smocking samples

Gone a bit fruity today. Drawn with a pen, coloured on the computer.

Above is a photo of the Trevi Fountain in Rome This is the 'Trevi Fountain' in Las Vegas [picture quality not as good as it was ins...

sb1p185

Screen printed fabrics, applique, machine & hand embroidery, dangly legs & shoes, beads

sb1p147

painted on cartridge paper with dye solution

screen printed papers, collaged/applique, machine embroidery

Plain black scratch art board, the black is scraped away and underneath is a multi coloured background.

This started out as a sampler of stitches and and I used it as the centre of a cushion for a few years. More recently it was converted to a...

spot the odd one out? [sb1p7]

Pirate ship seen in a sea, far far away. [well actually it was at Crete]

Screen printed papers, collaged & stitched, machine embroidery, beaded bag & necklace.

atc ideas [sb1p37]

A sampler of different hand stitches. hand painted fabric, hand embroidery, beads

Black scratch card [similar to scraperfoil]. The surface is scratched off with a wooden stylus to show the brightly coloured background.

two versions - one paper, one fabric, both screen printed, applique/collage, machine embroidery