Painting silk

Last weekend I took a silkpainting class. Silk is an amazing fiber.

I've tried painting on silk once or twice before and I really wanted to learn some more. I loose my sense of time and space when I paint. Very relaxing!

Have a nice weekend!

Food

Pics from the Fruit & Vegetable Market in Vienna. So pretty!

More Pictures

More pictures from Vienna and Cesky Krumlov.

International Day of Felt

The Swedish Embroiderers' Guild in Stockholm had a meeting yesterday to celebrate The International Day of Felt. I'm sure you have all heard about FeltUnited and The International Day of Felt.
Yesterday we showed needlefelting by hand and with an embellisher. 27 ladies turned up and did a great job!

























We were also able to show a collection of traditional swedish embroideries. They were made in the 18th and 19th century. The cusions covers are made in wool. Thank you HV for opening your collection for us!






I was busy teaching people how to work with the embellisher all day. So much fun! At the end of the afternoon I managed to make a few stitches on a piece of wool. When I took the workshop for Sara last week she showed us how to make faces. This is a little brooch I made.

Waiting on a Sunny day

Bruce Springsteen

More Vienna...

More photos...












More buildings...












Amazing buildings...

Hundertwasser

I went to Austria a couple of weeks ago to spend some time with Sara, Susan and some swedish stitchers. On our first day in Vienna we went to Hundertwasser Haus and Kunsthaus Wien. Here are som pics for you. Well worth a visit if you are in Vienna.

Going, gone...

I'm off to see Sara, Susan, Pian and some other friends. I will tell you more when I get back.

The red bird to the left is a new piece that I'm working on. Still a long way to go...

Have a nice weekend!

A little something...

Yesterday I decided it was time to do something with the embellisher. It's been tucked away in a cupboard for far too long.


This is what I made. A little something...
Size: 15 cm x 17 cm

Challenge - Fish

I belong to a local group of the Swedish Embroiderers Guild. We meet about once a month and for every time we try to come up with different challenges. We didn't jave a meeting in July because most of us were on holiday but now everyone is back again. This is the August challenge. To make a postcard with a fish on it.



I stamped that fabric with bubblewrap and a homemade stamp and the I stitched it by hand.