Hi everyone
Wishing you all a Happy New Year.
As a treat for the start of the New Year here’s an update of the following galleries for you.
Contemporary Creative Embroidery
Enjoy!
Carmen
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Tag Archives: Monica Andrew
Wonderful Viewers’ Choice Awards from the 2014 Annual Exhibition
Hello again
I hope you’re having a good week. This is a quick post to share some photos from the Viewers’ Choice Awards at the Exhibition.
Stitching Love & Hope Creative Challenge – Viewers’ Choice
The Viewers’ Choice for the Stitching Love and Hope Creative Challenge was won by this lovely and evocative postcard of a field of poppies by Monica Andrew….
It really brought back memories of seeing fields of Flanders poppies in France.
Here’s a delighted Monica receiving her prize from our President Fran Novitski…
Congratulations Monica!
General Exhibition – Viewers’ Choice Award
The Viewers’ Choice in the General Exhibition was the stunning Japanese Embroidery Bouquet from the Heart of Japan stitched by Irene Burton which was blogged here
and here’s Irene with Fran Novitski and Sarah Kimmorley (our awesome and super calm Exhibition organiser) receiving her prize
Congratulations Irene!
Given that we’ve previously featured Irene’s winning entry in a blog post I thought we’d share another exquisite entry from her – a Marie Antoinette doll.
Irene’s Marie Antoinette Doll
This doll has to be seen in real life to appreciate the extraordinary detail and flair of this costume, hat, hair, shoes, bling etc…
and here’s the back…
Irene also showed us the layers under the outer dress…
Layer 1
Layer 2
and here’s what Irene has to say about making this doll…
“Everything is crocheted -the pantaloons, the underskirt, the dress and the hat. The satin bodice is
not part of the costume. I made it so that she wasn’t photographed topless in her pantaloons and underskirt! The pattern is a reproduction of a 1775 French Court Dress, designed in miniature by Sandra Peach of Paradise Dolls. Sandra even includes instructions for the hairstyle. It took many, many months for me to find all the embellishments – on the internet, at craft shows and op shops, and from friends’ stashes. As you can imagine, there is more to the costume than just crochet. You need to be hairdresser, jewellery maker, dressmaker, embroiderer and improviser. I have already started crocheting the next Crochet Collector Costume by Sandra Peach. I think her designs are top class.”
I don’t know about you but I’m in awe of Irene’s level of talent and I can’t wait to see the next costumed doll she produces!
Don’t forget if you want to enlarge the photos of the doll just click on them and then click on the zoom icon that comes up
Bye for now!
Carmen
Celebrating World Embroidery Day 2014
Hi everyone
Today’s World Embroidery Day – what are you doing to celebrate?
The concept of World Embroidery Day came from the Skane Branch of the Swedish Embroidery Guild (Broderiakademin). You can read more about them here
The Swedish Guild also wrote this inspiring Manifesto to go with World Embroidery Day
Our Guild’s Celebrations
We emailed the Swedish Guild to find out how they celebrate World Embroidery Day and they wrote back saying that they go to cafes and stitch. So hey that’s what we did too!
Here are some of us at the retro and funky Bite to Eat cafe at Chifley this morning.
Here’s a peek at some of the stitchy goodness going on with all the chat and coffee.
Sandra Pollard was stitching this vintage piece
Leonie Hunt was also working on a vintage piece
and Jillian Farrer was chain stitching this piece with a real pop of colour
We’re hoping to post some photos from the group who met at the Arboretum cafe on Facebook soon.
One of our members Tracey Kent couldn’t join us for the cafe fun but celebrated the day at her school – how awesome is that!
More Stitchy Goodness
Now as a bonus to celebrate World Embroidery Day here are some lovely embellished and stitched surfaces.
Monica Andrew has just finished this creative and contemporary cushion featuring entrapped objects and an embellished surface
For a different kind of embellished embroidery here’s a delicate and too cute elephant softie stitched by Barbara Adams
If you’re a fan of Gary Clarke designs you’ll love this elegant entrapped organza piece stitched by Agnes Sciberras
Agnes has also embellished this lovely painted canvas
Enjoy!
Carmen
