Twisted Stitchers: Week 8

We continued working on stitched poems this week. Tammy's Dickinson line reads,
Give me the splendid, silent sun
with all his beams full-dazzling.

Nancy works on a composition, not fearing her new green cast...

Kimberly's Girls Just Wanna Have Fun is coming along

Meredith's composition is complete, though she took it apart in time for me to take a photo...

Not content to wing her letters, Shannon gets professional with embroidery hoop and stitch book in hand.

Shannon's beautiful Dragonfly piece for a dear friend...recognize Nina's lyric?

Thanks to Daylight Savings, we had a beautiful sunset in our ArtPlay classroom tonight!

Theresa's I-Ching reading turned out great and now she's working on an equally impressive composition.

Twisted Stitchers: Week 7

Theresa's finished pillow - all made by hand!

Theresa's workstation: finished pillow and the Tao Te Ching (her inspiration for the stitched poem activity)

Tammy's stitched poem is by Emily Dickinson

Theresa's stitched poem is from the Tao Te Ching

Ellen was inspired by her "creatures from patterned fabric" activity and continued working on it

Ellen's peacock composition

You can see where Ellen's peacock came from in this quail fabric. A great use of patterned fabric for this activity.

Kimberly adds JAZZ HANDS to her stitched poem, which will be...Girls Just Want to Have Fun!

"Make Cornbread, Not War" by anonymous (she wasn't happy with it so we shall leave her unnamed)

Twisted Stitchers: Week 6

Meredith's creature: pinned and ready to be sewn.

The Twisted Stitchers busy with layout.

Ellen chooses patterned fabric for her creature project.

Shannon goes wild with animals

Shannon's hexie project and some of her own techniques

Kimberly working on her pillow

Kimberly looking for just the right scrap from the Ort catcher

Tammy in a moment of contemplation and Theresa ready to finish up her pillow

Twisted Stitchers: capable of sewing and discussing Hello Kitty, Barbie (pros and cons), Disney Princesses and everything in between (believe me, there is a lot in between)

Theresa's pillow top

Tammy's composition is just beginning...

Creative chaos abounds!

Tammy's garden composition comes to life

Theresa's creature project