I have just made this small video of part of the process I'm playing with. It's not fancy, and it was at 5.00 am this morning, I did it on a whim and I get a bit tongue tied… BUT, it sort of tells the story. Free motion Thread painting. I'm using 50 weight cotton…
Category: Capture & Create
Capture the moment.
I had just finished tidying the studo, I took a rare minute to sit and contemplate. The sun shone through the window and as I sat and relaxed Ralfy Ralfy located the sun spot and I grabbed my little point and shoot to capture the moment. I had my stitches out today and I'm a…
Bayeux Discipline.
Oh, dear, I've just got re-started on the Bayeux and now I have to stop for a week. I'm off to Sydney for 6 days, 2 days with at the Sydney Quilt Guild and a 3 days photographing. Finally I finished the Dinan Castle this morning. Its taken almost 24 hours of work and yet…
No work today
Sometimes you just need a day off. I woke up at 2.30am and couldn't press the off button. I went out to the studio at 4.00 and worked a little but the momentum had gone. Somehow, the day has been skew whiff all day, but I achieved a couple of major goals. I had my…
Ripped from Reality – Africa
16 hours working on the Castle for the Bayeux Quilt and I still haven't finished..each piece has to be illustrated before placing it on the quilt, the entire piece is about 2 ft 6" wide. I do each person separately because I keep getting the hands faces and hands mixed up. !!!! can't put the…
Ripped from Reality – Africa
I couldn't wait to start this project, but in reality I should wait till daylight… I know I see the colors differently in natural light. Nevertheless, I put the Bayeux Discipline castle (Dinan Castle) aside after 5.00 and worked on this project a little. I've been working on that darn castle for 2 days now….
Ripped from Reality – Africa
As mentioned in the previous post I have decided to thread paint the image and then add it to the background. I have some wonderful Cherrywood fabric which is almost the same mud color as the Incebetha/front apron. I printed the image on to a soft, fine, white cotton backed with Vliesofix. You can see…
Can I do it.? – Ripped from Reality.
I might fall flat on my face trying this portrait. Its heavily detailed and the colors are similar in the face. This is part of my 'Ripped from Reality" series, and on the suggestion of a friend, Miss Rainee. I have decided to do a series of images featuring women and children. BUT, each one…
Join me at a class in Italy.
My class in Abruzzo Italy next year is almost full but more students are welcome. It will be a truly International tour with students from several countries attending (in Italy) To say the least I'm really excited. There is an add on to the class to extend the time in Italy. http://www.amoreitaliatours.com/tour-code-aitm102-13pam.php Venice, Florence ,…