Meri of Agulhas da Meri developed her design for this embroidered table runner from a pattern shown in a magazine that was intended for painting. Meri says,
… Read More ...I’ve enlarged a lot the design and I’ve taken the branch movements, adding
Inspiration: Mimi Kirchner
I never tire of looking at Mimi Kirchner‘s gorgeous handmade dolls. If I had a granddaughter, I would snap up this bird lady for her. I can easily imagine a wee one being enthralled by the bird images, the … Read More ...
Inspiration: Melissa Sue Stanley
Eeeeeeeeee! The cuteness is almost unbearable! Melissa Sue Stanley. art=love=life. Go there.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Judy Coates Perez
If you’re art quilter Judy Coates Perez, you can add a bit of embroidery to some felted wool balls, and — tada! — Dia de Los Muertos skulls! See more at Judy’s Painted Threads blog post.… Read More ...
Inspiration: lucky jackson
lucky jackson almost killed me with her brain. This is so brilliant, my mouth is still hanging open. An appliqued typewriter with button keys. Of course! See lucky’s flickr photostream.
And many thanks to Sew Lovely Embroidery for pointing … Read More ...
Marionettes from Neta
Neta Amir of Doll Stories, known for her amazing sock dolls, is now creating marionettes! She needed a project to use up fabric scraps, and these kind-of-scary sweeties are what emerged. I wish my brain worked like that! Take … Read More ...
Inspiration: Historical embroidery
Racaire of Racaire’s Embroidery & Needlework has been featuring needlework captured in paintings held by museums in her native Austria. A recent post features a portrait of a 16th-century woman wearing a hat with amazing pearl embroidery and an almost-contemporary … Read More ...
Inspiration: Aimee Ray
These embroidered owl softies by Aimee Ray (Doodle Stitching, little dear tracks) are so sweet they give me tears. If you love them, too, you can see more photos at Aimee’s blog post. Or you can buy them through … Read More ...
Too pretty to be spooky
Betz White has topped herself with this year’s Halloween recycled stitchery project. This time, she mounted a vintage crocheted doily in a hoop and added a (fake) spider. Instant gorgeous spiderweb. Brilliant! See more photos at Betz’s blog post.… Read More ...
Inspiration: Antique ribbonwork
Susan Elliott is applying her awesome photography skills to capturing examples of antique ribbonwork from her collection. She’s posting a new set of images each Monday, so you’d be wise to add her Plays with Needles blog to your reader. … Read More ...
Inspiration: Asako Ishizaki
The Textile Arts Center blog gives us a glimpse of the utterly amazing textile art of Asako Ishizaki. See lots more photos at the blog post.… Read More ...
Brilliant: Ribbon-sample charms
Carmi of Carmi’s Art/Life World created fabric charms by stitching, beading, and embellishing sumptuous ribbon samples. Then she put them all together into a necklace so luxuriant it’s almost edible. Read about it on Carmi’s blog post.… Read More ...
Learn about contemporary goldwork
Penny Nickels continues her series on goldwork over on MrXStitch. Among the contemporary goldwork she features is this pomegranate design from Mary Corbet of Needle ‘n’ Thread. Penny notes that it looks as if it contains a bit … Read More ...
Inspiration: Mary Stanley
These embroidered-felt bird pins by Mary Stanley make me so happy. See more on Mary’s Art Spirit blog.… Read More ...
Stunning stumpwork
Eye-candy alert! Through her gorgeous photos (and charming but brief text), Susan Elliott of Plays with Needles gives us a taste of a recent workshop she attended led by stumpwork expert Jane Nicholas. Jane’s work is … well, I’m … Read More ...
