Hand chain stitch appliques

Maureen Cox models my Rose Hughes' "Poppies" applique jacket. I own the lovely Poppy quilt and Rose granted permisssion for me to make an applique from the design. It was Valentine's Day at the bi-monthly meeting of the Surface Art Association.

Jon spent the month of July 2009 in Mongolia.  He was there for their special yearly festival highlighting the Gengis Khan legacy of horsemanship and archery.  He commissioned a horse head vest in gold for the event.  He had many positive comments when the festival goers spied the horse head - Tahki - in Mongolian.

In November 2009, Jon spent 3 weeks in SE Asia, touring Viet Nam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma (the locals prefer this name), and Thailand. It turns out that the peacock image is important to all four cultures. 

 As with all the applique motifs, they are hand embroidered in a tight chain stitch, appliqued onto the garment (I sew the vests, and buy the jackets), and are framed with hand braided Kumihimo braids. 

A labor of love for sure!

Jon is heading to Borneo in July 2010 and has already asked about his Orangutan vest.  The hunt is on!

Using an iphone to add photos to your Facebook page.

I have learned a new thing.  Add the Facebook app to your iphone, take a photo with your phone, sign on to the app, follow the directions, and your photo will be posted to your home page on Facebook.

From there you will need to open up the new photo album you will find on FaceBook, make any corrections in your text, and then post it to your news feed.

Your photo does not go straight to your news feed....a detail I had to learn.

Easy, once you get the whole picture.

Now, I need to figure out how the portrait photo ended up on its side as a landscape photo once it reached FaceBook.....hum.....

Uncommon Threads - African Folklore Embroidery Show #254

The show ran only once, in January of 2009. But you can see the final short segment with Leora and I in the video link below.  Just click and watch.  My 2 minutes of fame!

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/african-folklore-embroidery/707732087

Analee Art - Tangental Fabric & Fiber Montage

2010 is a new year and the beginning of a new decade, and I am stretching my creative wings!

Welcome to those who find this blog.

Please visit http://www.analeeart.com/ to see photos of the work I have completed since my retirement from public school teaching in June 2006.

My creative mentor is Rose Hughes. She is a kind and gentle soul who shares her secrets freely with friends and students. Because of her classes and friendship, I have two published montage quilts in two of her books. Visit Rose's website to learn more about this amazing woman: http://www.rosehughes.com/

An article in the Los Angeles Times lead me to an evening class at Leora Raikin's Woodland Hills home in 2003. Her dramatic chain stitched African designs on black fabric set me off on a creative path which led to taping a show for Uncommon Threads in 2006 - African Folklore Embroidery. Next, 12 of my embroidered pieced were included in Leora's book of the same name. Visit her website to see a Utube video of the last segment of our show: http://www.aflembroidery.com/

This is my first blog posting. I will learn as I go along.

Look for an introduction into Kumihimo, Japanese braiding. Useful for jewelry, cording, purse handles, and more.