April showers ...

 A sewing project with the fabric pieces that I dyed few months ago. 

I love patterns that I am able to create with running stitch. 

Also tried weaving couple fruits. I do like the way they turned out. I have several of these small weaved pieces now. I thinking of putting them together in a fabric book. I don't know if I 'd be able to make it they way I imagine.  Will try :)

Pomegranate

Papaya

Bit of time spent on drawing as well; 

Kiwi 

Figs

bring May flowers !!

Thank you for stopping by,

till next time,

Gaia oxo

Quiet weekend

First day of spring ......

A very BIG thank you for all the front-line workers who are working tirelessly to keep us safe, at this critical time.

Past few days staying home from work, I had time to work on my creative pieces. I bought few tee shirts from the thrift store which I cut into strips, they add a different texture. I am also adding pieces of velvet,felt and other thick yarn.

quiet moment....the new normal 

Thank you for stopping by,

till next time
Gaia xoxo

October creative makes ..

Weaved pumpkin ...

I started a new embroidery piece. It has made a little bit of progress.

Pittar Patter Raindrops; there were few rainy days in October, it inspired me to made this small piece.

Still working on my scarp quilt too

I also finished a crocheting project that I started about year ago.

Thank you for stopping by,

till next time,

xoxo
Gaia

We all scream for ice cream !!!

these ice creams are made using weaving/darning ;

these too, using crewel wool

made another stump work portrait. My inspiration came from Mrs. Slocombe's character from 1970's BBC sitcom Are you being served ?

Thank you for stopping by,

Gaia

To keep you cool .....

this summer ..
weaved/darned lemonade ..

fabric collage

attempts and experiments, stumpwork portraits; inspiration "I Love Lucy "

making of that perfect cup of tea .........

there is always time for a nice cup of tea ! 

Hope you are having a wonderful summer ,

Thank you for stopping by,

Gaia

A bit of darning...

My current sewing projects seems never ending, and I much needed a break from them, and this what I did; a small darning piece on jute/gunny sack.

I have done applique before on jute also darning on cotton material, but this is the first time I tried darning on these.

On a recent visit to the thrift store, I also picked up two bags of colourful tapestry wool and I wanted to try  something with them. And, this project seemed ideal for that.

.. there is more room for improvement;

Thank you for stopping by for a peek,

till next time,

xxx,

Gaia

Darned !

 Watermelon ... !!

This ripped piece of watermelon provided inspiration to start this darning project.

I used cotton thread from the $1[one dollar] store.

I wish, I used a lesser contrasting pink for the very top layer.

If you like to read more about daring technique please see Stitch Magazine online free tutorials. http://www.embroiderersguild.com/stitch/projects/darning/index.html This link is an old one from one of my previous posts about darning.

Thank you for taking time to stop by,

Until next time,
xxx,
Gaia

Darning ....

Rain, rain, go away................

A raining day inspired me to start this little piece.

By the time I finished it, the rain had gone away ......

come again, another day.......

Thanks for stopping by,

Until next time,

xxx,
Gaia

Darning - one picture at a time - 1

Inspiration for these projects were taken from the Stitch Magazine.
If you go here http://www.embroiderersguild.com/stitch/projects/darning/index.html you read about it.

I do like this magazine a lot, it carries various interesting projects that one can try.
This is the tutorial piece.

tutorial work 

I liked the technique,  the texture and the pattern it created. So, I tried the following as well;

cuppa tea -  I feel that in certain areas I used more tension on the thread.

lonely tree - I am pleased with all the colours that I chose to darn this little tree. The problem I came across  on this one was, that I sketched the drawing  too closer to edge of the material and I could not get my embroidery frame to fit perfectly. Finally, I took it out and did the darning. [although I could have started another]

There's room for lots of improvement. I also,could not get the finishing as smoothly as I had it in my mind.

I am thinking of putting them in frames.
There's more coming...I have too many ideas but not enough time. 

xxx,

Gaia