The more I worked on the #DreamsOfAmarna, the more those dreams changed.. Rather than gold and glamour, I found myself drawn to the less showy finds, stone and faience, and to the people responsible for making them, or responsible for excavating them, the archaeologists, the Guftis, the local labourers and the basket children. #LoadingTheFelucca was one of the pieces made in their honour. #Embroidery#Applique#HandEmbroidery#Amarna#Stumpwork
I’m looking for fediverse accounts to follow for inspiration in my new leisure interest: #knitting#socks. I’ve made two pairs so far and am looking for help and style variations, as well as tips to improve my technique.
@ellane Here are a whole bunch of hashtags to check out. Not all relevant to socks but all are fiber arts related. Welcome to this wild and woolly world!
As I am looking back at the #DreamsOfAmarna project, planning the eventual book, I am thinking about what changed between when I started and when I got to the end (I think, the end!). One of the things that changed the most was that I didn't use nearly as much goldwork as I expected.
We all think of #AncientEgypt as being a place of gold and glamour, full of wonders of metalworking, epitomised for most of us by the famous death mask of #Tutankhamun. Somehow, that isn't where the #embroidery and #watercolour led me.... Projects, it seems, have a mind of their own....
@lemmy_stitch @crossstitch
Everyone who creates forgets certain details about their creations from time 2 time. Most creators in today's time don't initial &/or date their work, etc. These cards are the size of business cards & can be filled out so precious information won't be lost.
(West) Yorkshire people! If you have or work in an arts supply store, or you teach art, and you belong to a minority group with darker than white skin, please answer a call to join forces with @_socialdrone (on X) or Brown Girl Creativity on FB (https://www.facebook.com/aishasislamiccandles)
The plan is to organise an event of minority owned arts and craft businesses. #Embroidery
So I managed to finish a long time project of mine, a cross stitched image by Heaven and Earth Designs called Magic Witch. And all it took was 31350 stitches of 90 different colours, but it's done!
Time once again to showcase my favourite easy embroidery finishing technique:
Get some cardboard and trace the inner part of the inner hoop you're using for framing.
Cut out your circle.
Arrange your piece in the frame. I like to trim the corners off, but make sure to leave enough fabric to wrap inside the frame.
Fold the fabric to the back and push it in with the cardboard.
Take a look at the front and wiggle things around a bit if you need to. Sometimes the fabric gets folded such that it makes a bump and you'll want to refold it so it's flatter.
Done and ready for display!
I'm definitely from the school of "done is better than perfect" when it comes to getting my embroidery on display, and maybe you could be too? 🐝
I was rummaging through old photos and found this testimony of how I started (and then got hooked on) #VisibleMending. Moths had eaten holes in my favourite jumper. I was furious and swore revenge with a needle. Since I couldn't embroider properly or be accurate, I "needle-painted" yarn moths. Today, everyone thinks the jumper is an expensive designer piece. 🤭
#WIPwednesday • I’m getting close to finishing the left side of the freehand burgundy roiling in the gut area. I did some journaling on how to have more #embroidery time & it paid off! #SciArt#VagusNerve
Discussion of this triggered the memory of my of my lace group friends, who knew of this "lace or needlework" pattern from ~1720. Dated because it's on the back of a deed in #Boston.
The great 2024 #decluttering has turned up this. It’s a washable colouring in map thingy. I’m very tempted to turn it into a small quilt. Maybe with flags around the outside as a border? Could maybe colour in the critters with embroidery? 🤔