Thread painting and/or machine embroidery

Leslie& The Furbabies in MO.

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Nov 12, 2009, 10:29:49 AM11/12/09

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I have become totally fascinated by these techniques. Check out these links
and see if it gets to you, too! ;-)

http://www.alisonholt.com/index.php

http://www.gildabaron.com/

Both have books at amazon.com with the 'look inside this book' feature.

Absolutely amazing, gorgeous, glorious work from both artists using a basic
sewing machine and a variety of threads. WOW!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Ruby

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Nov 12, 2009, 1:47:32 PM11/12/09

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What beautiful work. very talented artists
thanks for the links
ruby

Sandy

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Nov 12, 2009, 1:46:37 PM11/12/09

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In article <7m2nvfF...@mid.individual.net>,

Leslie, I used to do quite a bit of FM machine embroidery, but I haven't
done it in a couple of decades, at least. <G> Now I'm quite interested
in doing some thread painting, which I'd think is like embroidery, but
done to enhance a pieced or appliqu�ed work. I'm planning to take a
one-day thread painting class from Melinda Bula in January, and I'm
really looking forward to that. :)

Thanks for those links -- my wish list at Amazon has just become longer.
;)

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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
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http://www.sandymike.net

Musicmaker

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Nov 13, 2009, 8:23:45 AM11/13/09

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I agree - fascinating. I've actually wishlisted some of the dvds and
books - unfortunately my wishlist has more things in it than I have
family members!!! lol

Musicmaker

Jennifer in Ottawa

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Nov 13, 2009, 11:14:55 AM11/13/09

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Funny but last week I thought of you when I opened a book from my
library! It is called "Freestyle Machine Embroidery" - Techniques and
Inspiration for Fiber Art by Carol Shinn. jennellh

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Dr. Zachary Smith

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Nov 13, 2009, 1:20:24 PM11/13/09

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<Chuckle> Now, how did I know it was going to be your name at the top
of this thread before I even clicked on it? 8^D

I'm getting my nerve up to try it, but I need to get my basics down
first, and I'm a slow learner...

Doc

Nice stuff though.

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Susan Torrens

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Nov 15, 2009, 9:48:04 AM11/15/09

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Last spring my guild held a workshop in thread painting. Had a great time,
picked up a few tips, and completed 2 thread painted projects!
The one thing I learned was that you have to have a greater contrast in your
thread colours than I thought. The workshop was a tulip project, and I had
brought a whole range of thread colours to work with, and only used the
darkest, lightest and middle range - tried some of the others, but they
didn't really make a difference....
It sure is fun!

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Susan
sewing machine set up in the dining room
working on a home-made quilt kit!
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Barbara

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Nov 15, 2009, 5:29:51 AM11/15/09

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I just took a class from Linda Fiedler on thread painting at my guild. It
was fun and actually pretty easy. We started out with butterflies. I also
attended a lecture at Houston this year from Nancy Prince. Both their
techniques were similar, with some slight differences.

Barbara

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