I am watching a video with Amy Meissner, one of my most favourite textile artist, and I just realised that she uses the back of old cross stitch pieces to make new work. The whole thing is very interesting to watch, but if you just want to see this part, it starts roughly at the 19th minute, and lasts about 3 minutes.
Agi
"The world, as a colourful knot of threads, has turned into a memory, and now you cannot be sure whether it was real." (Géza Ottlik, Hungarian writer)
Didn't get a chance yet to take a look at the video but wanted to say HI and it is so good to hear from you again! Hope you will stay around for a while. You have been missed!
Carole
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Star Wars Afghan:Chewbaca
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O Kitten Tree
Dancing with the Cat
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I watched most of the video, and it's given me a lot to think about. I also have boxes of unused, but beautiful, linen that belonged to my grandmother. Sets of bridge cloths and napkins, in colours redolent of the 1950s, feature largely, but I'm sure some of it goes back to her marriage in 1920... I don't think I'd be brave enough to use it as a ground cloth for embroidery. Or at least I don't think I have the expertise to do the cloth justice if it was used in that way. Hmmmm...
HI and it is so good to hear from you again! Hope you will stay around for a while. You have been missed!
. It's a thought though