Posts from the ‘Pillows’ Category
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| A very traditional Anglo cotton print that I’ve embellished with a swarm of french knot fleas. |
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| The other red and cream Euro shams I made from Rose Cumming’s Toile de Indienne now sadly discontinued. |
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| Heavy Linen back 18 x 18 |
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| A new commission from the client whose pillow I crafted from Nana Joseph’s sweater. Click on the photos for a clearer view– I don’t know what’s up today. |
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| This is from a favorite Pendelten Shirt–a gift for her sister. |
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| The back is a linen cotton. It’s 18 x 18 and has an invisible zipper. |
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| I have a new label |
I’ve been doing commissions of pillows out of vintage clothing–old to something new- that otherwise might just stay folded in a drawer, hanging in a closet, or be boxed up in the attic. Hopefully the things that we own are beautiful and having meaning.
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| Surged with hand stitching. |
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| My new cutting board and 4′ straight edge. |
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| The reverse is a camel wool boucle |
At last my camera arrived, so I can take pictures again. This is a pillow I finished today out of a felted wool sweater.
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| I am waiting for my new camera to arrive, but thanks for the help Android. |
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| 3 coronation flag pillows that I made for Pat McGann Gallery. |
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| God and my right shall me defend |
Gertrude Stein pointed out: “The earth is the earth as a peasant sees it, the world is the world as a duchess sees it, and anyway a duchess would be nothing if the earth was not there as the peasant sees it.”
21 x 21 Linen with Cotton knots. @ Gary Gibson.
This is made from a silk that I have had for about 8 years. I had yards and yards of it. It has for me a narrative about where I got it, what I’ve used it for, and the ups and downs of liking it and not liking it. For this pillow I’ve washed the silk and dried it and then ironed giving it a rich patina. I’ve showed it to you before but I’m running short.
Linen, Christopher Farr Cloth Fabric remnant with embroidered text. Vintage silk thread purchased for me in some Paris flea market. Gertrude was right, Romance is Everything.
The quote is an inscription from a 17th c silver snuff box.
I’m busily working away at a new group of pillows–here are new pictures of one that you may have seen before.
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| My Mermaids pillow. |
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| Back side of a found wool crewel work. |
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| Applique mermaid–machine embroidery. |
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| Linen piecework reverse appliqued. |
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| Inspiration: sampler, England, mid-17th c. Mermaids as guardian of the cosmic waters. |
18 x 18 linen with wool & cotton needlework & leather loop. Feather & Down insert @ Gary Gibson.
