Stay Pawsitive! Animal Rescue Fundraiser

 

"Redeemed Love" & Rescued Love" 

 6 inch X 6 inch fiber art collages for the Stay Pawsitive Animal Rescue Fundraiser.

http://pokeybolton.com/introducing-the-stay-pawsitive-animal-rescue-fundraiser/

Top - 2 strands orange Running Stitch and Cross Stitch applique screen fiber & black Pearle cotton Ladder Stitch around heart. Machine quilted, gelli print dog & hand written dots and "love love".

Bottom - 2 strands gray Cross stitch. Hand written "woof", orange machine quilted & gelli printed dog.

"Pawsitively Love " is my 3rd piece that will be donated for Stay Pawsitive! Animal Rescue.

http://pokeybolton.com/introducing-the-stay-pawsitive-animal-rescue-fundraiser/

6 inches X 6 inches. Using my dog cookie cutter for the shape, 3 strands navy Running Stitch & Seed Stitch. Yellow Chain Stitch far left. Orange Back Stitch to applique the screen fiber bone onto Navy Running Stitched white mess. Gray Cross Stitch on pink batik, stamped paw and hand written love, love.

Last detail for this 3rd donation piece 

Is black machine stitching around the paw and rose edge stitching.

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Rusted Fabric Challenge - "Redeemed Remnant" ?

I am getting back to this rust dyed fabric collage that 

I have heavily embroidered. 

I Instead of traditional machine attached binding,

 I chose to keep this composition totally 100% hand created.

So, hand torn orange batik fabric was attached by hand

 with 3 strands teal DMC Running Stitch & Cross Stitch.

You can view the process here, here & here.
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Cranberry & Teal Embroidered Quilted Heart Progress

Using a client's favorite colors of teal & cranberry,

I've been adding lots of embroidery to this 

quilted heart.

There's teal Seed Stitch, Feather Stitch, Cranberry

Colonial Knots, Running Stitch and light yellow

Sprout Stitches.  

Great way to relax in the evenings and continue with

the #ayearinstitches.
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Jesus Birthday Fabric Banner

I've had this Quilted Art banner in the thought process

for quite some time.

Since I mostly decorate with blue at Christmas,

the stars in various blues with black ultra Suede

letting works great for my space.

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Grandkids' 2017 Christmas Ornaments

The iconic Berlin little traffic signal man 

is a special shape for me since my daughter and her family live in Berlin.

These Amplemann and girls are in each

grandchild's favorite color.

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Day 331 #Ayearinstitches

Hard to believe  #ayearinstitches - stitching daily

is almost complete for 2017.

It's been a good practice and I'm pondering next year.

Light teal "Y" Stitch to applique beige/teal batik to brown batik.
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"JOY" Label - Female Silhouette

Day 324 #ayearinstitches 
Light purple Ladder Stitch to applique label for "Joy" - 

7th in this spontaneous series.

Now for a hanging sleeve and it will go into my ETSY Shop. 

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Happy Thanksgiving Weekend Stitching - #ayearinstitches

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  

Here's  Day 327 #ayearinstitches:

Completed the 2 strands dark green blended with 

1 strand brown circular Short & Long Stitch.
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"Hope" Modern Female Silhouette Finished

"Hope" is 6th in a spontaneous series honoring women.

 Hand applique collage of hand painted purple fabric,

 green / yellow color lifted fabric on a majestic deep purple twill fabric. 

The female silhouette "dress" is hand embroidery embellished with various stitches as part of participating in the #ayearinstitches challenge. 

Measuring 28 inches wide X 27 inches long, 

it is completed with a hanging sleeve making it ready to hang.

$350 available here
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Rust Dying Fabric | Orange....Me?

Day 317 #ayearinstitches 
A fiber artist friend challenged our group to rust dye 

a remnant from the mill her relatives ran many years ago.

 I gathered tomato paste and cans and lids 

and put my piece outside, 

prayed with vinegar and waited for the elements to create design. 

Several days later I looked and the fabric was 

under a layer

 of red clay silt from recent rains and very orange.

 After several washings,

 it's ready for embroidery layered on batik fabrics. 

2 strands teal Running Stitch and Cross Stitch.

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"She Is Not Afraid" Label

I added the label to this piece and gave her a name.

"She Is Not Afraid" label is emboidered using

a green Y Stitch. 

Here's the front and

here's a close up of the Chain Stitch outline

and black hand quilting within the silhouette.

16 inches wide X 21 inches long and 

she's available - $250.

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"Thankful" Batik Leaf Banner

"Thankful " 8 different leaves with aqua letters.
Reverse fabrics are grey and aqua.

Now, what encouraging word could I add to the reverse side??
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Day 311 #ayearinstitches

It's not often I have a name for a composition

before it's complete. Sometimes, naming

a piece can be quite difficult.  

But this name , "JOY" 

came to me a few days ago. 

"Joy" is getting more detail.

The White Pearle cotton Seed Stitch

on the linen hankie is complete. 

Brown Back Stitch for her hand and neck.

Black Back Stitch for her hair.

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Framed Red Batik Flower Bouquet

Somehow, this piece didn't make it to the blog until now.

This 3 red batik flower bouquet features hand embroidery 

highlights in purple, blue and black stitching on each flower.

 Green batik stems are also embellished with hand embroidered. 

Set on a machine quilted yellow batik background 

that incorporates some red stitching whimsy. 
This composition was created during the 

@ayearinstitches Challenge where I worked a bit on it each day until completed.
Framed on a black panel board and ready to hang. $125

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"Hope" #ayearinstitches Continues

A recent camping adventure afforded many hours in the car which

equals many opportunities to hand stitch.

I'm not sure "Hope" is complete.  I still plan to put the word

"hope" on it to the left, I think.

Composed of deep purple twill background, green/yellow shibori fabric I created 

at Surface Design group, under a fabric I hand painted light purple some time ago.

The female silhouette incorporates Running, Chain,

 Ladder, Daisy, Y, Cross, Buttonhole & Colonial Knot Stitches. 

You can follow along daily on my Facebook page.

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Fall Scarf Season

It's Fall and it's fun scarf season and there's only 7 left that my granddaughter and I created together. (3 red, 3 green & 1 black)
Batik, ribbon & Jersey fabric. Very comfortable.
I wear mine a lot. 

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Female Silhouette Heart Art Stitching Challenges

Day 270 #ayearinstitches 
Stitching on this blue batik heart so it remains visible 

and yet allows the yellow silhouette 

to keep the focus is a bit challenging. 

Today, I added Cross Stitch (left), Chain Stitch (right) 

and a Straight Stitch Circle (center). 

Suggestions?
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Asheville Quilt Show Boutique

Gathering, tagging and arranging Quilted Art

items for the Asheville Quilt Show Boutique

that opens Friday.

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Female Silhouette on Quilted Heart Art

#ayearinstitches creations continue and this Quilted Heart Art is complete.

It has subtle extensive hand embroidery stitching

on an improvisational stitched heart and features

a navy blue Chain Stitch embroidered female silhouette.

Re-purposing specialty hand dyed fabric remnants

 is my favorite method of creating

Mounted on a 10 inch X 10 inch black painted wood panel

 and ready to hang. 

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"Morning Song" SOLD

Living in the Western NC mountains and a large bedroom window 

offers me  this peaceful morning scene 

as the cheerful birds begin the day with song. 

A blueberry twig from our woods was used for the hand embroidered design 

over the morning sun in this collage of rust dyed, 

 hand dyed, and cotton fabrics. 

2 appliqued birds have hand embroidered legs and big stitch embroidery 

enhances the machine quilting.

2 additions birds make a special label on the back of the Wall Quilt. 

Approximately 30  inches X 21 inches. 

Thank you Twigs & Leaves Gallery in Waynesville, NC

for carrying my Quilted Fiber Art. 

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