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Ruth McMonagle: May 2008
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Mixed Media Artist changing the world one stitch at a time. Have fun! Impossibly turquoise lakes, brown astrakhan hills, yellow, yellow, trees. I have been away from my desk and computer for 4 weeks enjoying a road trip of the South Island of New Zealand. Snow, glorious snow! Only a North Islander would get excited, waking up to snow on the lawn, and then play in it before breakfast. How can I translate the texture to fabric, the crystals, the emotion of joy and laughter from playing in soft snow.
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Ruth McMonagle: July 2008
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Mixed Media Artist changing the world one stitch at a time. Have fun! 4 Seasons in 1 Day. Using 2m fabric left over from Carl's quilt, I created this small 50 cm work, reflecting my passion for nature. The smaller triangles were fiddly, compared to the larger quilt, and when it was being made, it kept saying wind and sun, so I reverse bobbin embroidered Tawhirimatea (the wind) and Te Ra (sun) with crochet cotton. After quilting, it was easier to remove than fabric pencil, so I will use it again.
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Ruth McMonagle: December 2008
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Mixed Media Artist changing the world one stitch at a time. Have fun! I have read about using double threads, not a double needle, and so going to give it a try. Jan gave me some flower fabric with an iris outline, so I am going to machine embroider these with 2 threads in a single needle – Jean 100/16. Other thread combinations used:. Burgundy and red on red flowers. Orange and red on red flowers. Lavender and dark blue on blue flowers. Yellow and white on yellow flowers. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Ruth McMonagle: November 2008
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Mixed Media Artist changing the world one stitch at a time. Have fun! After soaking the “fabric” in water, I didn’t rinse it as fully, as I wanted the residual glue to hold it together when it was cut into circles. I ironed double sided Vilene to the back, and kept the paper attached. I keep looking at the fabric, the Angelina catch the light. The small random triangles of plastic film peek through the other threads, also catching the light, so decided to call it “let there be light”. Decided to embroide...
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Ruth McMonagle: February 2008
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Mixed Media Artist changing the world one stitch at a time. Have fun! Triangles, Triangles, Triangles! Now, with the sewimg machine back I was able to start on the triangles I had cut last week. I am ptting them into hexagons, and I am facinated wtih the array of design possiblities that this shape offers. I have slapped 100 hexagons onto the design wall, and are having a play with them. The photos are of different combinations. Labels: 60 degree triangles. Labels: Pureroa Forest Park. Doesn't sewing 3 i...
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Ruth McMonagle: September 2008
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Mixed Media Artist changing the world one stitch at a time. Have fun! Using Photoshop, I enlarged a photograph of a dragonfly taken while camping in Pukeroa forest last year. I then cropped the picture just leaving the tail rudder. After enlarging this to A4 size, printed and transferred the design to freezer paper. I just left the edges unfinished, outside my comfort zone a little, I really wanted to buttonhole them down! Using a variegated crochet thread and Lana needles, top stitched the rudder shape ...
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Ruth McMonagle: October 2008
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Mixed Media Artist changing the world one stitch at a time. Have fun! Texture - Dragonfly resting on tree. This time I want a dragonfly resting on a tree trunk, so need to make the tree first. Layered light and dark brown wool onto washaway, popped in some green for moss. Cut off some snips of novelty years, organza an fabric scraps. Free motion stitching in a variety of brown and purple thread held it all together. Washed the stabilizer away and laid it flat to dry. Love the feel of it.
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Ruth McMonagle: Bed bug buddies
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Mixed Media Artist changing the world one stitch at a time. Have fun! Finished the praying mantis and the grass hoppers. The bees were the hardest, I couldn't make them yellow enough, but I think their tones suit the rest of the insects. Managed to fit in a few dragonflies. I focussed on green and brown fabrics for the contrast blocks. A very traditional quilt. Polar fleece is on the back. Labels: insect bug quilt hand painted. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I love fabric and I love to create.
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What Was I Thinking?: August 2008
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What Was I Thinking? Follow my nomadic traipse through the world of art quilting. An odyssey of printing, painting, bleaching, soldering, stitching and quilting. An weekly adventure to embellish, layer, tuck, cut, stamp,dye and quilt. (Please wait while the photos load, thank you). Picked up some shells and rocks during my four week road trip of the South Island. This week I am continuing to try and stretch my creative abilities and use these “found” objects in my work. Fish, where are the fish? Metallic...
