Part 1: Drawing the butterfly & starting to stitch
Part 2: Stitching the butterfly
Part 3: Spool knitting the outline & finishing the butterfly
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My last posting was about stitching the butterfly outline.
I stitched over the outline a couple more times. Then I pinched the fabric and started snipping ever so carefully….
All 4 wing sections needed to be snipped carefully away….
and then stitched again
I decided to spool knit cords to make it really pop …. so,
I spool knitted a […]
In my previous posting, I got started with reclaiming a woven scrap to embellish a Tshirt.
I drew a butterfly, then layered the drawing on top of the scrap of reclaimed weaving….
Next, I cut the excess weaving away, and pinned the drawing and weaving to the WRONG side of the Tshirt front.
Then, started stitching. I didn’t […]
Earlier in May, I read on my dear friend, Terri’s blog about a virtual scarf project.
I was intrigued, and have been thinking about it since.
I am deep into meeting deadlines (VERY tight ones!) on my new book. I debated about taking time off from the book to weave a scarf for the […]
I was so delighted to find a surprise package in the mailbox today! My wonderful, much beloved sisters-in-law have a knack of finding me vintage looms and other goodies.
Well… they get a gold star, once again!
I wasn’t expecting anything from them, but wheeeeeeee!
Look what they found for me…. a little package of Magic Looms! I […]
Oh rats! I have been waiting to post about the
Doll Celebration in Japan. In the back of my mind, I was convinced it was May 5. I figured that I would just google it to confirm that, and wailie, wailie! The doll festival was March 3!
Ah well, today, May 5, is still cause for celebration. […]
Here are the links for my mixed media woven dolls:
Woven Earth Listener Angel Doll
Dame Julian and Neni
Three young spritely spirited mixed media dolls
Mixed media dolls with found objects
Tags: butterfly looms, carving doll heads, crafting with recycled materials, Creativity, designing dolls, dollmaking, dolls, eco projects, handspun yarn, how to make worry dolls, how to make […]
The previous entry had pics of my spritely mixed media dolls
Here are some more of my mixed media woven dolls:
A woven Menopause Fairy Doll
and a collection of my ‘Reclaiming Dolls’ (Dolls that have parts made from reclaimed, recycled or re-purposed components and found objects, as well as weaving):
I’ve put together a Links posting so you […]
In my last posting, I showed pictures of my woven mixed media dolls, Neni and Homage to Dame Julian of Norwich.
These dolls are more whimsical:
I spun the yarn and then wove them on potholder looms and combined them will all kinds of mixed media: Leather, wood, stones, metal, wire, buttons and more….
Next posting:
More whimsical […]
Yesterday, I posted pics of my latest mixed media woven doll, the Earth Listener Angel Doll (click on the name to see her).
Several people asked if I had pics of any of my other woven mixed media dolls. Why yes! Here are some:
Homage to Dame Julian of Norwich. I wove her on […]
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