it's a wrap

desserts are made, milk and cookies are out for Santa and I've almost finished the wrapping

firstly made the wrapping paper by re-purposing several magazine pages 

 stitching butchers paper then decorating with nylon rope & a piece of ribbon

 stitch was used in place of glue and also used as decoration

Merry Christmas

moving ideas forward

Moving On - Stitch on paper

I'm quite enjoying doing the stitch on paper portraits. 

Timeout Please - acrylic & charcoal on paper

Also finished working on another painted piece.

stitched portraits on paper

I've been really enjoying the acrylic painting but I tend not to stray to far from stitch or textiles so a few weeks back I started to explore with free motion stitching onto various types on paper. The first picture is stitched onto white paper, the second picture I have painted a background and then stitched over it. The third picture I have painted various pieces of paper, stitch one piece, cut the others up and then collaged them onto a piece of watercolor paper and further embellished with hand stitching. I've been really enjoying this adventure - paper isn't as bulky as a quilt but is doesn't have the flexibility of a quilt so there has been a couple of little challenges with maneuvering  the larger paper pieces through the machine.

All three images will be availble as prints at mels redbubble gallery

Acrylic and stitch on paper

Finished off a couple of pieces over the weekend, this is the first piece. I started this piece during a recent abstract painting workshop. I had alot of fun with this piece experimenting with different acrylic mediums (impasto & moulding paste), acrylic paint, collage and of course a little bit of stitch all onto A3 paper.