Blocks #101 thru #105 of my daily stitching project.
I've made another mask in the shape of splat so I will have two to work with, I just haven't done it yet. So there will be another splat piece soon.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
My second pair of socks!
I finished my second pair of socks today. It's cool today so they even felt wonderful to try on,and they fit. Now what shall I attempt next?
Blocks #101 thru #105 of my daily stitching project.
I've made another mask in the shape of splat so I will have two to work with, I just haven't done it yet. So there will be another splat piece soon.
Blocks #101 thru #105 of my daily stitching project.
I've made another mask in the shape of splat so I will have two to work with, I just haven't done it yet. So there will be another splat piece soon.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Daily Stitching Project, 100 done!
Today I stitched block #100 and I was contemplating how fast time has been passing. I started this project on my birthday in March, which feels like a few weeks ago and here I am up to block 100 already! Here are #95 thru #100.
I had to play with them all today, so here they are all lined up on my design wall. You can click on the picture to make it larger.
My plan is to sew them in rows, nineteen across and nineteen down, with four leftover on the bottom. So these are my first five+ rows. I placing them in the order that I did them in, so upper left is 3/14/12 and last one on the bottom will be 3/13/13. I number them on the back as I finish them. I'm enjoying doing these, some days I'm done in a few minutes and other days it takes about an hour. Occasionally I'll look up a new stitch to try, but most of the time I use one of my old favorites. My favorites being a simple running straight stitch, french knots, buttonhole stitch and couching.
I had to play with them all today, so here they are all lined up on my design wall. You can click on the picture to make it larger.
My plan is to sew them in rows, nineteen across and nineteen down, with four leftover on the bottom. So these are my first five+ rows. I placing them in the order that I did them in, so upper left is 3/14/12 and last one on the bottom will be 3/13/13. I number them on the back as I finish them. I'm enjoying doing these, some days I'm done in a few minutes and other days it takes about an hour. Occasionally I'll look up a new stitch to try, but most of the time I use one of my old favorites. My favorites being a simple running straight stitch, french knots, buttonhole stitch and couching.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
More of splat
The splat piece that I showed in my last post has turned into a piece of fabric to cut up. I had an idea that with some refinement will work on it's own, but I did it over top of what I had already printed and it was not a success. I've included a picture so you can see for yourself.
I did use the screen that I left with dye on it on another piece of fabric and am much happier with it. I started with the blue dye and you can see some of the dried resist spots still left on the screen. I then switched to green dye, then yellow dye and finally red dye, the colors are a bit muddy because I didn't clean the screen between dyes. On the red prints you can see that there are no resist spots left, all the dried dye is gone from the screen. I'm going to continue to play with the splat images and see what else I can come up with.
There was still some thickened dyes leftover so I used them to dry brush onto another piece of fabric,this one I love.
The remainder of my leftover thickened dyes got spread onto a piece of cotton/silk fabric that already had some brush marks on it from fabric paint. It was a piece in my reject bin,now it has some spots that that have promise. I use a viewfinder and move it around the fabric to find the good parts. Those parts will go into some little compositions or fabric postcards.
This week is Fiddle Festival week here in Weiser, so I'm busy doing things that I only do once a year, which will probably get in the way of me accomplishing anything in the studio.
I did use the screen that I left with dye on it on another piece of fabric and am much happier with it. I started with the blue dye and you can see some of the dried resist spots still left on the screen. I then switched to green dye, then yellow dye and finally red dye, the colors are a bit muddy because I didn't clean the screen between dyes. On the red prints you can see that there are no resist spots left, all the dried dye is gone from the screen. I'm going to continue to play with the splat images and see what else I can come up with.
There was still some thickened dyes leftover so I used them to dry brush onto another piece of fabric,this one I love.
The remainder of my leftover thickened dyes got spread onto a piece of cotton/silk fabric that already had some brush marks on it from fabric paint. It was a piece in my reject bin,now it has some spots that that have promise. I use a viewfinder and move it around the fabric to find the good parts. Those parts will go into some little compositions or fabric postcards.
This week is Fiddle Festival week here in Weiser, so I'm busy doing things that I only do once a year, which will probably get in the way of me accomplishing anything in the studio.
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