WARNING: JAVASCRIPT NOT ENABLED
This site requires the use of JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your web browser's settings or add this site to your web browser's "Trusted Sites" list.

A Free Online Community for Textile Art

1,374 Textile Art Pictures · 36 Artists

Past Features

Aurora

Batiks that I am attempting to recreate the Auroras...

Small Works

Transforming fabric and fiber into complex objects fascinates me. I enjoy using colors, textures, and patterns to translate ideas into tangible fo...

Skies

I have really enjoyed the colors of the skies at sunrise and sunset. This gallery will be dedicated to batiks that focus more on these colors than...

Xhevahir Kolgjini

Woven pieces from ten paintings in a series which expresses how contradictions and opposites can co-exist harmoniously. This idea is captured thro...

Lil Golston

These are Journal quilts from 2004 and 2005

» Browse Past Features

Hardanger , Crewel & Counted Cross Stitch Embroidery

« Knottylady Designs Showstoppers's Gallery

(Embroidery)

Hardanger embroidery or 'Hardangersom' is a form of embroidery traditionally worked with white thread on white evenweave cloth but colored cloth is now popular. Crewel embroidery is done with a stamped pattern on the cloth and then embroidery stitches added to create the various designs. Counted Cross Stitch is another form of embroidery. Hardanger is thought to have originated in ancient Persia & during the Renaissance spread to Italy. These make wonderful gifts/keepsakes. Please enjoy!

This page has been viewed 741 times by 664 visitors.
(Not including visits today. Stats updated nightly.)

Hardanger Embroidery

860 x 768 pixels (226 KB)
0 Comments

Hardanger , Crewel & Counted Cross Stitch

1024 x 528 pixels (200 KB)
0 Comments

Hardanger, Crewel & Counted Cross Stitch

474 x 768 pixels (144 KB)
0 Comments

Artist: KnottyladyDesignsShowstoppers ( )

Contact Artist

Trendy or traditional ; pretty and petite are perfect adjectives for these gorgeous knitted , felted & needle felted bags. Until I have a bag in the works and complete it; I have never "FELT" this kind of passion for an art form which is not unique to this era but has been handed down though generations and has become more popular for bags, slippers,mittens, scarves and anything that can be knitted with the gorgeous wools on the market along with so many beautiful novelty yarns. I hope that you enjoy looking at my felted pieces as much as I enjoy the whole process from hand spun yarn to kettle dyeing to the final felting process it is a challenging and fulfilling artform. The process of needle felting adds decorative wool 'pictures' to my finished felted pieces & at times gives the piece a three dimentional look. It is a very rewarding process. I have used many mediums and this is one of my favorites because it is like 'PAINTING WITH YARN". My theme bags/totes are exciting to create but I have other artistic creations that I will enjoy sharing with you. Thank You for stopping by. Patricia Maxwell

Patricia Maxwell
Minneapolis MN 55124
http://www.mnartists.org/Patricia_Maxwell

Gallery Root: http://www.TextileArtists.org/KnottyladyDesignsShowstoppers

View the Map of Knottylady Designs Showstoppers's Gallery

Would you like to post a comment on this gallery page?

» In order to post comments you need to Sign Up for an Account.
» If you already have an Account, you can Sign in. to post a comment.

Textile Art Marketplace

-Your Shopping Cart-

»Other / Misc (1)

»Wall Artwork (1)

Uncategorized

-Join the Textile Art Marketplace!-

Gallery Categories