6″ squares prepared with fusible interfacing, then cut into 5 or 6 “frames” of varying width, and reassembled randomly. Machine quilted
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Fractured Frames II
Fractured Frames IIIMyra Auslin
6″ squares were prepared with fusible interfacing, cut into 5 or 6 frames, and reassembled randomly. Machine quilted.
Bohnstedt HandkerchiefSue Babbs
Hand made Tonder bobbin lace, worked in 140/2 Egyptian cotton. This is worked on a traditional Danish pattern.
JabotSue Babbs
Bucks Point bobbin lace. Handmade in cotton. This piece took around 70 hours to complete.
ScillaSue Babbs
Binche bobbin lace, worked in silk. Traditional Binche stitches were used to make this wall hanging. Normally the piece would be worked in fine cotton and would measure about 1 1/2 inches square.
Old San JuanSue Babbs
Photoshop edited & layered images, handstitched, surrounded in handmade bobbin lace. This photo, taken in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, was layered with an antique bobbin lace design before being embroidered & then decorated with needle & bobbin lace in metallic thread.
Christmas JacketSue Babbs
NSNG Christmas cards printed on fabric & pieced. In 2006, some of my closest friends sent me Christmas cards which co-ordinated well with each other. I made this jacket out of the memories associated with their cards.
“Seven”-petalled FlowersSue Babbs
NSNG Hand-made bobbin lace, in silk threads and wire. This piece won a “Medal of Excellence” in the U.K. Lace Guild’s Triennial Exhibition. The theme was “seven.” Each of the seven flowers has seven petals made out of the numeral “seven.”
Lavender FieldsSue Babbs
NSNG Hand-made bobbin lace in silk, linen and cotton threads. Stiffened to retain shape. This piece won a “Medal of Excellence” in the U.K. Lace Guild’s Triennial Exhibition which had the theme of “seven”.