a continuum

approximately one half on this turned wonky,however the bottom could be salvaged.
the frugal knitter in action,

stamped, machine stitched . there's some more work happening here.first i'd like to cut and make the dress before going back to japanese classes.gosh it's already almost mid march!

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waiting therapy

also known as procrastinating. have a bunch of beautiful excuses such as waiting for more heddles.

this is  free motion machine embroidery on needlefelt , hand stitching ,ai dyed commercial  knitted bandage, digitally printed organza and angelina fiber. also lots of fun while i wait.

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making lemonade

that's what you do with lemons. remains of the warp from hell after some more fine tuning. all these natural dyed silk glories that were not going to get thrown away no matter how fed up i am with this warp-note the verb tense. tin need of some relief and after getting the brief from my sister re the  house ending i gave myself playtime. as she said: what a week first donna summer, then robin gibb and now house. and she doesn't know about my warp!

quoting a friend i don't get paid, but i work very hard . hi holly!
took my needle felting machine and felted some of the silk along with bits of merino wool while watching  with delight how a clump of yarns turned into a nice background. added a piece of silk fabric and kept felting.

time for embellishments-love that word. machine stitching with a verigated thread stitching some flowy lines. added some hand stitching to
highlight the visually important part, the felted  silk fabric, and the strong negative space on the left. color, color making the balancing act.

then a border to finish and emphasize the shape that coincidentally turned out to be a d . d for disaster??? as a final step i added some glittery shiny stuff, just for fun.

come to think of it and the afternoon i spent d stands for diversion :)

pd:blogger doesn't let me post comments on blogs. wonder why. anyone out there w. the same problem?
ETA: has to do  with not allowing 3rd party cookies. thank you google. we have created a monster.

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i can do plastic too ! II

a detour from all the natural wholesomeness. laminated plastic on poly organza, puff paint, iridescent paints- my much beloved golden interference oxide green no longer manufactured-and machine stitching.there's a border coming up, but the concept still needs to be tightened up.btw the dark background is not part of the piece, it is just redundantly  the background.

cleaning now and doing errands later today, pay offs for being away.the weather is still yucky. not missing much ru-chan (^_^)

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finished reeding ,doing threading

and i can do plastics too!

different kinds of plastics including bubble wrap laminated together and machine stitched. have you noticed the recurrent use of the word machine lately?

wine tasting session later today. doing portuguese wines.

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