day 7

A slow begin this Monday
(late, but rested now after that busy Saturday)
and we have such nice sunny weather
for this time of the year !

I don't know why
but some things that seem very easy to stitch
turn out to be more time-consuming than I initially thought.
But no matter what, in the end I get there.

My PINK RIBBON Textile Jewel
for day 7 :

a wet felted hollow circle pendant, cut in a swirl,
stitched with cotton and seed beads,
on a fabric bead and a long adjustable wax cord
and two tiny turquoise beads at the bottom

(8 cm,  3.15")

For a donation of
at least

€15,-

SOLD  !

This lovely pendant can be yours.
What a nice present it would make for
someone dear !
You just need to send me an email at
 fiberrainbow@gmail.com 
(or you can tell me in the comments below)

and we will arrange the next steps.
Bank or Paypal
is possible and easy.

ALL the money you donate will go to Pink Ribbon !

 "WAVELET" 

Another day, another Textile Jewel for
PINK RIBBON
So please come by tomorrow again !

day 27

Another quite warm day for this time of year,
November is normally the time for lots of rain and storm !
(though I hardly came outside :
felting and stitching was needed first)

Something else again
and another pair of earrings this time
(I already told you I have loads or earrings myself :
so sad I have only two ears . . . !)

My PNIK RIBBON Textile Jewel(s)
for day 27 :

wet felted earrings, with some glitzy purple inside
and seed beads at the bottom
($ cm,    2")

For a donation
of at least

€ 15

SOLD !

these earrings can be yours.
A bit of fire (or a bit of gnome) 

just for the fun of it !

You can send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

or tell me in the comments below this post.

Then we'll arrange the rest.

Paypal is possible and easy

(+ postage)

ALL the money will go to PINK RIBBON !

"DROPS OF FIRE"

Tomorrow there will be
of course
a new Pink Ribbon Textile Jewel for you !

  

more learning

YES

more stitching again !

This week in the TextileArtist.org group
it was Emily Jo Gibbs' turn
to show a bit how she works her magic.
She makes the most delicate portraits and still life pieces
with a hazy appearance because of
the silk organza she uses.
(check out her website!)

I know and love her work for quite some time
so I was delighted with this opportunity.

She showed how to make a "simple" piece
using a found twig and its shadow
.....

Finding an interesting twig shouldn't be a problem
in my garden and I found one
(even a flowering one)
but then :
daughter brought a beautiful hanging basket
with a fuchsia !!!

Change of plans for me !

"dancing"

Great way to make a sketch with a telephone nearby.


Finding the right fabric
is never a problem in my "home-shop" stash

nor was tracing the sketch (against the window)
to make the patterns

Cutting them however

was a fiddly business !!!
(f.y.i. the pattern was on A5 !)

After all the pieces were pinned then tacked in place

I selected my threads
and could the stitching start.

Great use of the telephone,

to see every detail in form and colour !

*

Today I finished the last stitches :
pistil and stamens
and decided
that it looked better when the flowers was lying down
(and not standing like a little ballerina)

A wonderful lesson

THANKS Emily !

textile biennial Rijswijk 2017

Just in time

(because the exhibition is only till next Sunday)

we, Man, daughter and me,

went to Rijswijk today.

(just click on the video to get an impression of it all ...

or go there next week ! )

I knew this fifth textile biennial was a great show,

but we just didn't find the opportunity ...

until today !

24 international fibre artists are showing their work.

In an exhibition like this there are always a few

you don't quite like,

but there were some amazing art works !!!

"Dementia darning"  by Jenni Dutton

(for us the most impressive set of works)

Susanna Bauer

Jon Eric Riis

(tapestry and beads)

Kate Just

Ji Seon Yoon

Alice Kettle 

Murat Yildiz

Maryam Ashkanian

June Lee

Sophia Narrett

Agnès Sébyleau

Tamar Manon

Janaina Mello Landini

It was a true joy !

a day in Hoorn ...

Weavers market in Hoorn

only once a year on a Wednesday in July ...

Many "textile-friends" 

have that date fixed in their calendar !

Daughter and I were going by our friend Caroline's car,

a one and a half hour drive from Rotterdam.

A warm and sunny day

(though the weather forecast wasn't that pleasant for the afternoon ...)

There were already lots and lots of people when we arrived !

We split because Caroline waited for some more friends

that were coming from other places.

colours !

peg loom and wooden printing blocks

"Kantha" (inside of a jacket)

"Kantha" (outside of another one)

Soooo much to see ...

sooooo many goodies ...

I know there were others (that I know) on the market

but I hardly saw a familiar face,

only lovely "STUFF"

The five of us had a good lunch near the harbor ...

(no ... no eel ...

they were just bringing these inside, from the "IJsselmeer")

... on a (wobbly) boat, with a view on the harbor mouth

where lots of sailboats were seeking refuge

for the foretold bad weather)

(bad weather that didn't come)

Then back to the market !

Where there was some lady, that makes beautiful shrouds out of felt, for burial

"Rest in Felt"

And more stalls with more lovely items.

In the end of the afternoon it was so hot again

that we went home before it all ended.

At home Man waited with hommmme mmmmmade Lasagna !!!

Mmmmmmmmmmmm !

Time to see what goodies the two of us had

A hand dyed shawl, cotton scrim, wool with silk,

silk hankies, labradorite pendant, drop spindle and some

special closures for felted bags.

Abundance ! 

HAPPY

* 

Because of the sweltering heat in the afternoon

the toads (eight or nine) came out for diner ...

probably flying ants.

What a day !