Friday, May 15, 2009

Looking back at needleweaving

I'm taking part in Sharon B's Stitch Explorer Challenge. Find out all about it here. This month's challenge is needle weaving.

I went back over my bits and pieces to find some examples of ways I have used this technique.

It's very good for leaves!


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These were from another of Sharon's challenges 'Bags of Fun'.


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These were used to 'frame' a piece of canvas work for a box lid. The design is based on red clover.


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More needle woven leaves, again combined with canvas work and used as a frame for the insert for a box lid. And the 'trees' were worked on a piece of not so much drawn thread as almost totally destroyed canvas!


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Here, on the back of one of my 'flies',in metallic threads. I used thread to make a grid first, covering the silver fabrics, then wove some of the threads together with needle weaving.

9 comments:

RuthP said...

Your needle weaving is great! It looks like you don't need to experiment much at all! It is lovely eye candy.

arlee said...

YUM! The more needle lace i see the better!

Anonymous said...

It looks great. How are you going to top this?

Caolyne

Art4Sol said...

YES, I like the way needle weaving adds dimension to a piece. Thanks for sharing your wonderful selection...very inspiring.

Miriam said...

Wow! This is really a source of inspiration for me for the challenge of this month. Thanks for sharing!

Mermaid's Purse said...

Love all of your needleweaving samples - it's one of my favourite stitches!

Cat said...

Your needleweaving is super! It does make great leaves.

The Flower Power doll is adorable in the last post!

Smiles, Cat

sharonb said...

These are great and I really love the 'forest'

neki desu said...

your blue one is awesome!!

neki desu