Roses in Winter

Roses aren't blooming outside, but inside is a different story... I used my stamp on these fabrics in the Mark Making course, yesterday.

We are also doing a variety of free motion sewing exercises and delved briefly into differences between patterns.

Automatic Can be Artful

Here is some stitch exploration I've been doing as part of the Mark Making With Machine class. It's a mix of an automatic stitch and free motion. I want to fill it in further but my thread kept breaking so I thought I would take a break too :). I've also been sampling a few automatic stitches and feel delighted to explore them through content, placement, colour, size and composition. I made some shapes and lines and a story began to unfold and ideas were igniting and then I was in that feverish state of creative excitement you may recognize. And then I found that the conversation on Boro in the online class had begun and I felt moved by all there is to learn and the sheer beauty of the world of fibre and stitch. Bliss....

I also tried out my free motion couching foot with limited success, but I will experiment further with different yarns.