Today I have a special treat for you: a little up close and personal time with mixed-media artist Cait Sherwood, who’s featured in the new May/June 2018 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors. I was instantly captivated by Cait’s work when I saw it on Instagram. Her style, aesthetic, palette, and techniques all spoke to me, and…
My studio is located in a 1860's Courthouse ..complete with restless spirits from the past ..and things that go bump in the night (I tend not to work there at night much! 🙂 My window overlooks the now abandoned jail and the courtyard where public hangings occurred up until the 1960's..This aside..the space is my…
This scrapbook for stitch has a quilted cover incorporating many different techniques such as discharge paste text, free-motion stitch, digitally stitched lettering, patching and quilting. Inside are fabric pages on which to add my stitched samples, try out ideas and add textured embroidery.
Sorry for the repeat of the FRONT side of the postcard – I seem to be all thumbs when uploading here! "Art is the only way to run away without leaving home" – Twyla Tharp – a sentiment I can relate to! This is a cloth collage initially created digitally with images from…
"Art is the only way to run away without leaving home" – Twyla Tharp – a sentiment I can relate to! This is a cloth collage initially created digitally with images from my own collection of vintage photographs, plus images from Tumble Fish Studio. It was finished with machine stitching, hand stitching and embroidery,…
A holiday card that is all fabric, actually a small art quilt made with scraps and buttons tied on with pearl cotton.
A mixed-media stitched Trapunto sampler inspired by the Japonaiserie style that captures Koi fish and water lilies. The mixture of media include an original ink pointillism drawing on cotton, embroidery, bead work, Trapunto quilting and silver wire embellishments of the Koi. Finished size: 215mm x 410mm. My name is Cherry Barlowe (aka Qershi), I was…
mixed-media quilt fabric, beads, sequins, those loooovely bangles from India,metal charms, homemade beads which I made with fabric & embroidery-covered drinking straws, etc.,etc.
this was one of my first forays into mixing paper and stitch, and i fell in love with it! i always look back at this piece with delight mainly because of the color combinations – so bright and lovely! and i got to use some of my paper scrapsi have stored away for just such…
A mini art quilt made with scraps from my scrap box, including: painted/dyed paper towels, cheesecloth, fabric scraps, scrapbook papers, mesh produce bags, etc. This mini quilt is around 3" x 4".
