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Quote Sampler™

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Hooray! I finally finished this piece; not including design time (roughly 20 hours) the stitching in this piece took 134 hours, 24 minutes and 29 seconds.

cucarachas DONE

21 x 19 inches. Tea dyed linen; cotton, silk, linen, velvet, wool, metal, and synthetic floss; rhinestones, crystal and glass beads.

The pictures don’t do justice, you will just have to come to the show and see the piece in person. I found the quote in “No Logo” by Naomi Klein, although it originally appeared in an article in the Wall Street Journal. The layout  is loosely based on a 200 year old Quaker sampler.

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79 hours and 42 minutes: Contest

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

I would like to introduce my two new friends to you. They don’t have names, but handsome husband thinks I should name them after royalty.

coily

beady

What do you think? Best idea(s) will receive Wacky Packages and other fun in the mail…

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V Day

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

This is the back side of a valentine gift I made for my handsome husband. Wool on linen.

gunpowder eyes

I think it looks beautiful, in its own quiet way.

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New W.I.P.:C’racha

Friday, February 5th, 2010

I am hoping this will be the last piece I have to make for my thesis show (March 19-March 31), it is a bit different, a quote sampler based loosely on this old sampler:

For our edification, yours and mine, I am keeping time on my progress.  This pictures is at 0:00 hours (not including 12-14 hours of design time. I have laid out some basic colors.

c'racha 0.0 hours

After  5 hours and 28 minutes this is what you get:

c'racha 5.28

The white mesh is a waste canvas, which provides the structure of a cross stitch fabric, for even stitches. When I am done with the extremely challenging lettering, I will be able to remove the waste canvas.

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More W.I.P.

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

One of these I hate, the other I love. One of them feels like it will never be finished.

chef wip

lol wip

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What Libby Found

Monday, January 4th, 2010

My beautiful neighbor Libby went to visit her people in the U.P. (Upper Peninsula [of Michigan]) for the holidays. She found this box of fun at her local goodwill and shelled out $5 so that she might give all of this bliss to me.

$5 for this historical greatness

$5 for this historical greatness

(The materials that don’t need I will send to Loop It Up, a great program exposing Savannah’s inner-city kids to the joy of creative play fiber styley.)

The older woman in line behind Libby was so pleased to see the younger generations embarking upon needlework, she grabbed and held Libby’s hand.

(click on thumbnails for larger version)

flosshookshoops

majestytransferswrappers

A few important items of note:

  • The pink tag that says “Embroidery Supplies” is the reverse side of a time card from L.D. Schreiber Cheese Co.
  • The floss ranges in price from 5 cents for 9 yards to 27 cents for 8 yards.
  • Two of the crochet hooks are carved from bone.
  • The pack of Boye crewel needles is 15cents (for 18 needles), the singer crewel needles in a 16 pack are originally 85 cents, marked down to 69 cents.
  • metal embroidery hoops! Yay!

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Your logo here…

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

I have no idea where I am going with this…

your logo here

I have no idea where I am going with this…

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FREE EMBROIDERY LESSONS

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

If you find yourself in the Savannah, Atlanta or Providence airports today, look for me, I will be offering free embroidery lessons (no strings attached) to anyone wishing to learn.

I drew up this pattern tonight and created a few basic “kits.”

turkeyI have absolutely no idea what will happen, I will be sure to let you know…

This is the document I am handing out with my packets of fun.  how to stitch Click on turkey for larger image, trace on your fabric and stitch away.

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More W.I.P.s

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

danielle pillow

I am trying very hard to back down on excessive Christmas giving. It seems there is so much giving as a means to consume: buy, buy, buy. Here at Rubistudios, it’s more like make, make, make. In my large family, we pick names from a hat, instead of buying gifts for 5 siblings and their partners and children, we have only a few. This enables me to consider each gift carefully. My niece sent me some drawings of hers. I turned one into an embroidered pillow (above).

My mother never reads my blog, so I feel safe posting pics of her gift. So safe in fact I can say that I am leaving first thing in the morning to fly to CT for Thanksgiving to surprise her. This is silk ribbon on linen for her bag.mombag

I extracted the motif from some of the bag fabric, a vintage marimekko panttern. Mom is into Vera Bradley bags, I am not; so I tried to meet in the middle. I call this bag “Suck it,Vera!”

This is a “W” in silk ribbon on silk. I cut the fabric from a curtain panel,  pearl and charcoal gray dupioni silk  West Elm, over two yards, brand new in the package for $2.99 at Goodwill.

wizzy

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