Showing posts with label embroidery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label embroidery. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 October 2013

Fabric of Britain-The Wonder of Embroidery

My inspiration this week comes from the Fabric of Britain programme shown on BBC Four last night. Part of the series Handmade in Britain  which is run in conjunction with the V & A , last night's episode, The Wonder of Embroidery gave a history of  British embroidery. You can find the programme link here

Tuesday, 26 February 2013

Tag Tuesday-Letter H



This week on Tag Tuesday we have reached the letter H. As I have been doing a bit of collage recently, this week's tag is stitched. In Tag Tuesday we are encouraged to experiment with techniques and materials. The background is felt, with a cross stitched border. It reminded me of American Folk Art, when it was finished.
I used a drawing I made a while ago, when I was trying to capture a pecking hen on paper whilst on holiday. I spent ages following the hens around, doing lightning sketches before they moved again! I photographed my stitched hen against a straw hat as that seemed appropriate.