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Postcard from the Rose Garden
Textile Art featuring paper piecing and embroidery
My first stitched postcard from the Artist in Residency at the Wellington Botanic Gardens.
Finished as a mini quilt for top mounting in a box frame.
Size: 9cm by 17cm
Only one available
Postcard from the Rose Garden $150 BUY NOW
The Artist in Residency is made possible by the Friends of the Wellington Botanic Gardens and funding from the Nikau Foundation
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Past Class- Stitch a Still Life
Create your own A4 size Still Life with a vase or a bowl containing three dimensional flowers, fruit and /or leaves.
Linen fabric will be available in a range of colours for you to create your own background textured with simple stitches.
A bowl or vase for your flowers and fruit will be appliqued.
Some threads and fabrics will be provided but if you have something special you would like to incorporate into the Still Life you are welcome to bring it along and we can discuss how to best use it. For example, the bowl for the cherries is from an old, embroidered doily and the cherries are red velvet. A piece of lace may look good on the table.
You may not finish completely, but you will have been taught and practised each step.
Advice and options for finishing your piece of work for display will be given.
To see more Textile Art classes at Hutt Art you can Click here
Round Spotted Vase Still Life
Quilted Textile Work
One in a series of Still Life panels of vases and flowers.
Three dimensional velvet flowers in an appliqued vase with velvet spots on an kantha stitched linen/cotton mix background.
Finished as a mini quilt with a hanging sleeve with the ability to easily make it into a cushion if you wish.
Frame is not included, it is just shown as a display suggestion.
Size: 33cm by 37cm
Only one available
Round Spotted Vase Still Life $350 BUY NOW
Background Essex Cotton/Linen Fat Quarters
Essex Linen 1039 Bordeaux Fat Quarter (50cm x 55cm) $7.00 BUY NOW
Essex Linen 1281 Peach Fat Quarter (50cm x 55cm) $7.00 BUY NOW
Essex Linen 1294 Plum Fat Quarter (50cm x 55cm) $7.00 BUY NOW
Essex Linen 1390 Wine Fat Quarter (50cm x 55cm) $7.00 BUY NOW
Unicorn Garden Party
Stitched Fragments Textile Work
As I am clearing I am coming across little stitched fragments that just have to be incorporated into another work.
This cross stitch unicorn was from a set of four designs inspired by medieval millefleur tapestry. These were stitched in 1989 on a trip to Canada. I loved the designs that after stitching the complete four I had to stitch another unicorn.
The piece includes selvages torn from the edges of fabric to be made into curtains. The little gold leather flowers were cut from the leather of some worn out shoes that the puppy continued destroying.
Slow stitching - letting the fabric and thread lead the way.
Finished with raw edges and mounted in a box frame without glass.
Size: 18 cm by 22 cm
Only one available
Unicorn Flower Party Unframed $390 BUY NOW
Unicorn Flower Party Framed $490 BUY NOW
Past Class – Suzani Bird Too
Traditional Suzani Embroidery in Uzbekistan has flourished again since the fall of the Soviet Union. Taking inspirations from a contemporary Suzani, this bird with flowers and leaves has been reinterpreted using crewel embroidery stiches.
This Suzani bird is designed to be a companion to last year's bird, You can either do the new design, a bird with attitude taken from a Suzani embroidery (is this where Dr Suess got his ideas from?) or the smaller Suzani Bird from 2024.
In this class you will learn a number of crewel stitches with Strand yarn.
The $30 design pack will include a printed linen/cotton panel of the design, a suggested stitch and color layout and a stitch dictionary.
At the end of the class you will be given detailed stitching instruction
A Strand wool pack containing the colours used will be available in class. Prices will be different depending which design you choose to do.
To see more Textile Art classes at Hutt Art you can Click here
If you cannot attend the class you can purchase a fabric pack or full kit here