Tag: Flower

Peace Dance

Trading canvas embellished with antique book pages & lace dating to the late 1800's. Acrylic painted face. Vintage thread & mother of pearl buttons for added detail. Muscular wire arms for hanging 

Peace Dance

Trading canvas embellished with antique book pages & lace dating to the late 1800's. Acrylic painted face. Vintage thread & mother of pearl buttons for added detail. Muscular wire arms for hanging

Lotus Stamp

I carved this from a drawing of a lotus flower I made based off of an image I found.  New to stamp carving, but I'm loving it!

Stained Glass Garden

Colored resin paper, black and white card, metallic thread for the stitching in the center of the flowers and highlights, and gel pens.

The Visitor

Hand dyed cotton (Sharpie and alcohol) Hand made felt. Cotton embroidery threads, regular cotton. Machine and hand stitched. Wadding and heavy cotton backing.

Japanese Garden by Rita Summers

japanese fabrics, vintage coins, stencilled and stamped images, acrylic paint, broderie perse applique, free-motion stitching, gold and variegated threads, couching and 3D applique

Mixed-Media Stitch – Flowering Tree

This artwork was created in many layers and used many materials.  The background started out with a pair of old jeans, gesso, ripped pages from and old book and used tea bags.  White accents were added by printing a hand-carved stamp with gesso and drawing white leaves with Sakura Souffle pen over the tea bags.…

Serenity with a twist

Started out with a recycled piece of jeans fabric, needle felted sheep's fleece, silk fibers, yarn and threads with machine onto the jeans fabric.  Sewed different fabrics such as cotton, organza in flower shapes  Used puff paint for some designs in red and orange, sewed glass beads, embroidered purple French knots using a ribbon, more…

Crocosmia Sunset

I love the fiery red of crocosmia blossoms, and I love sunsets. What better combination ! Free motion stitching added the right balance. This is a detail of the back of the piece.