it's been forever since I posted a finished project, mainly because it's been forever since I finished one... 2011 will be much better for stitching I hope   This is a punked version of a goldwork technique called Or Nué - normally gold wrapped threads are couched down in straight lines and silk couched over to create a picture. It's used a lot in ecclesiastical embroidery. For this one I used a ball of string from my kitchen drawer (until I ran out and had to find some more string) because I wanted a rougher look, and I wanted to use the flowing couched lines to try and bring out the idea of lots of wrinkles and laughlines.



I couched down two different kinds of string, using matching threads just for the background and a dark brown DMC to create the outline. The two strings acted so differently when couching that it was difficult to always get even and smooth coverage. It wasn't entirely what I was trying to achieve with this technique, but I'm pretty happy with how it worked out in the end.

Hi all,

These are two little pieces I did this year, where MrXStitch challenged me to make them cooler than the original. Well I did my best. For the helicopter I used only the threads supplied with the kit, but for the mouse I dove into a little bit of stash.

THE EVENT
We faced the question: how is it possible that all these clothes which are still like new don't get a second chance?...

The event is all about the expedient reutilization of old threads. Within an huge clothing swap you get rid of your used clothes and you go with your new beloved stuff.

FASHION RELOADED is multidisciplinary coping with clothing in a diversity of expression forms: get inspired, cut, jam, design, sew, print, stitch, turn around, perform, record. Set your mark on fashion and deliver your style.

Young designers and artists as well as social engaged persons and visionary are called to liven the rooms and the scopes for development with their own way & creativity. FASHION RELOADED is the place to present their responds to fashion.

WHAT TO FIND
+ Clothing Swap - swap till you drop
+ Workshop station: Creative Styling - create your own design
(you do it on your own & with professionals)
+ Designer stations – new unique clothes freshly made from the designers
+ Fashion Show - Open Catwalk
+ Open Source Design - use the hot & stylish patterrns of the designers
+ Hit-and-Run-Screenprint - print print print
+ Workshop station: Craftivism – Accessoires & more


THE PLACE
it is going to take place at

Kaiserliches Postamt Neukölln
Karl-Marx-Str. 97

next to U-Station Rathaus Neukölln

CONTACT
http://www.fashionreloaded.com

please contact us via mail:

Cecilia Palmer & Sophie Bayerlein
info{AT}fashionreloaded.com

or phone:

030-23186163

I made a quick tote bag with a rough hessian outer layer and thought it'd be perfect to cross stitch on, so...



It's cross stitched with wool, and the leaves are made out of ribbon. This is what the whole bag looks like, as modeled by my dog (isn't he cute?!):



I've put a few more details on my blog.

I've been seeing these balls around a bit, even bought a kit, but hadn't tried it before. Then the latest Inspirations had this temari design in it (Oliver Twist by Barbara Suess) and I gave it a shot.

Took me three tries  but I got there in the end. Now all I want to do is make more of them... this stuff's addictive!

Bastel Brigade is a new crafty networking collective formed to help bring crafters in Berlin together to pool resources and help promote craft culture in the city.

This event is all about recycled and remade fashion.  Workshops in the courtyard during the afternoon to live music and a special screening of "Ein Traum in Erdbeerfolie" (German only) in the evening.

Bring a piece of clothing you want to reinvent, or just come out and create your own accessories!

Collective sponsors for this event are:

Linkle - http://www.linkle.de
Stitchalicious - http://stitchalicious.com
City of Craft - http://www.cityofcraft.com
La Bastellerie - http://www.myspace.com/labastellerie
Eiszeit Kino - http://www.eiszeit-kino.de
Modular - http://www.modulor.de

This was the last piece of my recent stuff (I'll stop hounding you soon!). It turned out to be more goldwork technique than stumpwork, but sorta had a bit of both.


The star at the back is satin stitch, outlined with some couched funky metal-covered green threads I found at the Stitch show in the UK a few years ago. The pink bits are the same kind of thread, also couched down. The anchor is a fake leather fabric I've had hanging around for ages and is on layers of felt. It's outlined with purl, which I stretched a bit and ran some brown DMC through.

The rope was the worst thing to stitch EVER - the coils around the rope are ultra long bullion knots, with about 15 turns in each and each of them took about 5 minutes... count up how many there are! I did those over a brown wook core I needlefelted to get the shape I want.

I finally got the other pieces finished - and in time too! This is the second stumpwork (after the heart one) and is also inspired by classic tattoos:




 

It's been a while since I've been seen around here, so I thought I'd dive back in with one of my more recent embroideries. I'm in a big stumpwork mode at the moment and am doing some which are inspired by classic tattoos. This is the first, a flaming heart:

Hi all

I saw a couple of posts of what to do with cross stitch and how useless it can be I´ve stitched a design of my own on a jacket in cross stitch using waste canvas. This lets you stitch a normal cross stitch and then just wash it and you can pull the canvas threads out leaving the stitching behind. Anyway, behold!