or, if not something marvelous, then at least something useful! Now, my attempts to manipulate thread can be as messy or as beautiful as … Continue reading
Posted in Spinning, Surface Design, Weaving
Tagged colour, cotton, embroidery, hand weaving, handspun, Handweaving, handwoven, Loom, napkins, Roving, Scarf, Spinning wheel, sunset, Textile, Textiles, Warp
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Intermission
I took a short intermission from weaving and spinning to try my hand at surface design. These cute little bird mats were made through the use of transfer dying. Transfer dyeing only works on polyester fabric. The image is coloured, … Continue reading
Posted in Surface Design
Tagged colour, creativity, embroidery, fabric painting, machine quilting, Surface Design, table runner, transfer printing
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