Photoshop, digital printing on fabric, hand stitching. Last year I did a piece called Nine Lives. Photos of the 9 cats we have had over the years. This year it was the dogs’ turn. At the start of this project we had 9 dogs spread between my household and the households of my children. WeContinue reading “Nine Loves
Photoshop, digital printing on fabric, hand stitching. The Chicago Botanic Garden has some wonderful flowers. Each season they change. All these photos were taken of flowers in the Chicago Botanic Garden. I work with them in Photoshop, print them on fabric and then stitch however the flower tells me it wants to be stitched.
Photoshop, digital printing on fabric, hand stitching, quilting, fused fabric, torn strips sewn together to make fabric. My roots play a part in who I am. Although I am an individual, I cannot discount how my ancestors’ hardships and situations in life affect my own life and make up who I am. Whether they wereContinue reading “Rooted By Those Who Came Before
Layered dryer fabric sheets sewn together and tea dyed; beading, This is a garment that I made and entered into one of the GreenCraft magazines. It is using what you would normally throw away after drying the clothes and turning it into something wearable.
Patchwork, Looking at a colour wheel really puts a big smile on my face. I am working on a series of quilts where I take different patterns from the colour wheel, make 9-patch squares from 2″ squares and then sew those 9-patch squares together. The colour combinations seem to be endless.
Patchwork, Looking at a colour wheel really puts a big smile on my face. I am working on a series of quilts where I take different patterns from the colour wheel, make 9-patch squares from 2″ squares and then sew those 9-patch squares together. The colour combinations seem to be endless.
Printed fabric, hand stitching, applique, machine quilting From a very young age, red has always been a colour that speaks to me, it makes me happy and just generally good. Marrying into a Chinese family, the colour red came to mean so mcuh more for me. For me it now not only makes me happyContinue reading “Kuo