Sew-a-Go-Go (Part 3)
Mon, August 16, 2010 at 07:00AM "In my own worst seasons I've come back from the colorless world of despair by forcing myself to look hard, for a long time, at a single glorious thing: a flame of red geranium outside my bedroom window. And then another: my daughter in a yellow dress. And another: the perfect outline of a full, dark sphere behind the crescent moon. Until I learned to be in love with my life again. Like a stroke victim retraining new parts of the brain to grasp lost skills, I have taught myself joy, over and over again."
~Barbara Kingsolver
I cannot get the white balance right for this shot, sorry!
9x12" watercolor paper, fabric, paper, photograph, thread
That's our Rhodesian Ridgeback, Kimba, 100 lbs of ON/OFF energy; wired/insane or cuddly/couch potato.
Sewing paper. It's addictive. I knew it would be cool to add stitching to my journal pages... but this is ridiculous. We started with thread and fabric - the kids and I did a bunch of stitches on fabric, random stuff, playing around, getting to know the machine. Then I started sewing the little playful pieces to paper, and the pages grew, like... I wonder if I can stitch through a paint chip? I started throwing stuff in, an acrylic leaf print the kids and I did, an ATC, a color print of an art journal page, cardstock, a photograph, and on and on.
¤ More about learning to sew on our new Janome Magnolia
¤ Stitched art journal pages: Faeries, The View, Dance, Swing, Motivation, Voyage.
¤ My first Stitched Travel Journal!
Reader Comments (4)
OH! This looks like so much fun! I've done some paper sewing, too but not a collage! I can't wait to try it. I've been sewing on a little, basic Janome for 5 years now and it's great!
I can just picture you searching for items to sew and am happy to see that you're having such fun with your new skills! Hugs, Terri xoxoxo
Can't wait til someone comes to get my sewing machine out for me! Loving your ideas...
That looks like a really cool technique.
I really like the fact that you used yellow! It makes everything pop nicely.