Thread Drawings

Tiny quilts make from selvedge strips fused to the batting and lightly stitched in place. Girls are doodle stitched – I love drawing with thread. Color is added with pigment pens.

Hi! (tiny thread drawings on polyester felt I found up in magical floral/garden shop in Belgium last year) Hello! Sometimes life throws curve balls and I need time to reflect, time to get lost in a few good books or dive into week long stretches of making for upcoming deadlines. I’m still around – focused […]

After finishing the remember piece, I took the doodling a step further and stitched leaves on this girl’s face after stitching ‘bloom’ across the face. The background uses two different fabrics, both with butterflies, one with additional text elements. I colored the hair, leaves and shirt with pigment pens. Bloom (8.5” x 13”) I really […]

I saw this fabric at a local quilt shop and my first thought went to painting it. I found it shortly after watching Lidija’s STITCHED 2015 class ‘Stitching Doodles’. Thinking we were moving within a week, I had packed away my paints, but wanted to create. With this fabric, felt, pigment pens and my sewing […]

Selvages and fused scraps make a colorful background for a doodle stitched blonde in pigtails. Her shirt is has wavy lines and I used decorative stitches from my machine to add ‘tattoos’ to her arms. The scallops on her neck and neckline were done with free-motion stitching. The color was added with pigment ink pens. […]

After finishing my articles for Sew Somerset, I continued to make pieces similar to the ‘Glad Girls,’ but have been waiting to post them. These are all free motion stitched – me drawing with thread – no pattern – nothing to trace. They are lots of fun for me. Make more fun (10.5” x 11”) […]