Introduction to Contemporary Hand Embroidery

I start 2nd semester today and it is going to be a busy 4 months. Besides 4 classes and an independent study I will be teaching a 7 session course in Introduction to Contemporary Hand Embroidery at NBCCD in Fredericton. I promises that it will be a fun time with only a few rules that you will be allowed to break (maybe). First session will be on running stitches.

The original is hand dyed cotton with a variety of threads

These Kaleidoscopes are manipulations of a photo of the stitched sample. They are meant to be inspirations for future pieces.

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It is difficult to say what will make the perfect Kaleidoscope. Texture and a wide varity of values are very important. Also deciding what will work in which technique has to be decided. Some of these Kaleidoscopes would be perfect in Canvas work and others would be great in Quilt appliqued.

Stay tune for a list of of Work shops that I will be teaching here at Gated Hill Studio. The workshopes are designed to help those who are interested in exploring Design and Stitch.

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Each one could be explored to new creative ideas in design

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Is it a passion or an obsession??? And pink is not a favorite colour

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A pink Month

When I think of colour for February it would have to be pink. So my collection of Pink Kaleidoscopes are perfect for this week.

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Today was a typical November day , cloudy and dreary so a good time to do some experimenting on the computer. I love Kaleidoscopes so I had a go at manipulating a photo of one of Dads Sunflowers from this summer. These flowers were huge and must have been more then 12 ft tall.

Playing with the program can be very addictive and time flies by.

These are but a few. I have no plans for the sunflower yet but other photos for another project are on the drawing board.