tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-132389722024-03-12T20:00:47.171-04:00MINDBLOGGLINGSOccasional expressions from a dabbler in the fiber, needle, textile, and mixed media arts.Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.comBlogger226125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-83996951638231026242012-07-21T02:37:00.000-04:002012-07-21T02:37:42.961-04:00TAST 2012: UP/DOWN BUTTONHOLE & BASQUE STITCHES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My TAST sampler has travelled coast to coast! I am presently in CA visiting my dad, and I have so enjoyed stitching in his lush garden. It has been sunny and warm (not like those 100 degree plus we encountered on our trip.<br />
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My up and down buttonhole stitches are pretty basic and don't need further description. Note the circular motif in the upper right is part of the bonnet stitching from the previous week. The squiggly line of Basque is made from two Caron threads, single strands of Watercolours and Wildflowers in ambrosia. Juxtaposed I think they make an interesting variation in texture.<br />
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Here is detail of the next two lines of stitching. The first motif is simply two rows of slanted Basque stitch, one looping down, the other up. Both threads are #5 cotton perle. The top is solid, the bottom variegated.<br />
I think it may be hard to see, but there are three threads in the second motif. I wanted to figure out a way of alternating up and down stitches in one pass without threads travelling all over the place. My first idea was to create columns of straight stitches through which the basque stitch thread could move from top to bottom . Awkward. I still liked the idea of the columns and thought I could lace threads which would fill in the gaps. So here's what I did. Using a #5 pearl (light blue) I stitched the columns. Then, in a luscious, hand dyed, tone-on-tone blue, silk/wool thread from New Zealand, I worked the basque stitches continuously from left to right and quickly found I didn't have to turn the fabric. The individual stitches looked a little odd, like T's with a jaunty top. I finished (and hopefully made a cohesive combo) by lacing with a #3 pearl in lavendar.<br />
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The Palestrina stitching is to the right, the long, curving lines, and in the lower left going around the circle of cable chains. I realize the colors are not yet interplaying, but they will as I work future stitching and embellishing. What I did attempt to do was add finer threads so the buttonhole wheels didn't get lost among the bolder stitches. I got as far as adding a few cable chain fillers in pink floss and raspberry silk. I'm not sure you can see from this picture but I whipped the light blue line of Palestrina with the lighter teal in an attempt to better integrate the colors. What you're seeing here represents one corner of the background fabric, so there's plenty of room for, um, improved balance.Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-52016754133014112952012-06-25T14:57:00.000-04:002012-06-25T14:57:06.958-04:00TAST 2012 - BUTTONHOLE WHEELS & CABLED CHAINSMeanwhile I stayed current with the last 2 TAST stitches. I worked these on a piece of cloth from previous experimentation. If it looks familiar it's because I used a piece for the last TAST challenge.<br />
It's a remnant from an old cotton, damask striped bedsheet. I rusted it, let it mold and then painted with the same dyes you see in my Aida samplers. The bronze markings are Shiva painsticks over rubbing plates. It's a nice change to get away from the evenweave fabric. This I can hoop if I need to and have the liberty to spiral and curve to my heart's content.<br />
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Here it is and taking up about 2/3's of the third Aida piece.<br />
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<a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2012/3/20/take-a-stitch-tuesday-week-12.html" target="_blank">Barred and alterrnating barred chains</a> are worked with a regular chain stitch between twisted chains.<br />
I found myself wanted to skip the plain chain stitch but realized I'd just be working twisted chain. It was slightly awkward for me to make the transition between the two stitches, but after awhile I was able to establish a rhythym, although the twists required a bit of manipulation to match the regular chain loops. <br />
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I know these stitches are open to lots of possibilities like length & placement of the bars. The bars themselves are perfect for couching and lacing. If you look at my double row with buttons, you'll see I took good advantage of the regular chain stitch and wove the yarn through it as well as the bar. That's a #5 perle foundation.<br />
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To the right of the "Barred Chains" I worked two parallel lines of barred chain. It's delicate and hard to see because I used only one strand of floss. I like the potential here to create further design between the lines.<br />
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As to the vertical chains -- well, I was experimenting with irregular placed chains, a zig-zaggy effect. Once again I felt limited by the Aida cloth. I know I might have had more fun with spirals and circles and freeform on plain fabric.<br />
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With these stitches I completed my second piece of sampler fabric, which includes Weeks 7-12 of the <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2012/3/20/take-a-stitch-tuesday-week-12.html" target="_blank">Take a Stitch Tuesday</a> challenge. You can see it below. <br />
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When in doubt, read the directions! I know, I know, you're seeing some woven wheels there. They are the ones I worked first, but sensed the spokes weren't ribbing. I decided to leave them in the sampler as as a comparative reference and humbling reminder not to be so cocky. I worked both 5 and 6 spoke wheels (they impress me more as stars), but they are awkward looking. I think even tension with the wraps is essential. I think I might have had better luck if I weren't using the aida cloth and if I were working a hooped fabric. I personally prefer whipped wheels when they are densely worked with other stitches and embellishments as in Sharon's <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2012/3/13/take-a-stitch-tuesday-week-11.html" target="_blank">second example</a>. You can also see and learn if you check out Sharon B's <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2012/3/21/sumptuous-surfaces-embroidery-starts-may-10th.html" target="_blank">Sumptuous Surfaces Class</a>.<br />
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I was blown away when I viewed Sharon's <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2012/3/19/tast-week-11-highlights.html" target="_blank">spotlight</a> on whipped wheels. Well worth your time to take a peek at these incredible examples. Wow!Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-79581729006649013182012-03-10T22:27:00.000-05:002012-03-10T22:27:12.030-05:00TAST 2012 - RUNNING STITCH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For this week's <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2012/3/6/take-a-stitch-tuesday-week-10.html" target="_blank">Take a Stitch Tuesday</a> challenge, I'm showing variations of running stitch.</div>
At the top you'll find three different pinkish yarns interlaced through 3 rows of staggered running stitch worked in pink silk floss. Two of the yarns are about the same color, but the textures are quite different. Next I used #5 perle cotton to make running stitch fillers in 3 orientations and varying stitch lengths.<br />
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A row of fishies was my way of demonstrating patterned running stitch. I added some straight stitches in Kreinik metallic thread to emphasize where the tail meets the body and also the fins. French knots represent eyes. I used a #10 variegated cotton. Were I to do it again, I'd space the fish a little further apart.<br />
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The blue rows use 3 strands of DMC floss in a middle blue and #5 perle cotton in light blue. Note that I randomly alternated which thread I used for the running stitches. <strong>Row 1</strong> is simple laced running stitch, up/down - up/down. <strong>Row 2</strong> is simple whipped running stitch; the lacing enters the base stitch from the same direction each time. <strong>Row 3</strong> is the same , but whipped over 2 lines of running stitch. <strong>Row 4</strong> also uses 2 lines of parallel running stitch, and then laced twice in opposite directions. <strong>Row 5</strong> is a looped version. The running stitches are again parallel but spaced further apart. There is a good tutorial for these variations as well as a <a href="http://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/reference/picture-dictionary/" target="_blank">visual stitch dictionary</a> at Sarah's Embroidery; click on the picture for the tutorial. You will have to scroll down to the running stitch family. <strong>Row 6</strong> is my knotted loop variation over 2 rows of stepped running stitch.<br />
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The final motif is worked in a single strand of Caron Watercolours. I kind of followed a huck or Swedish weaving pattern by Deborah K Lauro as seen <a href="http://www.needlepointers.com/displaypage.aspx?ArticleID=31744&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.needlepointers.com%2fShowArticles.aspx%3fNavID%3d315" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-36682681755066535512012-03-01T11:56:00.001-05:002012-03-01T11:56:25.065-05:00TAST 2012 - COUCHINGI have been nursing the nastiest cold the entire month of February. I managed to post my weekly challenges on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/playswithfibers/" target="_blank">Flickr</a>, but lacked the energy to blog. I'll show the latest, and if you missed them you can catch the rest <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/playswithfibers/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Yarns & strips of muslin colored with the same dyes as the background fabric are couched down with straight, herringbone & cretan stitches. I attempted applications of Romanian, Bokhara & Burden couching. Mostly I just couched with freeform abandon and contemplated Creole Lady Marmelade enticing passersby to embroider.</div>
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A couple of notes. The teal yarn was a tweed and the flecks wouldn't pass through the holes of the Aida cloth, so they look limp rather than taut and straight, which would have looked better with the Burden style patterning. You'll have to look very close at the couched, orchid yarn. It is actually structured. Using a 1-2-4-8-4-2-1 stitch sequence, I used 2 strands of silk floss, also orchid -- a contrast color would have been preferable -- and worked Romanian on the left and Bokhara on the left. The metallic stitch fillers, I realize, only confuse and detract from my purpose.</div>
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I started with three rows of herringbone worked in a variegated perle. In the middle and at the end of the rows are examples of herringbone overlayed on herringbone, which helps to tack down the longer base threads and add a different design element.<br />
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The next was a couching experiment gone, um, not as planned. The yarn was an interesting bit, very kinky, which I thought would be a cool way to use irregular herringbone. As you can see the yarn got straightened while stitching over it. I triple wrapped the x's of the herringbone in a contrasting color since the yarn texture and color really got lost. Note to self after examining the stitches in close up:<br />
use the same hole coming up and going back.<br />
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The flower petals are herringbone stitches in alternating color with cretan stitches oriented toward the center. At that point I could see it as a feather headdress and was tempted... Instead I filled the center with French knots and added a single herringbone to form that thingy where the stem begins.<br />
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I have space enough on the fabric for one more week. I can hardly wait to get the next stitch so we can see how the whole thing looks!<br />
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See the exciting work of other participants in the Take a Stitch Tuesday Flickr Group<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/56846286@N00/pool/with/6766637445/" id="yui_3_4_0_3_1328212971006_1092">www.flickr.com/groups/56846286@N00/pool/with/6766637445/</a><br />We are in Week 5 of the challenge, not too late to join in!<br /><a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/category/take-a-stitch-tuesday" id="yui_3_4_0_3_1328212971006_1112" rel="nofollow">www.pintangle.com/journal/category/take-a-stitch-tuesday</a><br />Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-3242619660622877422012-01-26T13:46:00.000-05:002012-01-26T13:49:01.547-05:00TAST 2012 - CRETAN STITCH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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See the exciting work of other participants in the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/56846286@N00/pool/with/6766637445" target="_blank">Take a Stitch Tuesday Flickr Group</a><br /> We are in <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/category/take-a-stitch-tuesday" target="_blank">Week 4</a> of the challenge, not too late to join in!<br />Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-20302822707245610192012-01-24T12:33:00.000-05:002012-01-24T12:35:00.886-05:00WIP sweater<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is an interesting sweater I'm working on. The design is Jill Vosburg's <a href="http://www.justonemorerow.com/kp29.html" target="_blank">"Sea Glass"</a> which you can see on her <a href="http://www.justonemorerow.com/" target="_blank">Just One More Row</a> website. I ordered it <a href="http://www.justonemorerow.com/kp29.html" target="_blank">kitted</a> in the "tidepool" colorway, and I'm finding the silk nice to work with. This is the second or third project I've knitted from Jill's patterns, which are easy to follow and size customize. If you follow the link you'll see details of the Sea Glass sweater, which is a vertical rib. The sweater is knit sideways and the pink edging you see is the provisional cast-on for adding a gusset to give a swing shape.Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-68077960173747854802012-01-23T20:51:00.001-05:002012-01-24T12:37:57.934-05:00TAST 2012: Feather Stitch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I truly love feather stitch. It meanders, spirals and can be linear. And it's so graceful! My favorite work with this stitch is the sampler I did for the original TAST.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You'll notice some small skeins of yarn I threw in. These are samples I get monthly from <a href="http://www.elann.com/">www.elann.com</a>. I've been <a href="http://www.elann.com/Commerce.web/product.aspx?catID=38&id=126098&tid=12" target="_blank">subscribing</a> for several years now and use the yarn for lots of different things including CQ and Scrumbling.</div>
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Waiting for internet mobility I started the sampler with the lettering. The words <em>stitch</em> and <em>2012 </em>worked with a scrap of yarn I'd brought along for another project. I untwisted it into single plies. </div>
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For fun I'll be adding some pastel buttons to the big buttonhole.<br />
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The upper element is one of my favorite uses of fly stitch. I make exaggerated flies, joining where I can, making odd shaped patches that are fun to fill with tiny stitches or beads; I worked such before using feather stitch. </div>
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Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-48146503121395221732012-01-13T23:54:00.000-05:002012-01-13T23:54:59.760-05:00GETTING SETTLEDOur bed is situated between a wall of glass looking out to the beach and a wall of mirrors, so either way we awaken to a radiant sunrise:<br />
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On the days it's been warm I've enjoyed mornings on the balcony with a table where I can journal, read or knit.</div>
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That's my DH taking some sun while I play with my art stuff. I came prepared with various art journals, mixed media materials for the first session, <em><a href="http://kollaj.typepad.com/kollaj/2011/12/day-6-24-holiday-inspirations-2011-free-doodles-unleashed-online-workshop.html" target="_blank">Doodles Unleashed</a></em> of the <a href="http://www.strathmoreartist.com/workshop-reg.html" target="_blank">Strathmore Workshop</a> with <a href="http://kollaj.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Traci Bautista</a> and stitching supplies in anticipation of Take a Stitch Tuesdays 2012. I was a week late before I got internet connection, and then realized I had invitations for an online class with <a href="http://purplemissus.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Lynda Monk</a> re her fantastic new book <a href="http://www2.blogger.com/goog_191565059"><em>Fabulous</em> </a><em><a href="http://www.d4daisy.com/lmfs.htm" target="_blank">Surfaces</a> </em>and another mixed media event, a <a href="http://www.createmixedmedia.com/uncategorized/free-webinar-my-journey-with-maps-hosted-by-jill-berry?utm_source=ExactTargetMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01-05-12+Create+Mixed+Media" target="_blank">Webinar: My Journey with Maps Hosted by Jill K. Berry</a>. When I realized we'd be spending three months away, I had to cancel a class with <a href="http://michaeldemeng.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Michael deMeng</a> called <em><a href="http://michaeldemeng.typepad.com/crusted_crumpled_and_crac/" target="_blank">Crusty, Crumpled and Cracked</a></em>. I'd missed it once before and was really looking forward to this opportunity. Well you can't just take the whole studio and kitchen sink along! I don't have Lynda's book with me, so I'm hoping her lessons will be available for when I get back. I can't wait to try more of her techniques. I have caught up with TAST and will show results in my next post.</div>
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</div>Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-54786157794172583212012-01-13T17:31:00.000-05:002012-01-13T17:31:00.605-05:00WHERE TO BEGIN...I'll give the quickest account I can. Great visit with daughter in NJ, wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with much to be thankful for since the day before we received news that an arrest had been made in our granddaughter's murder. Lots of sightseeing and culinary goodies. Our daughter is a culinary diva and works out of an adorable kitchen she's decorated with fiesta colors and chili peppers. As soon as I got home I bought fabric with which to make her some fun aprons and other kitchen accessories.<br />
Then we went on to Myrtle Beach. <br />
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This was our view from the guest BR in my brother-in-law's condo. We enjoyed balmy weather, uncrowded venues and learned rentals for the winter are about a third to half what we used to pay in Florida. The long and short of it is, we rented a condo from a friend of ours, and we are currently snowbirding in Myrtle Beach. Our living room and bedroom look out to the beach, and from the balconies we can view the nature preserve adjacent to the property and North and South Myrtle Beach skylines from the respective directions. Here I am celebrating our first day.</div>
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I'm wearing a hat and scarf I made last month.<br />
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While I'm showing and telling, here's a sweater I knit this summer and finished up to bring to Myrtle Beach. Well, maybe March.<br />
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<br />Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-85857210618771442732011-11-22T04:02:00.000-05:002011-11-22T04:02:05.219-05:00ALL IN GOOD TASTBefore I leave today for a two week visit with family in South Jersey and Myrtle Beach, SC, I want you to immediately click this link to <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2011/11/21/take-a-stitch-tuesday-back-by-popular-demand.html" target="_blank">Sharon B's TAST 2012</a>! All the details are there -- in case you haven't already signed up. <br />
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I haven't posted in awhile, so we'll have a ketchup fest when I get back. Promise!!!Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-42409292692357225762011-05-20T17:29:00.000-04:002011-05-20T17:29:30.428-04:00LAYERS UPON LAYERS<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zpBW-GN-n38YzfM0gB5DiPYC2vMoJ1maRo9WQt4jRkqXOC_LBu5BtFvZr98Ft2kTqqcvnk06T0-RNfQo3x0kiHlnmyCCDuT2W4UjB0U-efv0vYWnBnP9QzmfpVgmE6vy0Z64Gw/s1600/IMG_1473.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zpBW-GN-n38YzfM0gB5DiPYC2vMoJ1maRo9WQt4jRkqXOC_LBu5BtFvZr98Ft2kTqqcvnk06T0-RNfQo3x0kiHlnmyCCDuT2W4UjB0U-efv0vYWnBnP9QzmfpVgmE6vy0Z64Gw/s400/IMG_1473.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">FROM THIS</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">TO THIS</div><br />
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small circles stencilled with pigment ink pads through plastic litterbox liner -- the liner itself then applied as stamp; used postage stamps commemorating scouting and a repro Depression era poster enlisting women to aid in famine relief, dauber splats.<br />
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Background colors and designs were still too bold. I applied bits of aqua colored tissue paper, followed by a thinned down coat of gesso, then dabbed up from the center and onto other parts of the pages. Wrote in central area with sepia pigment pen, then added random shreds from tea dyed cheesecloth for texture and for partial concealment of writing. A final spritz with terra cotta stain before adding torn strips of tea dyed muslin lettered with my theme: values passed down from the grandparents I never knew.<br />
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The Sketchbook was the same in color, which is sunnier than above shows, btw.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5x8QeeuSHRstheCXvOELSQBI8MxdqprHnSsRXdQG1dhbiiD2hyo8BMXbVZYRc86Udn3ZF1AZxHb4ZYxhS5RJgdpWO-oGcpbiS_d1vOuzjLKlb2diTIm9P82u2JPUsZd9_PHQ7sw/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="326px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5x8QeeuSHRstheCXvOELSQBI8MxdqprHnSsRXdQG1dhbiiD2hyo8BMXbVZYRc86Udn3ZF1AZxHb4ZYxhS5RJgdpWO-oGcpbiS_d1vOuzjLKlb2diTIm9P82u2JPUsZd9_PHQ7sw/s400/3.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Top-VSJ: overwashed with Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress dye ink, dried marigold.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Bottom- is the sketchbook; it took on more color than the watercolor paper.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVn3q0hIuhlcifTIZq83ndXFwKxvO-gopCGGGaoXwfd43mKyM9cNCUlm8n0DEQtquHZ06P6Z8W0-DHxui4c3F9DJTvv977hNa_DigQNhwyXdHLlaI99NRzr1JOzU4P41w1qQv9gQ/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVn3q0hIuhlcifTIZq83ndXFwKxvO-gopCGGGaoXwfd43mKyM9cNCUlm8n0DEQtquHZ06P6Z8W0-DHxui4c3F9DJTvv977hNa_DigQNhwyXdHLlaI99NRzr1JOzU4P41w1qQv9gQ/s400/2.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">SKbk: overwashed with Dylon Coldwater dye, camelia. I've had it around a couple of years; I use it for staining papers and fabric now. It absorbed faster than I could blot,so I got a brighter stain than I wanted. I used it more sparingly in the SVJ, which you can see below on the right side.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBxWWlksM8m0HRyePMCSTdxFzaIgoh_3W_bGsNVkDmPbLAl-GiMngudDdzil37_IIGtQcyis_lekQIkSFu2w2k0IrYjx3Cz24Bd3g1qKC0ShAzaEFbZbjUUoxuPJCnIHUeKKk_g/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBxWWlksM8m0HRyePMCSTdxFzaIgoh_3W_bGsNVkDmPbLAl-GiMngudDdzil37_IIGtQcyis_lekQIkSFu2w2k0IrYjx3Cz24Bd3g1qKC0ShAzaEFbZbjUUoxuPJCnIHUeKKk_g/s400/4.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">The left pages have been washed with diluted walnut ink and quickly blotted up. It left a yechy, drab stain which is why I did not use the walnut ink on the right. I did give a slight spritz to all pages with some diluted walnut ink in terra cotta. And somewhere early on a gave a spritz of red Smooch, just a touch -- probably doesn't show up.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzcqszoosWY_AynAHqqU4PDgc8Hi6HukkAjjkL9XDVvjMG_6sVaxH8bRatfdy7ysvHa5zi0sKPNuXF67d9vw9S4BaWyPNP35cIik81krERDUNXCZyiNi44vi-_QeOWtQMe4oovQ/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqzcqszoosWY_AynAHqqU4PDgc8Hi6HukkAjjkL9XDVvjMG_6sVaxH8bRatfdy7ysvHa5zi0sKPNuXF67d9vw9S4BaWyPNP35cIik81krERDUNXCZyiNi44vi-_QeOWtQMe4oovQ/s320/5.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the step before the walnut ink treatments. I made marks with a scrap of cardboard, inking the corrugated side with a Brilliance pigment ink pad in pearlescent coral. It was then that I spritzed with red Smooch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NbcoQ1U8NO4IPj5yav_WelVfTxB5JK8O-SBU_5uqMgq_bODns5EHkOCnC6FbqJkU_VZ5sbdohB6FEdnZh-V9miWLQpiuNBMj9MEoYKg2GImzXtSXO7gWphnthGdt40Xx1fsIyA/s1600/6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0NbcoQ1U8NO4IPj5yav_WelVfTxB5JK8O-SBU_5uqMgq_bODns5EHkOCnC6FbqJkU_VZ5sbdohB6FEdnZh-V9miWLQpiuNBMj9MEoYKg2GImzXtSXO7gWphnthGdt40Xx1fsIyA/s320/6.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Top- Skbk; bottom - SVJ</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-po3-bwR00JIUVHPMMz8XyuLlKR7Bc8bnS7O4gHBU_3pF5a7YU6CI8tuabbiThyphenhyphenDC014gyYWumwkFxYHdZ48kj6CCXMwrzeTYZ2b1yMabTdA_5UCqSj3-MWKgPZAzrRTGl1b-Q/s1600/7.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-po3-bwR00JIUVHPMMz8XyuLlKR7Bc8bnS7O4gHBU_3pF5a7YU6CI8tuabbiThyphenhyphenDC014gyYWumwkFxYHdZ48kj6CCXMwrzeTYZ2b1yMabTdA_5UCqSj3-MWKgPZAzrRTGl1b-Q/s320/7.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is how my VSJ watercolor pages look so far. I stencilled dots using the center cut from a catbox liner, the kind with holes in the center that you layer over a solid liner. You clean the box by lifting the holey liner which strains the litter back in the box. I found it easier to simply scoop, so I stopped using the layered liner system. The violet is a ColorBox catseye in sunflower -- no, wait! I must have switched lids. The orchid dots are Brilliance pearlescent orchid. You'll note a little flower motif here and there? I used the plastic mold from a gel air freshener.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj9UI73qFBXM67eJ2uuc2TGpBhfVljLurWDaB5nUBJ6C9qRcxrT-p9XOBY4IrRlKJYNylw89uAB7mL8wSzi6367gUSUFFfaj6CezUdnOYp3EWewqchD6Ypc82hHhvY8NZKnIUNg/s1600/8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj9UI73qFBXM67eJ2uuc2TGpBhfVljLurWDaB5nUBJ6C9qRcxrT-p9XOBY4IrRlKJYNylw89uAB7mL8wSzi6367gUSUFFfaj6CezUdnOYp3EWewqchD6Ypc82hHhvY8NZKnIUNg/s320/8.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">And here I am with the sketchbook pages at present. More to come.</div>Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-35975357999086738452011-05-06T15:41:00.000-04:002011-05-06T15:41:32.270-04:00PLAYTIME ON PAPER<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Quite a lapse since my last entry! I have not been away. I have not been ill. I have been playing with mixed media and journalling. I have been studying, reading books and blogs and watching video tutorials. And I have been learning more about myself.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The second in the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1868638759"><strong>Strathmore</strong> </a><strong><a href="http://www.strathmoreartiststudio.com/">Visual Journal Online Workshop</a> (see badge left margin) </strong>series came and went, and although the instruction was fine, it was basic with techniques I had learned elsewhere. The teaching did, however, meld nicely with <strong>Sarah Whitmire's</strong> <strong><a href="http://www.souljournaling.com/about.php">Soul Journalling Prompts</a> (see badge left margin)</strong>, which I highly recommend - so much so I joined the <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SoulJournaling">Yahoo Group</a>. Here are a couple of <em>wip</em> pages.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aFtxH69nw9WcO-G9cpo5lkWCuzpaEoOfEBNLsN91soK18vRbWWqqmbJBjVjWgzWtLHKPU12sJxu2sKjdKZVyFa42VBtvZn5lNHZIKZ7PYcTdtmZyR32_zJjBq0oxxMD4zhTc0g/s1600/birds.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aFtxH69nw9WcO-G9cpo5lkWCuzpaEoOfEBNLsN91soK18vRbWWqqmbJBjVjWgzWtLHKPU12sJxu2sKjdKZVyFa42VBtvZn5lNHZIKZ7PYcTdtmZyR32_zJjBq0oxxMD4zhTc0g/s400/birds.JPG" width="320px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Here I carved a piece of foam and used it as a stamp to create basic lines of a folk art bird. It actually looked pretty cool with just the white lines against the aqua background, but the idea here was for me to experiment with different products for coloring. For the bottom bird I used markers, Sharpies and Gel pens. The small dotted circles of the body were from the the stamp. I used the end of a pen with a hollow center to push into the foam board. I colored the middle bird with pencil and drew the little bird at the top with crayon. As for the layering process I first applied torn bits of aqua tissue, then stamped, then colored the birds, then appled strips of </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">ephemera paper pre-dyed with leftover cold water dye from another project, and snippets of a cotton print (right & wrong sides). I dabbed watercolor washes, followed by additional washes with Twinkling H2O's and then pen tip dots with metallic & acryllic paints.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple of notes about the watercolors I used. I heard Twinkling H2O's are discontinued, so I bought as many different ones as I could <a href="http://www.dreamingcolor.com/hex/index.php">here</a>. I found this great <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC98Q0gJjKM">tutorial</a> by <a href="http://marah_johnson.typepad.com/random/">Marah Johnson</a> when I was looking for directions for the Twinklings in my stash so old I forgot why I bought them and how to use them. They still work, btw!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">The <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/koh-i-noor-watercolor-wheel/">Koh-i-noor watercolors</a> I used on both journal pages I bought as a travel set. I knew nothing about them, but for the incredibly low price ($5.15) I couldn't go wrong. Guess what -- money well spent! I'm liking them a lot, especially for the portability. I keep them in my computer desk and can use them on the spot with my Nija waterbrushes which I really, really love! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFRW7YLHPLukWJuo4EKHw7BxQbzpJeP8t8fgHca1V3t-eWly12wGLyqwBc5edEA6cCvTeKg7TyotHUHY2VeROXpcWys7Lb46gNnq3jKI78hucne5RUdBV-fgpnRCdNEWleROa4Q/s1600/bully.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290px" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFRW7YLHPLukWJuo4EKHw7BxQbzpJeP8t8fgHca1V3t-eWly12wGLyqwBc5edEA6cCvTeKg7TyotHUHY2VeROXpcWys7Lb46gNnq3jKI78hucne5RUdBV-fgpnRCdNEWleROa4Q/s400/bully.JPG" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the result of a doodled line. I stared at it until I could see a picture, inked the lines and watercolored. Please keep in mind both pages are unfinished.</div>Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-86129964246412394242011-01-28T11:52:00.001-05:002011-01-28T12:16:17.013-05:00WHERE THE WILD THINGS PLAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">There are almost 1500 participants in Workshop I of the <a href="http://www.strathmoreartiststudio.com/">Strathmore Online Series</a>. <a href="http://pamcarriker.com/">Pam Carriker</a> has been the instructor for this first class in visual journalling. I mentioned earlier that our objective for this 4-part workshop was to build a new journal page collaged from our own old art and other recycled materials. There's been quite a buzz about Pam's new book, <em>Art at the Speed of Life; </em>you can catch a preview and mini-tutorial by the author <a href="http://www.clothpaperscissors.com/blogs/clothpaperscissorstoday/archive/2011/01/26/creative-character-tutorial-for-art-journaling.aspx">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUcb8L70L3dFxpGXQpUKcw_kPDOZ-Jk-ECjkh6b0eM946oaGwsY3-RLvPH2Nq7lH2ptWMGsWGgGTW86JNRw-YmaWJmnoPz5h03Qqy6FLWdxdZbErZq_6lEEQdm8pv85UKTwyuBQ/s1600/StrathWK1+final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUcb8L70L3dFxpGXQpUKcw_kPDOZ-Jk-ECjkh6b0eM946oaGwsY3-RLvPH2Nq7lH2ptWMGsWGgGTW86JNRw-YmaWJmnoPz5h03Qqy6FLWdxdZbErZq_6lEEQdm8pv85UKTwyuBQ/s400/StrathWK1+final.jpg" width="295" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where the Wild Things Play</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwzfTUi6LMT4R1k7ySSEnfiPJEKfJzlM5FE-06G9k3Kf3hbt3SssdjTQveKfvAqd-e066CwjnSEX9ohihNXUx-iZrr-gjzX-3-Fonax7JbThD-I3kLYV64LqK8NR3K3vfgF_idQ/s1600/Where+Wild+Things+Play.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwzfTUi6LMT4R1k7ySSEnfiPJEKfJzlM5FE-06G9k3Kf3hbt3SssdjTQveKfvAqd-e066CwjnSEX9ohihNXUx-iZrr-gjzX-3-Fonax7JbThD-I3kLYV64LqK8NR3K3vfgF_idQ/s320/Where+Wild+Things+Play.JPG" width="282" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I added fiber streamers and decorated tags to the spiral binding of the page. The tags have more phrases like, "Bright colored jellies with ribbons that sting", etc. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOLxYJxGSCbAGIkXtXuJbQDg24OD3ruOKZY6NFrVCLfVrKKVpWOYYDQ4O0VztjMRGOuQKLr-IwZZ1CKIl50qEdo-yPuQMIfzb54AHE0NHYJirsKYFkgr-0k4nFW2b2tImj5ewiA/s1600/wk4det3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOLxYJxGSCbAGIkXtXuJbQDg24OD3ruOKZY6NFrVCLfVrKKVpWOYYDQ4O0VztjMRGOuQKLr-IwZZ1CKIl50qEdo-yPuQMIfzb54AHE0NHYJirsKYFkgr-0k4nFW2b2tImj5ewiA/s320/wk4det3.JPG" width="258" /></a>This being a journal page it is filled with feelings and symbols apparent to no one but myself. Some of the imagery is dark rooted , but others aren't really the morbid fascinations they seem. See my <a href="http://mindblogglings.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html#3772649730831410287">post</a> about the Creature from the Black Lagoon doll . </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Below is the original collage and thumnails of the recycled "art".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfzWjYQJUpJzbP-FUzVZ712OTFffzdMAeSH_EJnBQJcIUMNqHGQFJtogGznwEgLDq_QJS0OXdAVfVwiP96SpZpPwa_1dUIpAPb7dLwkJIlaXbmbtEvp3qCrMDkGvM52GrXStOOA/s1600/SK+WK+I+-+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrfzWjYQJUpJzbP-FUzVZ712OTFffzdMAeSH_EJnBQJcIUMNqHGQFJtogGznwEgLDq_QJS0OXdAVfVwiP96SpZpPwa_1dUIpAPb7dLwkJIlaXbmbtEvp3qCrMDkGvM52GrXStOOA/s400/SK+WK+I+-+1.JPG" width="293" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Covers and pages are wax coated. I used fibers and ribbons on everything, and if you look at the clusters from the binding (beaded wire) you'll see a string of dried mushrooms hanging with the crepe ribbon and novelty yarns. You might also spot some silk ribbon, a pretty beige I got from hickory nuts.<strong><em><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></em></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4p5evkAQSi2mDooRW-eCV1aGPWWCtG9JOOtPvOn3pjFVb-ph0QpObHdVrElPHAm-sg5u78B8h83KYD-7pU9GXaSYgSROjXwsfUw2MWKPcoqHwP6ZJE6IbeEgNce9dICsq_3lug/s1600/sideview+fanned.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" s5="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT4p5evkAQSi2mDooRW-eCV1aGPWWCtG9JOOtPvOn3pjFVb-ph0QpObHdVrElPHAm-sg5u78B8h83KYD-7pU9GXaSYgSROjXwsfUw2MWKPcoqHwP6ZJE6IbeEgNce9dICsq_3lug/s400/sideview+fanned.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a view of the open side of the book with the pages fanned out. Actually they are so stuffed with shroom "<em>stuff</em>"; they won't close until I get some heavy duty clips.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm afraid the inserts and inclusions are in danger of falling out. I decorated just about every surface, and every front has a back, even labels and mini-bags.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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Despite all my whining, I got a lot from the class and highly recommend it when it comes around again in March.<br />
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What's really kept me busy and excited with no end in sight is another Joggles class I took that began while Jane's was wrapping up. I've been wanting to learn more about mixed media so I enrolled in Sara Whitmire's <a href="http://www.joggles.com/store/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=75_873&products_id=21302">Paperbag Book</a>. Do take the time to check out the class link because no matter how I try to describe the project, I'd fall short. Basically we constructed a book from paperbags and then decorated with a theme using various techniques and products (my paperarts stash got a jump start!), then created all kinds of hiding places for little treasures.<br />
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I did not go for a Christmas theme, worrying I might not finish in time. I'm still working on three books. The most fun for me was finding theme stuff, much like a treasure hunt. One book, the closest to completion, is a gift for a mushroom hunting friend. I was able to find pictures of antique botanical prints, vintage European postcards, tons of mushroom lore, mushroom art, mushroom fabric, mushroom buttons, and I'm working in wonderful woodsy colors. As you may suspect, the <em>morel</em> of my story is I can't stop!<br />
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I'm also making two books in pink, the intended recipient's favorite color, with a French theme. I'm using pink & hot pink in both cases, one accented with grey, silver & black and the other with, oh la la, chocolat. They are going to be delicious, and I will be working on them a little or a lot each day, as I've already cached supplies and pink frou-frou.<br />
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You may have noticed from the badge that I had the temerity to sign up for the <a href="http://sketchbookchallenge.blogspot.com/">Sketchbook Challenge</a>. I know, I know, but it'll pressure me to draw. I am in Week 2<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">And that where I am to date, happily dabbling in new mediums and techniques.</div>Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-12904184116453004582011-01-10T12:00:00.000-05:002011-01-10T12:00:19.844-05:00SWIMMING IN CATCH-UP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_bEpIbu1dBd2ZqiLVXHBFzr43dPJ9GWqX3ziqCHyl_8iMNyjZpUAuUlrjii1sCJfsSDqAtSGiNI1je0nHkawWJgfrbm1gwF5970VN0ep7gsoe-eGnoVuCMlVQtmZz5SENwJ2Ig/s1600/untitled.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_bEpIbu1dBd2ZqiLVXHBFzr43dPJ9GWqX3ziqCHyl_8iMNyjZpUAuUlrjii1sCJfsSDqAtSGiNI1je0nHkawWJgfrbm1gwF5970VN0ep7gsoe-eGnoVuCMlVQtmZz5SENwJ2Ig/s640/untitled.JPG" width="539" /></a></div>OMG -- I'm farther behind than I thought! I wrote the following 11/06: <br />
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"Let me preface: anything I write about my personal drawing demons, has nothing to do with Jane LaFazio's class which I'm enjoying (except for the sketching part) and hopefully making progress thanks to support from a gifted teacher and sympathetic classmates and my own determination. While journalling this morning I saw a buck in my front yard; the movement of his antlers rubbing against a tree caught my eye. He left shortly thereafter, but I sketched him in my journal. Are you catching this? I drew a picture in my journal! I never draw in my journal journal (my ritual morning exercise of writing longhand) except for the occasional stick figure or doodle. Had I not already had pen in hand, I might not have taken the time to capture that remarkable scene other than in words. It felt, um, rewarding, and validated my reason for taking the class in the first place. You were probably wondering that.<br />
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In Lesson 3 we practiced direct to pen sketching with blind and continuous line drawing. Jane said we might find our results somewhat wonky. What a relief."<br />
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</div>Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-87556787867350269062010-12-27T14:43:00.000-05:002010-12-27T14:43:51.406-05:00TAST 2010 - WEEKS 38 - 44<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkKQ3FMbUvYqITCJeNH8lI_4gcIJSEkYsDq2p2nAK7A2i_v3xOfnx1tWlceJgbTx7sc_KRQy45y-tZbjlI4jNKBp7RyNVi3-_cm-m4RqIitKwBBMpkA6jAnbI2WHB_Mv1NallSw/s1600/Picot+Chain+Stitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrkKQ3FMbUvYqITCJeNH8lI_4gcIJSEkYsDq2p2nAK7A2i_v3xOfnx1tWlceJgbTx7sc_KRQy45y-tZbjlI4jNKBp7RyNVi3-_cm-m4RqIitKwBBMpkA6jAnbI2WHB_Mv1NallSw/s400/Picot+Chain+Stitch.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2010/11/16/tast-2010-week-38-picot-chain-stitch.html">Week 38 - Picot Chain Stitch</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is as much as I got done in the assigned week. I kept thinking I would add something else or take something out, but I never got around to it, and now I don't remember clearly what I was trying to do. I can see I worked a spiral, worked the chain with picots on either side, and worked the chain zigzag.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The background cloth is another piece of tea dyed dish towel. The Watercolour shows up a little better than the Wildflower thread, but there's not much to see. Sadly I didn't put a lot of time or thought into this assignment. It was Thanksgiving week and I was juggling two overlapping online classes. The picots are lost in the terry loops, and because they're placed randomly along the irregular lines, they're hard to spot anyway and not worth the effort IMHO. I'll simply say the upward spikes have bullion picots and downward the chains. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoubkosHMoHbEJLaxGUuaIbAplVjXDJFKFjo3i1JB7nsTUNY3d5obTms-dUsVh5aztU10J6iMY3ioVkE-Xaa5zxtWrD_KMd7jW1K2ve05QB0RCMgWMfGK6vX6KdP_j2K_NysZx0w/s1600/Crossed+%2526+Plaited+Feather+Stitch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoubkosHMoHbEJLaxGUuaIbAplVjXDJFKFjo3i1JB7nsTUNY3d5obTms-dUsVh5aztU10J6iMY3ioVkE-Xaa5zxtWrD_KMd7jW1K2ve05QB0RCMgWMfGK6vX6KdP_j2K_NysZx0w/s400/Crossed+%2526+Plaited+Feather+Stitch.jpg" width="348" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Weeks 41 - 44: <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2010/12/7/tast-2010-week-41-checkered-or-magic-chain.html">Checkered/Magic Chain</a>, <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2010/12/14/tast-2010-week-42-woven-cross.html">Woven Cross</a>,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/category/take-a-stitch-tuesday">Crossed and Plaited Feather Stitch</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Magic Chain: 3 rows of chain just under TAST '10.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Woven Cross: above and below the single line of beads. I considered weaving the lettering which I added later, but ran out of time and steam.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Crossed Feather Stitch: the top row, worked in Wildflowers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Plaited Feather: bottom rows. If you look at the tangled center, you can maybe see I worked the plaited version between 2 rows of straight-sided feather stitch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Even though my work was lackluster toward the end, I feel a sense of accomplishment for having completed the challenge and extreme gratitude to <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/">Sharon B</a> for leading us through this wonderful learning adventure. Tuesdays will not be the same without a new stitch to look forward to. I'm thinking I might pick up the ones I missed in the <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/community-challenges/2008/11/8/take-a-stitch-tuesday.html">original TAST challenge</a>, and after that I'll probably tackle the <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2010/12/22/my-best-wishes-for-the-holiday-season-to-you-and-yours.html">Stitch Files</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can view all of my TAST 2010 work <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/playswithfibers/sets/72157623463004913/">here</a> and original TAST <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/playswithfibers/sets/72157594525185305/">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You can also view the photo pool for all TAST '10 participants <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/56846286@N00/">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Join all of us at <a href="http://stitchinfingers.ning.com/">Stitchin Fingers</a>, an international, online community for all manner of stitchery, fiber and needlework.</div>Nancilyn (Fiberdabbler)http://www.blogger.com/profile/11397091193676944513noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13238972.post-46181444293785051842010-11-04T11:34:00.000-04:002010-11-04T11:34:46.228-04:00TAST 2010 - TURKMAN STITCH<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkk7Hs9BqvhUNDW08dN5v7VXxT_BEsIY7F1H6pE1_dZKq_Hdv5jE3YCcPHyLFhUZ-9Q6-EMX9shyIRAMJVCRbSbpR6iJXPqZjoE9lz2rM4E_8cmxhfhDAaBjNiQ5qCBb0UixzV-A/s1600/Copy+of+scan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkNvLvlaqGIF7vif1Xv4ZX04rRCT_eBfMJ2L6NfoEbe9w70rg9D2WfUdDydeH6anWFWpIzI7Mc34BSiO3oD8o5JysQiydgioL8Wv8QyJ0uVg8GdmSiK5B12R9y7tpwR4lwWHf_A/s1600/Copy+(2)+of+scan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkNvLvlaqGIF7vif1Xv4ZX04rRCT_eBfMJ2L6NfoEbe9w70rg9D2WfUdDydeH6anWFWpIzI7Mc34BSiO3oD8o5JysQiydgioL8Wv8QyJ0uVg8GdmSiK5B12R9y7tpwR4lwWHf_A/s320/Copy+(2)+of+scan.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2010/11/2/tast-2010-week-36-turkman-stitch.html">TAKE A STITCH TUESDAY - WEEK 36 - TURKMAN STITCH</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.pintangle.com/">Sharon B</a> was right in us this is an easy stitch and an attractive border as is. However, I couldn't think of much else to do with it other than vary the stitch horizontally or vertically. Here's what I did left to right:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">1. This looks like the traditional stitch and starts out that way, but if you look closely you'll see that after the first two stitches I lengthened the next two by one thread, then go back to the original and alternate from there. I like this effect, gives a texture of crackle and looks somehow lacier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Started off normal, then a little zig-zag, then back to normal until I veer off to the left by changing the position of the first stitch. You can see where I began the righthand diversion; the first stitch begins to the left of the last stitch in the upper, single column and covers the gap left by the top of the left branch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The right branch experiments with horizontal variations. I might have avoided the "nubs" if I had made the changes more gradual and by paying closer attention to the tension.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Exactly like #1</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Upper portion of this column is worked evenly but more open. Below I worked two side by side rows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. Didn't want you to think the squiggles in Column 2 were mistakes. Here's an entire column done zigzag style with random stitch length variation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. The final column show a gradation in stitch length.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't particularly care for this stitch on its side, but I think vertically it doesn't make much difference upside down. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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