I'll keep you posted on up-to-the-minute happenings, talk about my approach to color, texture and design, organizing, interesting links, new books, and new threads and other mixed media materials. I'd love to hear your comments also.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 04:06PM I'm happy to post a photo of my latest design, African Images. It has layers of Copic marker, stenciled leaves, funky feathers, nests with beads (eggs) and lots of interesting threads. It will be on display at ANG Myrtle Beach at the end of August, but I will not teach it until ANG New Orleans in 2016. After that it will be available for workshops. I hope you like it!
Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 04:59PM We have had many requests for Harlequin Hearts and Funky Rose over the last several years. I kept dragging my feet for one main reason.....I have to set up a work station outside and layer 5 different colors using spray misters and then iron the canvases (as in Harlequin Hearts), or mix pigments with textile medium to make my own washes and apply to the canvas (as in Funky Rose).
So, whenever I colored them I definitely want to do multiples. Now with the Copic Sketch markers I can easily color each canvas, or as an option, add an optional marker kit so stitchers can add their own colors. Here is a photo of a Harleqin Hearts canvaswith the background done with Copic Sketch markers. Rather fun. I will be putting together a tutorial to include with the instruction books. Here is a finished Harlequin Hearts:
And here is Funky Rose. You can see a lot of the background and this week I'll be working on the new background using the Copic markers, and post a photo.
SO, a few Harlequin Hearts thread, bead and button kits are ready to ship now AND the Funky Rose kits will be ready in about 10 days. It's kit includes lots of thread varieties, lots of beads many sizes, wire, needles, etc. I will be updating the website ordering for these two shortly, but if you are interested in ordering now, just send me an email. Both these projects are fun to stitch!
