embroidery
Embroidered Palazzo Vecchio by Isabella Frost
January 31, 2012 - 8:52am | Cristy
An embroidered collage of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. The piece is by Isabella Frost, an artist from Brokline, MA.
I really like this style and the way there is depth. I am looking to take my work into new directions and do more involved pieces. Got to get past the plain outline only stage! And there are a lot of inspiring artists out there to nudge me along with their inspired work.
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2012 - 7:38am | Cristy
Did you see pigs fly or pink elephants? Hope your New Year's Eve was festive but not too festive!
Darn It!
December 29, 2011 - 2:36pm | Cristy
Sometimes moths get to your sweaters and you can't really walk around with giant holes in your sweaters. Well you could, but for me the holes let in too much cold air! Since I had a sweater to wash, I wanted to mend it first. I have made some really clumsy attempts at mends before but decided to go ahead. I got out all the possible tools required (mending wool, embroidery floss, and an actual darning egg!) I looked in my old Home Economics book which included a digram on how to mend a run in your stocking (!) and how to darn a sock. Helpful. Being able to darn was a big deal in the past and girls would do entire samplers of darning stitches.
I had a sweater that was sort of medium weight which would not require anything too fancy, just a back and forth weaving over the hole to close it. I used embroidery floss becaue the color was a better match than any of the wool I had. And, I looked around online and found some good ideas. It worked! The holes are mended with little puckering and the stitches are not too obvious! Probably would not wear to meet the Queen or anything but it has life in it yet!
My grandmothers, bless them, are rolling their eyes and laughing hysterically that this is a news flash. Duh. I am glad that I can recover from a moth attack and stay warm this winter. I shall wear it with pride. And when that no longer works, I may felt it and make a stuffed monster out of it!
Jennifer Boe
December 15, 2011 - 11:09am | Cristy
Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pie, 2011
Having been a junk food fan as a kid, I especially liked the Sandwiches and Snacks series. And, I love that the nutritional info is on there but in a faded, background sort of way. The combination of embroidery and xerox transfer technique is cool.
I also like the Meats series a lot.
