Pages 3 and 4 finished. Digital printing, transfer printing, eco dyeing, stencilling, upcycled scarf, tulle, vintage ribbon, buttons, 3D appliqué, free motion quilting, hand embroidery, machine stitched cords.
I have finally caught up!
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I am actually a page behind nearly everyone else …
Page 2 of my entry in our local fibre and textile book challenge. Digitally printed silk, pastel rubbings on transfer artist paper (ironed onto cotton), twisted and stitched cords, machine quilted, found buttons.
New project on the go
Eco dyed vintage Japanese kimono silk, plus pieces of cotton interlock I used as ‘iron blankets’ when eco dyeing a top (love how they turned out).
Slow-stitching the vintage silk onto a piece of handwoven Donegal tweed given to me by my daughter.
A hidden story
Spent some time on this yesterday! For a glimpse of other work in this series, please visit https://www.facebook.com/gonerusticstudiogallery/posts/1264112106962638. 
Hand stitched A3-sized wall hanging in progress, part of my [in]visible threads series. Eco dyed/rusted vintage linen and cotton fabrics (doilies, cot sheet) with strips of eco dyed shopping bag paper; vintage ecclesiastical crochet lace. Quilted with eco dyed silk tape and commercial perle cottons; embroidered with eco dyed perle cotton.
finished – history/her story
‘written in the cloth 7’, my entry for the 2015 tasmanian art quilt prize … rod pocket and label attached this morning [eco dyed and hand embroidered vintage nightdress and blanket remnant; vintage locket and silver key charms; black ribbon and safety pins; words printed with letter stamps]
