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Category Archives: Embroidery
Take a stitch Tuesday
The flying stitch. I’m trying it out for the first time. I read about TAST, the Take a Stitch Tuesday Challenge arranged by Sharon of Pin Tangle, on Natalie’s blog and was imidiatelly intrigued by the idea. When I went … Continue reading
Magic feathers
Magic feathers. Embroidery by iHanna 2011. Feathers are being collected from around the world! The Magic Feather Project is a collective stitching project focused on creative sharing and giving. It was started by Jude Hill who had the idea of … Continue reading
Posted in Embroidery
Tagged charity project, embroidery, inspiring me, online classes, slow craft
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Embroidery: Captivating
Captivating, embroidery by iHanna, a.k.a. Hanna Andersson, 2011. Speaking of candles and lights… I created this embroidery for a challenge with the theme “captivating” (fängslande). I got my idea rather late and only had a week to stitch this up, … Continue reading
Fabric, watercolours and embroidery
Human beings… have an inherent tendency to seek out novelty & challenges, to extend and exercise their capabilities, to explore, and to learn. /Daniel Pink ATC “Gotland”, a keeper. I made this on the boat to the island Gotland this … Continue reading
Posted in Embroidery, Mixed Media
Tagged ATC, embroidered atc, embroidery, experimenting, watercolours
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Seeing embroidery everywhere
I really like the thread nests, but maybe it’s this ATC, in all its simplicity, that is my favorite: Related PostsWeekly inspiration: new e-zine and monthly goal setting Illustrerade dagböcker Weekly inspiration: Stockholm and Swedish authors
ATC with thread nest
I’ve embroidered a few Artist Trading Cards this summer. After a while even small pieces becomes quite a body of work. Little experiments. Artist trading cards as sketches. Thoughts that are not yet finished, and still they are finished work. … Continue reading
Even more embroideried owls
MY embroidered owl ATC:s! Here is the rest of the gang. I got a little owl obsessed (or have I always been?) this spring and kept doing these little cuties. I’ve used about the same form and eye size on … Continue reading
Blue ATC Owl
This is another one that I have done, on blue fabric, traded to Margot. Here he is again, vignetted in Photoshop, just for fun: Related PostsRandom Act of Kindness Collaged notebook covers + a owly Little nuggets of Joy
Owl Embroidery on Artist Trading Card
Way back when I did this year’s DIY Postcard Swap I also arranged another swap for some very creative Swedish ladies. We exchanged embroidered artist trading cards. I actually set the swap up via a group on FB, and it … Continue reading
Ocean Embroidery
The Ocean Embroidery is a collaboration project with my embroidery group. I created the blue ocean using transparent fabrics that I cut out like waves before I attached them using the sewing machine. That was the start of this pieces, … Continue reading
Posted in A Creative Life, Embroidery, Mail bliss
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