Sunday, September 25, 2011

a stitch in time....

i could have used some of this this week...

grrlandog:

stitch therapy

(Source: Flickr / stitch-therapy, via cinoh)

... stitch therapy that is!

when on my tumblr tonight at

SEED CAPSULES

keeping place for visual and other ideas for visual artist

One of the images I reblogged was this one... posted by the lovely Grrl ( and dog) whom many bloggers are acquainted with ...lured to her blog by her wit and warmth, quirkiness and loveliness!

Stitch therapy ...sounds good to me!

breadquilt:

Louise Bourgeois

(via attentives)

I know a lot of you practice that fine art... but for me its been years!

indigenousdialogues:

Applying Moroccan stencil work on fabric via My Marrakech

(via aunatural)

I guess my relationship to fabric has become a little more along the lines of painting on fabric... although not in this manner above... i've included this image as i like it.

Here are a few images that were quickly found at Tumblr!

jbe200quilts:

Net 8 by Ruth Garrison - 39 x 61 inches

Hand dyeing, machine piecing, machine quilting

(via ngaiolenz)

sweetpeapath:

example of sashiko stitching on boro futon cover

(via batixa)

sweetpeapath:

Threadbare

by Gwen Samuels

images on transparencies, tea bags, thread - 22 x 22”

aleyma:

Beaded ring, made in France (via).

(via crochet)

I'll leave you with this intriguing work ...there are many more i could have included here... including work of people I know who are wonderfully gifted stitchers ...

hello to 'R' who visited the other day ... a local talent and friend of some further away queens of the needle and more!

Ill try and say bye before I head off on Wednesday on this trip I' ve been so busily pulling things together for. Hope you are enjoyng the weekend all!