Giveaway from "Made with Love" blog

 

In celebration of blogging for a whole year, Jenni from Made with Love blog hosts a giveaway!

Giveaway winners will be announced on October 19th seeing as that is the birthday of Made with Love! Visit the blog here to enter.

Good luck,

KP

Facebroidery by Cate Anevski

Cate Anevski is an artist, illustrator and maker extraordinaire! You can easily understand this if you visit her blog and her wonderful etsy shop! I must say that I fell in love with her facebroidery that you see in the pictures above. What a clever idea and how well executed.

KP

Hair Embroidery by Kate Kretz

After my post about hair embroidery and its origins, I searched the internet to find people who do hair embroidery. In one of my searches I found Kate Kretz, who I think is a very good representative of this kind of embroidery. Of course I do not compare her work with the traditional hair embroidery as it was done in China for hundrends of years. The theme of her work is rather different as you can see from the pictures - no Buddha and birds or pandas. I don't know much about the technque she uses, but the final result is astonishing.

You can see more of Kate's work in her blog and in her website.

KP

HOW-TO Videos: Stem stitch

In two previous posts (1, 2) I showed you video tutorials that demonstrated the basic stitches in cross stitching: cross stitch, half cross stitch, quarter cross stitch, back stitches and French knot stitches. There are many more stitches that I think are very useful to know cause they can add different texture to an embroidery work: stem stitch, chain stitch, satin stitch, split stitch, seed stitch, and fly stitch. So, my next series of HOW-TO videos will be around these stitches. 

I will start with the next video demonstrating how to do a stem stitch.

 

I hope it is helpful! What is your favorite stitch, or the one that you consider essential to know?

KP

Book giveaway from Mary Corbet's Needle'n Thread blog

There is a new book giveaway from Mary Corbet's Needle'n Thread blog that I follow. The book that is given is a copy of the new edition of Stitch Sampler.

To enter the giveaway read the information in Mary's post here. The giveaway ends on October 10th.

Good luck

KP

Bumblesea indie jewelry blog contest & giveaway

Enter the jewelry giveaway sponsored by Bumblesea indie jewelry / indie fashion blog. You get to choose which necklace you’d like. The contest ends on November 1st.

Good luck,

KP

The Art and Science of Happiness: Patricia Dahlman

A while ago I wrote a post about Patricia Dahlman and how  she uses embroidery to express her artistic temperament. I was very glad to hear that she participates in an exhibition.

Her multimedia work was selected by a panel of visual arts professionals to provide a visual component to the Rutgers Institute for Research on Women's 2010-11 interdisciplinary seminar, "The Art and Science of Happiness." The theme explores how economic security, political stability, family, careers, health, community involvement, and other domains contribute (or not) to ones sense of being "happy." Dahlman's subject matter ranges across the political, social, and economic spectrums, while addressing issues of nature and society. She uses sewn and stitched forms made from canvas and colorful fabric to create both sculptural and 2-dimensioal works that are playful or serious, and sometimes both. The works selected for this exhibition include landscapes, abstract forms, narratives and figural works that comment on the environmental destruction in her community as well as recent political events in America. They represent her visions and hopes for an improved future for society and the world.

Barack Don't Let the Left Down

 She Has No Health Insurance

You can find more information for the exhibition here.  You can see more of her work here. 

KP