kellymariemcewan
Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art
Tag: sewing
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Blanket stitch shawl, simple reuse design tutorial
I made a woollen shawl from a blanket, here is the DIY tutorial for how to make your own.
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More clothing repair while travelling
Repairing clothes during travel
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Travelling textiles tools
A collection of travelling tools
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Kelly-Marie McEwan and Matt Collins, Brief Encounters Empire Theatre Toowoomba
Kelly-Marie McEwan and Matt Collins in Brief Encounters This is another in my series about the Brief Encounters performance that was at the Empire Theatre on Saturday, 24th August. Photos by Rory Adams. You can find the rest of the performance’s images here.
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Artist images – professionally taken artwork photo gallery
Artist images I have had taken. Not many words today. These are beautiful. Thanks to the USQ Photography team for their amazing images over the last few years, as well as Nerida Tupas.
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Clothing alterations; adding to a slip to make it correctly fit
So, another thing that I tried out in January was learning a new stitch, and using it on a boob-tube style slip that I purchased that just wouldn’t stay up (but that’s why it’s called a slip, right? Hur hur). First things, the new stitch: The stitch is commonly known as broomstick lace crochet, and
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Making a dress, the January project
Making a dress Making a dress is complicated. There’s all sorts of hidden layers to the process that you need to research first, or be mentored by another who’s versed in the art. I have inches in the bookshelf dedicated to the process, and I completely disregarded them as I went about created a dress
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Hello! Back again in the New Year…a bit later than expected
Hello! New Year, new blog space and look, although it’s taken me until the end of the month to get my act in gear. Interestingly, I have a spent a majority of January mentally, emotionally and physically shaking off the detritus of 2012. Not to sound pessimistic; but, from my emotional perspective, for the most
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The travelling book collective
A couple of months ago I signed on to made. creative space’s Journal Project and have been lucky enough to convince three other artists to collaborate with me on this via the post. Tonight, I’ve finished my section of the book and over the weekend I will be bundling it up with some bits and pieces and sending
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