Embroideries
I started making these embroidered cards about 7 or 8 years ago- they are small tifaifai's, about 7 inches square and I mount them on card like khadi paper ( A4 size/legal paper) and then stitch them- if you click on the photo you will see the stitching.I sell them for around $30 US each- I haven't kept count how many I have made over the years. I draw them fresh each time so that there are variations. Since I have been in England I have finished eight of them. There is a type of paper I get at home which is a bit better to sew on than khadi paper- I even did a sort of quilt on a large piece of momogami paper- but quilt shows didn't get it and the paper exhibitions I entered politely returned my entry with a note to say that it was textile- well yes but mounted on paper and the paper being an integral part of the whole- ummm... Anyway the orange fabric has been hand printed with a lino cut I made and the whole has been pretty heavily stitched. I am falling in the hole I was worried about- what am I going to do next??? I want to do a substantila piece but the head is blank...
Beautiful...!! I love this embroidered card.
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How the heck do you manage to cut them so small?? What kind of scissors are you using? Do you free cut or make a paper pattern? I ask because I tried to do a small tifaifai the other day for a progressive and failed terribly....
ReplyDeleteteri
I learned something new today! I did not know what a tifaifai was until I saw your blog. I had to look it up. Yours is so delicate and pretty!
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