Textile Postcard Week #9

 November 26th - December 2nd 2017

Reverse side with details recorded on rusted paper

Week #9 November 26th - December 2nd

This postcard looks like the beginning of a

'post &  rail' fence.

The 'off cuts'  are the last scraps from my
wall hanging  'Crossing Streaky Bay'.

I found the Indigo colours most attractive and easy to stitch.

Textile Postcard Week #8

November 19th to 25th 2017

'Blue and White' off cuts

 Detailed view of Week #8

These are some of the off cuts from my quilt

'Crossing Streaky Bay'. The indigo dyed fabric is hand stitched with yellow/blue cotton thread. 

Textile Postcard Week #7

November 12th to 18th

Close up view

Arrangement of 'Off Cuts'

 These are some of the off cuts from my quilt

'Crossing Streaky Bay'. The indigo dyed fabric is hand stitched with yellow/blue cotton thread. 

Textile Postcards Week #6

November 5th - 11th 2017

'Crossing Streaky Bay' - photographed by Cynthia Brown

Earlier this year I took part in an Indigo Dyeing class. Using some of the resulting fabric I made a small wall hanging. I now find that I have a number of 'off cuts' which I plan to use as the feature on my postcards for the next few weeks.

Here is my wall hanging which was inspired by the crossing of Spencer Gulf on a punt. After this crossing we drove across Eyre Peninsula and camped near Streaky Bay.The water was quite obviously affected by wind. The streaky/wavy effect of the Indigo dye patterns inspired by my memory of this short water crossing resulted in the stitching of the quilt named 'Crossing Streaky Bay'

Week #6 -  November 5th -11th

Reverse side

Textile Postcards Week #5

October 29th - November 4th 2017

Week #5 October 29th- November 4th 

These two scraps were left overs from a piece of Japanese Silk which I had rusted by wrapping the fabric around rusty objects.

Below is a piece of the same Rusted Japanese Silk which I have now mounted ready for framing. I stitched the whole piece, which was about 20cm square, with a variegated thread.

A piece of rusted and stitched silk.b