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Latest Entries
New Works for Open Studios, Nov 7th and 8th
Blog Chat with Rice Freeman-Zachery-Nov 1st 5pm est
Rescheduled Blog Chat for Rice Freeman-Zachery for
Nov. 1st.
at Fiber Art/Mixed Media website.
Please join us!!
Cuppa of Joe by Rice Freeman-Zachery
Greenville SC Open Studios
Fiber Collage Workshop at Little House Art Studios, SC.
Location: Little House Art Studios
Event Description:
Susan Sorrell's Fabric Collage workshop is developed from the tradition of quilting and adding the creativity of art.
Taking scraps of fabric, appliqué, threads, beads and embellishments to open up a whole new world of possibilities for self-expression. Fabric collage can lend itself to be abstract, naive, complex or childlike. Designs can come from popular culture, sayings, songs, or stories.
This workshop is for all levels, and no sewing machine is required. Fabrics can be used clothing or bought from a store. Needle and thread are used like drawing tools to add details and color to a piece of fabric. Beads and embellishments make the piece glimmer and three-dimensional. There is no right or wrong way to do it, be experimental and make it as complex or easy as you wish. Think of it as a miniature quilt that has had “glamour" make over!!! The funkier...the better! You don't need any sewing skills; this is about expressing yourself with cloth!!!
All Levels, designed for the beginner
Rice Freeman-Zachery
Come join me on Nov 1st at 5pm EST for my blog chat with Rice Freeman-Zachery
at Fiber Arts/Mixed Media website, www.fibermixedmedia.com.
We will be talking about Creativity and both of her books!
Rice is the author of Creative Time and Space.
(Which I am one of the 14th artists she interviewed for the book!)
Visit Rice's website- Voodoo and Zen to see her artwork. www.voodooandzen.com
Fiber Art/Mixed Media Blog Chats
Please join us for the Upcoming Blog chats on the Fiber Art/Mixed Media site. It is free to join and we have ongoing challenges too!
Sept. 27-22:00 GMT (5pm EST)
Bargello Revisited by Janet M. Perry
My online friend Janet Perry is doing a blog tour of her book Bargello Revisited and I am happy to have her stop on my blog to share her wisdom and creativity about needlepoint. I am trying to teach myself needlepoint and am not doing to well....guess I need a teacher!!! 
I bought a kit and I am trying to make myself sit down and do this!!!!
Please visit Janet's blog for more information about her book and needlepoint.
http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com/
Creating a Bargello
Sometimes inspiration strikes in the strangest ways, especially if
you are open to being inspired.
About a month ago I was at that wonderful store for knitters and
dyers, Dharma Trading Company, with a friend. She was buying a kit to
marbleize paper; I was looking around. I was struck by their small
selection of pearl cotton, and especially by this quintessential
preppy combination of lime green and hot pink.
The colors remind me of Izod polo shirts (that green alligator on
the pink shirt), Madras plaids and plenty of other preppy things.
When I got home, they sat on my desk, in plain sight, for awhile,
until one morning when the sun must have struck them just right and
they glowed. I immediately threw out all my other plans for the
colors and said "These would make a great Bargello!" Thereby alarming
the cats.
I could see it in my mind's eye, blocks of the three shades of
pink, setting off lime green lines by lines of white.
But pearl cotton isn't the best for Bargello, it tends to look
thin, so I needed to find another set of threads. I'm intrigued by
the color changes in hand-dyed threads, so I chose Lorikeet, a
hand-dyed wool from Gloriana. It's interesting that in the skein the
pinks look pretty close to the cooler, harsher colors of the pearl
cotton, but stitched, they are softer and, I think, prettier. More
girly, less preppy.
At this point I had my threads but I still needed a pattern.
Bargello patterns are limitless (it's part of why they are so fun). I
collect Bargello books. Since most of these were written in the 70's,
they have rather bright color combinations. So I turned to them for a
pattern.
I wanted a line pattern and one that looked modern. I think
patterns with angles rather than curves have a modern look that I
find appealing. This zig-zag pattern is from Margaret Boyles'
Bargello Notebook and I've charted it for you below.
I like the way it looks like "W" strung together, although that
wasn't why I picked it. I really love it in these softer colors. I
also like the subtle color changes from the hand-dyed threads.
You can do this too. Find a color scheme you like. Maybe a print
fabric you love, maybe the colors in a photo or a flower. Pull
threads from your stash as a reference. Either use them or find other
threads in those colors to create your color palette for the
Bargello. Find a Bargello pattern you like, or make one of your own.
I find it easiest if I plan the sequence of colors before I begin to
stitch. Then stitch away!
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Keep Stitching,
Janet M. Perry
napaneedlepoint@gmail.com
http://www.napaneedlepoint.com
http://www.nuts-about-needlepoint.com - blog
