November 28th, 2009

In art school, we explored the idea of the golden rectangle, a fascinating concept. In this piece of art I created as a student, I incorporated several design principles we had studied including repetition, texture, triadic color scheme, and contrast. The backgrounds and cutouts are all colorized photographs/scans. Digital art that is a combination of [...]

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November 20th, 2009

One of my first embroidery projects, this small blue tote bag includes  a design of vines and pink flowers that wraps around the top of the bag. I made this bag for my mother who loved the color blue and little flowers. The bag itself is from Joann’s dollar section. The design is freehand and [...]

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November 11th, 2009

In Summer 2008, I embroidered this small cosmetics bag for my preteen niece whose name starts with “B”. It was one of my first embroidery projects and turned out to be a sampler of sorts as I learned new stitches. The design was completely freehand and I made it up as I went along, filling [...]

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November 6th, 2009

I’ve been thinking lately of new designs for my little penguin and here is the first of many: “P is for Penguin”. In the sample, I appliqued the letter P and the little penguin in soft flannel in baby colors. Then embroidered some details with seed stitch and outline stitch. This will become part of [...]

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November 3rd, 2009

This crochet afghan in beautiful blue and purple jewel tones was a gift for a friend last Christmas. I thought the yarn I selected (Lion Brand Homespun…so soft and lovely) was too busy for a complicated pattern so I chose a simple block stitch pattern. I eyeballed the width and made the length a bit [...]

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November 1st, 2009

I’m busy working on new patterns featuring my little penguin friend. In this design, the little penguin is peeking in to say “hello”! The sample pictured is a burping cloth for a new baby. I stitched this design using outline stitch, seed stitch, and stem stitch in only two colors: black and gold. The fabric [...]

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