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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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**Featured Artist: Waterrose




My love of textiles has taken me on some wonderful adventures. My first love is quilting. My grandmother taught me to quilt when I was little and growing up in Ohio. We cut pieces one-by-one using what ever templates were available. Handstitching all of those pieces together helped teach me even, tiny straight stitches. First we made small quilts for my dolls and later in my life we made large quilts for beds together. She also taught me to applique.


As time has gone by, and now that my grandmother is gone, I have taken those basic skills and experimented with art quilts. There is nothing more freeing or more scary to look at your collection of fabric and just start designing. There is no right or wrong. If you make a mistake it generally turns into something beautiful and much different than your original idea.


My second love is embroidery. My mother's skill at embroidery was that of an artisian. She was so patient, especially since she was left-handed, while I'm right handed. Some of the stitches were difficult to master when you are wrapping the needle in the wrong direction! Since I do love embroidery so much, I brainstormed for a while to figure out a way to bring this art up-to-date. You usually see embroidery on pillowcases and I thought there was so much more to it than that. I had a stack of wool felt and some silk and then had an "ah ha" moment. Cuffs. Then I began designing some patterns that would fit on the average size wrist. This discovery has now led to my embroidery cuffs being featured in "Quilting Arts Gifts" edition in September. I'm also pursuing different quilt shops and craft venues to teach this wonderful skill. Stop by and visit my blog at http://waterrosez.blogspot.com/.


7 comments:

Quilts and Heirlooms Team said...

Hey Rose, Your sewing history sounds a LOT like mine. Great crafting. I guess most of us learned from our granny.

Waterrose said...

Yep and what a wonderful way to learn something! Not only did I learn a skill, but was able to learn more about my grandmother and mother...since stories about their lives always came out as we stitched.

Lisa said...

Your story sounds nothing like mine. How lucky you were to have great teachers. My mom taught me to crochet but I basically had to teach myself everything else. My grandmother was very skilled at sewing, crocheting, reupholstering - you name it so maybe I got my talent from her.

Your embroidery is gorgeous!

Unknown said...

Yes I learned from my grandmother also, your story is interesting, I have been thinking about getting a cuff,to wear on my right arm because I have a tattoo on there and sometimes I would like to cover it up. I usually wear alot of bracelets. I really like your cuffs.
I like everyone's story.

Stela said...

Your cuffs look great!

Giftbearer said...

I really love that second cuff; the green one! Beautiful embroidery on it!

Janice said...

Rose, these are gorgeous! It's so nice to get to read more about your work :)

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