Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Velvet, why yes!

As the leaves begin to turn colors here in Northeast Ohio, I find myself wanting to add color to my work.



Here's a peak a what I'm working on now. 
I plan to fill the back of this shirt with stitches and perhaps the front. 

I found this cotton shirt at the thrift store a few months ago. And I found a few bits of silk velvet from a project long abandoned and thought velvet, how delicious!


8 comments:

  1. Yes, delicious. And smart and fashionably grey. You'll look brilliant in it. What kind of thread are you using for the stitching?

    Susan J.

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  2. Susan, the darker thread is single strand of DMC brand embroidery floss, while the off white color is single strand of #5 70% Silk, 30% Cotton Fine Yarn from Beautifulsilks.com in AU.

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  3. for some reason my 'puter is showing the text in Turkish
    but the images speak for themselves
    there must be a bit of serendipity happening in the whirled [as regards velvet]
    the pieces made in class in Brisbane a week or so ago all sported a tiny square of rust-red velvet [it was a small class sample, cut up and shared out]
    i like it

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  4. India...hmmmm Turkish? Glad the images weren't jumbled. Thank you for sharing the Brisbane story. I feel as though I'm on pulse with the whirld of stitching and velvet use.

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  5. Fabulous stitching. I love this one and also the black one you did earlier. What a great idea.
    Also, Anna Torma is one of my favourite artists. and thanks for introducing me to Yuko Takada Keller - I had not seen her work before. This is a great blog. Thanks.

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  6. this is a beautiful blog. love that stitching too. Brisbane CA or Brisbane QLD? i must read more.

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  7. What a beautiful piece of work ... just right.

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