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arlee barr
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Dec, 31, 2010
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seeding backstitch around the discharged areas
Still very untitled…….
I’d love to take Jude’s new Advanced Boro class, but ...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 31, 2010
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I’m not a believer in resolutions and i don’t think that the flip of a calendar page will make much of a magical difference in my life. 201...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 31, 2010
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I’m trusting the gawdz of the new decade to look after me on this one—i have had it with flowers, flower mines and all the accompanying BUL...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 30, 2010
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“Chained down by a spine”—-i stole this admittedly from a comment left on Jude’s blog by Susan Sanford.
It stopped me in my tra...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 30, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
Sorry everyone! I’ll be offering some more small packages of mixed fabrics in various techniques, but larger pieces aren’t going to be &ldq...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 29, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
Remember these?
the studies and base
Got the first layer of stitching on by machine:
attaching the background to the burnt out holes
The heart to t...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 29, 2010
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Very little has resulted from the newest batch, horribly disappointing, even with fresh leaves from eucalyptus, rose and hydrangea……..I h...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 29, 2010
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Learning to unlock chemistry with the natural dyeing/eco printing is both frustrating and exciting. I could muddle along with happy occurrences 5...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 28, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
Almost done! A few more widgies in a few spots, a bit more pointillism , some edge treatment and it’ll be finished.
sea change b dec 28/10...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 24, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
With encouragement from my darling Greyman, my son and a couple of very supportive friends, i have decided that 2011 will be the year of grant proposal...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 23, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
I’m supposed to be cleaning my house and stoodio for company on Christmas Day, but i keep jotting stuff in here…
A few ideas popped up as ...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 22, 2010
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I started my morning by visiting Marg’s blog (a not too far away in real life new blogging friend) and watching her SAQA video, a clearly verbali...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 21, 2010
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3:02PM Contextural has been accepted for an exhibition in the Epcor Centre Oct-Dec of 2011. The theme is loosely “Have Work: Will Travel&rd...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 21, 2010
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Solstice Storm 1
Solstice Storm 2
Even the dyepot is ecstatic with these 2....
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arlee barr
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Dec, 21, 2010
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Because it’s the day before Christmas, rather than write a column for the readers of MrXStitch, i thought i’d share some of the needlework ...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 20, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
I am being creative with the ol’ threads and needles too, ya know I sewed a button on Greyman’s pants today.
And to lighten the mood, som...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 19, 2010
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A little bit of everything for you to try, and to entice you further, my prices will always include the postage to anywhere in the world, no further co...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 19, 2010
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Berzillia and banksia leaves on silk charmeuse: look at the details left by the berzillia! Colouring and TEEEEEEENY patterning! The banksia too left wo...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 19, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
What came in the post yesterday? A box. A box with a bolt of silk habotai. Who from? My darling Greyman. Eleven yards of 56″ wide purty....
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arlee barr
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Dec, 18, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
Well, i can’t do much right now without having to stop and rest, but it’s better than being flat on my back with the sluices running full b...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 15, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
just wanna die, a GI infection that has me feeling never so sick in my entire life before. Greyman called the ambulance last night because i was scream...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 14, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
I was looking at this
from Aug 2008, Hoodoo "In the Shadow of Her Mother"
and this
and this
2006? never completed
and came up with this:
walnut d...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 14, 2010
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eucalyptus silk charmeuse1 detail
eucalyptus silk charmeuse2 detail...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 13, 2010
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Density, definitely density. And freshness. And patience! And ideas formulating for actual design motifs using this method. Some of these will go...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 12, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
I have to either keep the piles separate or stick plastic dated bits in with things; i unwrapped the eucalyptus seed pod silk waaaay too soon. Yeah, i ...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 10, 2010
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pepper berry ---i used the leaves
and eucalyptus:
look at the gold from the seeds/in the seed shapes!
detail of other seeded areas
This was one o...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 08, 2010
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Silk and cotton.
charmeuse silk satin side
cotton rings/2 pieces
For more details, see the blog page here, and to purchase go to the shop here.
I&r...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 08, 2010
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MaryAnne generously sent me a huge box of “NeedleCraft”, a magazine dating back to 1910 and oh! are there some beauteous bits in them! A lo...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 07, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
I admit i make up half of this as i go along, at least half, maybe 99.9% of it. I read the books, research online*, keep copious notes but still feel s...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 07, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
Albedo FybreSpace NOT my textile shop, but a new venture. FyberSpace the Shop is still where it is, link on the nav bar there with the photo, where ac...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 07, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
Magnolia, dogwood, eucalyptus, cedar, red huckleberry, hypericum branch pieces and pepper berry, magnolia and euc leaves– all of these have come ...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 03, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
You know you’re a textile artist when… You have more sequins lost inside your laptop keyboard than crumbs…Nicky Perryman (who start...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 03, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
How very odd: i used some alginate to draw lines on a walnut dyed silk, intending it as a resist so i could paint a bit with watered down bleach. (I go...
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arlee barr
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Dec, 01, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
Lest anyone think i get perfect results every time in my dyeing adventures, let me assure you that probably 1 in 4 pieces works This means that i hav...
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arlee barr
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Nov, 30, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
♫♫Dyeing in the day,
stitching at night,
i’ll show the needling when it’s right ♫♫♫
The jaundiced silk leopa...
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arlee barr
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Nov, 30, 2010
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Needle and Sewing Craft
Two pieces ready for spinal work:
rooted spine 1b
The one above still has alginate on it apparently, the greyish areas. The one below i scrubbed with...
