kellymariemcewan
Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art
Tag: textiles
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Crocheting recently
Crocheting recently has been a hit and miss deal. I’m in the preparation stage, and I’m still hitting my stride working out these floral details. I am having a lot of fun with the crocheting and general arts and craft book research. There’s also a lot of distractions with retail work and the artist pursuits
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Fur and leather sewing – where do I even start?
Fur and leather. I was recently passed down some items of sentimental value. There’s some kind of strange stuff; teeth, tusks, furs, leather tooling equipment, scrimshaw equipment… shells… hammers… photos…. Already sounds like an amazing contemporary art piece, or like something you’d find on Regretsy. I look at this pile of stuff, and it’s strange.
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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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Autumnal bomba
Some recent ones that can be found on the streets of The Town.
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First rugging workshop
….went well. Nine people learned a new skill, and I have some more information about running a workshop that will ensure things go more smoothly next time (float!). Bought a receipt book and worked out how to use that too. Especially not looking at the camera here… The last time I was in a classroom situation
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My felting process
Newly complete pieces. Afterbirth, wet cats, throw up…You don’t even need to think it. I know. You’ll note I’ve titled this post My felting process. It is a pretty rough n’ ready process, and I am not creating a finished product that is designed to be worn, machine-washed or subjected to any physical stress. What
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Fairy-ring 2; an update.
So, over the last few weeks my work ground to a halt as I have started prac and moved house, but I have too much stuff I want to do so after some late nights working I am getting towards the end of Fairy-ring 2. I am helped by the amount of rags in shades of green I
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