Made from sweet wrappers and boot laces and a very awful beaded waistcoat that I took apart.

Trees

Playing with my new camera.

Black beaded Tree (detail of larger piece)

This piece was created both on the sewing machine (like a drawing tool) and later mainly by hand, including all those beads. I sewed quite a lot of it on the bus, on my way to work each day. I used shoe laces to create the outline

These trees are all over france.  They remind me of knuckles and fingers. 

river loup

more river work in progress

river 1, a photo by travellingtextiles on Flickr.

river5

river5, a photo by travellingtextiles on Flickr.

How I created this.   First I lay down the colours with inks and watercolours, then I stitched in the lines using my sewing machine as if I was drawing with it.  The rest I have done by hand and includes stitching, beading and small sequins.  I will upload the finished version soon. I only know about 4 embroidery stitches, my favourite being chain stitch. 

more river work in progress

river8, a photo by travellingtextiles on Flickr.

Recent work in progress

river3, a photo by travellingtextiles on Flickr.

DSC05420

River , a photo by travellingtextiles on Flickr.

River Loup

DSCF0955, a photo by travellingtextiles on Flickr.

Taken on Christmas Eve 'The River Loup' France, by me. 

Riverbed Tapestries

Riverbed Tapestries, a set on Flickr.

My head - a place I don't get to often enough!

This is the first piece I created on the theme of rivers.  I have a limited knowledge of embroidery stitches, but you will see chain stitch and even a few french knots. The beads come from a very unfashionable waistcoat I owned in the '80's.

Doorways France

Doorways France, a set on Flickr.