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Stitching With Attitude: QUIRKY COLOUR NAMES
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Tuesday, 23 June 2015. In my previous post, I mentioned about colour names and the vast number of colours available to us. Fifty Shades of Grey is just a drop in the old bucket! Perhaps because I work with colour so closely on a daily basis, the massive number of colours and colour names does not phase me that much. Matching them up is another story! Just how do these companies come up with these names and we have often wondered just WHO is responsible for the task? Http:/ www.slate.com/blogs/the...So it...
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Stitching With Attitude: Boro - the Original Recycled Textile
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Sunday, 5 October 2014. Boro - the Original Recycled Textile. In today's world, the words reuse, recycle and repurpose have become increasingly common and in recent times, there has been more emphasis placed on the recycling of textiles. But in Japan, in the 19th and early 20th century, the reuse of textiles was more of a humble nature, emanating out of necessity and a societal effort to avoid waste rather than dealing with environmental issues and energy saving. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Altho...
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Stitching With Attitude: FIFTY SHADES - A Fantasy in Fabric
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Thursday, 5 February 2015. FIFTY SHADES - A Fantasy in Fabric. In mid November 2014, I was invited by Virginia Spiegel to be one of the chosen artists to participate in the "100 Fiberart for a Cause" 2015 fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. It is always a pleasure to work with Virginia and due to the high calibre of fiber artists selected it is also a fun challenge for me to create something special for the campaign. I was seeking the more " vanilla" variety! Eventually in a completely unexpected...
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Stitching With Attitude: March 2013
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Sunday, 24 March 2013. Places to escape, wander and think. And then asked if some of us would share areas near home where we steal away for some quiet moments. It is about 26 miles from home - not that far and easily accessible by car. IT is the delightful little village of Port Stanley on the shores of Lake Erie, the fourth largest lake in surface area of the five Great Lakes system and the shallowest of the Great Lakes. Intricate patterns are formed in the sand. And the desolate life guard's tower stee...
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Stitching With Attitude: December 2014
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Monday, 1 December 2014. 100 Amazing Artists are going to do what? WOWSER - Virginia Spiegel is at it again! One hundred artists are donating 100 works of art to raise $10,000 in ONE day to reach our goal of donating a quarter of a million dollars to the ACS over the past few years. You will find out all the details here as Virginia reveals just who is participating and how this FFAC event will be run:. Http:/ www.virginiaspiegel.com/FFACThe100Fundraiser.html. For my part, I am looking out my window as I...
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Stitching With Attitude: FROM GEISHA TO DIVA ......PART 1
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Monday, 8 September 2014. FROM GEISHA TO DIVA .PART 1. My ongoing research into restoring/repurposing an old family kimono has taken me down many paths and resulted in several distractions! Close to five years alone have been invested in a fabric search! The distractions, however, have been fascinating and taken me on a journey into new worlds of discovery and learning. I have finally reached the point where some preliminary. The magnificent hand crafted kimonos on display revealed her unique style and t...
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Stitching With Attitude: July 2013
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Sunday, 14 July 2013. Reminiscing - The Joys of The Art Bra Movement. Victoria Adams Brown's Flickr site has some of those terrific art bras plus some of the crazy quilts we put together. Http:/ www.flickr.com/photos/wtwwartbra/with/3894810155/. Barbara Blankenship's Flickr site of some of the quilt blocks:. Http:/ www.flickr.com/photos/artbraproject/sets/72157594540436316/. More beautiful blocks from the yearly quilt challenges we gave ourselves. Art Bra Calendar Signing Pennsylvania 2009. To channel on...
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Stitching With Attitude: October 2014
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Sunday, 5 October 2014. Boro - the Original Recycled Textile. In today's world, the words reuse, recycle and repurpose have become increasingly common and in recent times, there has been more emphasis placed on the recycling of textiles. But in Japan, in the 19th and early 20th century, the reuse of textiles was more of a humble nature, emanating out of necessity and a societal effort to avoid waste rather than dealing with environmental issues and energy saving. Links to this post. Although textiles and...
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Stitching With Attitude: September 2014
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Wednesday, 17 September 2014. While I am still on a bit of a Japanese textile kick, I was fortunate enough to be able to photograph some wonderful examples of sashiko stitching while at the Textile Museum in Toronto. I will give you a bit of an introductory primer on sashiko for those of you who are unfamiliar with the technique. One could stand for hours inspecting the designs and details in this quilt. There is just so much going on in there! Links to this post. Monday, 15 September 2014. Note, in part...
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Stitching With Attitude: FROM GEISHA TO DIVA.......PART 2
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Monday, 15 September 2014. FROM GEISHA TO DIVA.PART 2. Note, in particular, the third statement above. " it is taken apart to be. Laundered". Something most people have not given thought to but yes,. The kimono is totally dismantled, laundered and then stitched back together. Silk with gold thread, embroidered and painted). Paper, lacquered and painted). Formal Kimono known as a Tomesode. Silk crepe fabric with hand painted cranes. The crane is associated with long life and used often as a motif in Japan...