The Other Leaf Canvases

March 24, 2014January 17, 2015 | Chrisse Seager

I have finally submitted the rest of the my leaf canvases and here they are:

Rustic Leaves – POC 10, Fall Leaves – POC 11, Autumn Leaves – POC 12, Grey Leaves – POC 13, Aubergine Leaves – POC 14 and Lime Leaves – POC15.

I have yet to hear from the publisher but I am glad I made them. If they don’t make it, I won’t be upset. I so enjoyed making them, I am reconsidering making pieces as big as I have been.

Keep stitching

Chrisse

NEC Birmingham – March 2014

March 22, 2014January 17, 2015 | Chrisse Seager

It was the Sewing, Fashion and Hobbies show at the NEC this week. It is quite a small show and a lovely change from the very big busy Festival of Quilts show. You can walk around without getting run over by a mobile scooter or a trolley being dragged and there is lots of room for them to move without us knocking them over.

It is about half and half exhibitors and traders. The exhibition stands are mostly of an extremely high standard – great to see. Especially good to see such a high standard of embroidery.

CQ had their Journal Quilts on show and I went up with Yvonne on the Friday to steward – an easy task. I did not steward on the South West Textiles stand – by the time I saw the rota it was full and with only one day at the show, I would have seen nothing if I had stewarded at both. That would have been a shame.

Best stand for me was probably Sue Chapman who had all her marks sketchbooks and piece. Lovely susanchapman

Below is a picture of my two rust pieces at the show on the South West Textile Group stand. Photo kindly taken by Ros Lomas who does a great blog for the Marlborough Embroidery Guild website.

12″ Canvases

March 16, 2014 | Chrisse Seager

A few weeks ago, I received an invite to submit an image of a piece that was maximum 14 by 14 inches. I don’t normally work that small but had just put together a small piece from a lovely bit of cloth with discharged leaves. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Here it is:

Washington Leaves - POC 9 — Washington Leaves – POC 9

It has been accepted for the book – great. Then I received an email saying they would like a body of work, did I have any more images? Of course, I didn’t. I don’t usually work that small!

I have now. I so enjoyed putting the original canvas together that I decided to make some more. This meant printing more leaf designs on fabric – I had the leaf motifs already, and making up more mini quilts. I now have 7 and here they are in a stack.