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Hand embroidery using strand-able silks on vintage family table linen. Although I’ve stitched for many years, I never thought I could stitch a face. This portrait was created in a class at Arrowmont taught by the awesome Lauren DiCioccio. One of my classmates writes for a British embroidery blogger. “Walt” has been featured on mrXstitch.com

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Free Form bead embroidery and threadwork. Although I started embroidering my son’s outgrown blue jeans several years ago, I was inspired to continue last summer in a bead embroidery class with Lisa Binkley. I started with several bags of colorful beads and threads including lots of purple, Tim’s favorite color. The design was not plannedContinue reading “I Wish He Could Still Wear These

Mary Jo Eckhart

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Silk paper making, applique, canvaswork stitches in a variety of threads. The design is based on a Saanich Shaker dance costume that is in the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. My original photo was distorted on the computer and the shapeused was isolated from the resulting image. The colors used areContinue reading “Ascension

Mary Jo Eckhart

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Two holes were drilled in each cork which were then sewn together with Perle cotton using a variation of the beading stitch Right Angle Weave. This piece is made up of more than 1200 white wine corks, which were collected over 30 years. No, I did not drink all that wine.

This hand embroidered & beaded piece originated from my own “wonky” doodles which I transferred onto 4 different shibori fabrics. The shibori shapes were arranged onto wool I hand-dyed. This piece was begun during a 5 day class with Lisa Binkley in Columbus, Ohio. Most of the stitching and beading was done at home withContinue reading “Wonky Shibori Doodles

Mary Jo Eckhart

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This image was manipulated in Photoshop using several filters and then printed on 2 fabrics; a hand dyed cotton & an organza. The adobe wall was stuffed with batting to give it dimension. Straight stitches and French knots enhance the image. The canvas I belong to a stitching group that returns year after year toContinue reading “Taos Gate

Mary Jo Eckhart

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Canvas embroidery in free form bargello pattern, bead embellishments. This is the second piece in a series of bargello and beads. I am having fun working my own patterns and colorways.

Italian hand-dyed silks, beads accentuate hand-stitched on open-weave linen. I no longer garden due to several severe allergic reactions to poison ivy. This little garden grew easily as I played with the beautiful silks and then added beads. The back reminds me of all the behind-the-scenes labors needed to create a beautiful garden.