Playing with paint

Playing with paint
abstract art

26 April 2012

Wheatear Stitch Week 17

Well yesterday I had all these alternative names for my sample of wheatear stitch. Settled on Marsh Land and the more I look at it the more I think I should have stuck with Mish Mash.  Wheatear stitch does not lend itself to much creativity, although in days to some I will probably see something on SF and wonder why I did not think of that.   I tried to keep to the free style of making the stitch and not the absolutely true method.   Anyway I did get a bit lot of couching practice with tying down the other threads.

Firstly I laid down some coloured pieces of fabric onto the background, and then I used thread that could only be couched to form what I wanted to look like twisted vines and tree trunks.  The blue is supposed to depict some water....8in an abstract way of course.    I also got out the inktense pastels and coloured in an area to give the whole thing a sense of looking into the distance .  

the best part is that I got rid of used up some "stuff" Those long beads have been around for about 15 years and this is the first time I have had a use for them.

Now what do I do....this is the quickest I have been for yonks with getting my stitching out I usually agonise over the design for days......well there are a lot of threads that need to be wound off on to cards....there is vacuuming and mopping....in other words housework....it must be time I found a maid but unfortunately am too old to have any more children :)

18 comments:

  1. That's so cool, Shirley! Lots of nice texture.

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  2. LOL I think "Marsh Land" is a good title. As soon as I saw it, before I read anything, I thought "it looks like weeds growing around the downspout at the corner of the house." That's as close to marsh land as I get. So, you clearly got the sense of wild, grassy/reedy growth going on there.

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  3. Shirley, I looked at your photo in a small version and I saw very well a wood-scene, a grey foot of a tree with many wild plants climbing up to reach sunlight. And well there is a secret box behind - haha.

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  4. Oh...funny about having children to be the maid!!! That surely doesn't happen here...I am it, baby!!! LOL.

    Your stitching is really interesting! It would be good for a sci-fi book cover, or a murder mystery at the sea!!! Hehehe!

    You sure did bang this one out fast! I just started my TAST project yesterday. I am making another "flower" shape using another found object (a key ring that I sort of unfurled a bit), and the wheatear stitch in the petals. I have no idea what it will be looking like...strange to say the least, I'm sure!!!

    Hey...you could always practice some more wheatear, and at your rate of speed, make about 10 more projects this week!!! (Skip the housework)!!! hehehe.

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  5. I love the wheater stitch...I think it is so decorative and your creation looks like coral from the sea. I love this piece you created.

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  6. Your TAST stitching is always so creative and imaginative. I look forward to seeing what you come up with next. I like the spontaneous look of this. Well done.

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  7. So Shirley wheatear does not lead to creativity, your marsh land is so so so creative. Think I am now posting correctly, fingers crossed.

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  8. I enjoyed your post, LOL. You have made wheatear look a good stitch for couching. I keep skipping the housework too, well there are much more interesting things to do aren't there?

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  9. Oh Shirley, non finisci mai di sorprendermi, sei un'artista, i colori poi sono fantastici. Baci
    Emi

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  10. I love your wheatear work Shirley. It looks even better in the flesh. Nice to use up some supplies. God knows we are trying to get to the bottom of your boxes! LOL.

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  11. Your creative wheat-ear mish mash looks fun and using it as a way to couch down other threads is a great idea! Thanks for your comment on my wheat ear & chicks post :)

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  12. Beautiful work..it is more like a painting with threads...lovely design and so very creative.

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  13. Thanks for your comment, Shirley! I think there are 2 reasons why my drawers were so tidy on those shots: 1) I'd only just rearranged them, so even I had no time to mess them up=) and 2) Some are just so small or shallow that, if you don't keep things just do in there, you simply can't fit anything in!=)

    I should get on with my wheatear too....I'm usually late with TAST.

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  14. Hi again Shirley. This sample really grabs me. I love the somewhat 'casual' look, but knowing you, I know it's not thrown together, it's been planned and re-thought several times over. It's good to keep stitching on a project when you are on a roll. Again, my apologies for the lateness of this, computer time has not been in abundance of late. Take care.

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  15. Thank you Shirley, for your lovely comment on my colorful quilt. It took really a long time to join all the little bits, after some time I found out how to work faster....And don't you think that my stash of home dyed fabrics got smaller, nothing of the kind.

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  16. Different sample. Thanks for commenting on my blog.

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  17. Beautiful work, I especially like the contrast of the free organic looking stitches on top of the pieced background.

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