Thread painting with free motion embroidery
Sketches of Dartmoor
The moors are never very far away. I can see the tops of the soft Dartmoor hills from my bedroom when the weather allows with it's muted greens and browns. I try to sketch them in thread and fabric paints then overstitch them with free motion machine embroidery. They are a moody moor, a solitary place under an expansive sky that is quite often full of rain and wind, with hardy ponies and ranging sheep.
Deep Valley
Painting with thread in this way has a wonderful atmospheric effect. Depth and colour can be built up by constant overstitching, adding remnants of cloth or wool and defining outlines with yarn. It's a fascinating technique that I get completely lost in for hours. It is a very time consuming way of working but I feel the results are so satisfying.
Swirling Waters
creating motion in the thread using the direction of the stitch.
The Garden
Creating an impressionistic garden with cut fabric fragments and thread over stitched with free motion machine embroidery.
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