Ok, only one letter for today. Well, actually it was supposed to be on yesterday's post but after I had them all ready I noticed that the "J" was backwards!!! Time to regroup!! Took the evening off and corrected the problem today.

The Letter J

I love to add jewelry bits to my art. I have all kinds of little jewelry parts and pieces. This letter is made from two earrings I used to wear that no longer had mates so found their way to my studio stash. The curley one I "uncurled" and the inside one is a hoop that I stretched.




I think I'll be taking a few days off from the alphabet......no need for anymore backward letters I'm thinking.

More Alphabet

Another day in the studio.........awesome!!! It's been a while and I have truly missed it! Today I continued on with some of my alphabet challenge.....E - G.


The Letter E

I have used the machine embroidery stitches on several projects from the past years. I felt it was appropriate for the letter E. I used a light blue thread for this piece.

The Letter F

One of my favorite techniques. Foiling. I used the iridescent foil because it has some opalessence of purple and blues in it.

The Letter G

This is a Glittered chiffon I have used on several other projects and had a couple of little bits left over. I had interfacing behind the black fabric and placed the letter template over the glittered chiffon and stitched it with a very small stitch. Tore off the paper and trimmed the letter.

This is getting addicting!!!!! Oh well, at least it only has 26 letters in all so I'll have to quit at that point!

Alphabet Challenge

A friend issued me a challenge she is participating in with one of her groups. While I'm not in the group, it was something that sounded like fun to do together. No deadlines (for me anyway!)

The concept - Make a piece for each letter of the alphabet. The technique, tool, or fabric should represent the letter of the alphabet. For example - The letter A - Angelina. You'll see as I go along just how it works. I have a list already for many of the letters but I have left some for later inspiration! (Translation: I have no idea yet what to use for them!)

I searched the internet and chose a Celtic version for my alphabet. So, with no further ado........Let's begin! (Strains of "Let's start at the very beginning. That's a very good place to start" just ran through my head!) I am aiming to use shades of blue, purple and periwinkle...unless the technique or whatever doesn't lend itself to that. The background will be black. I'm going for a medium-high contrast.

The Letter A

This is several layers of a pearl periwinkle angelina. Then I cut out the letter A and stitched it to the fabric.

The Letter B

A couple of years ago in a Michael's clearance bin I found several jars of seed beads mixed with white glue. You spread the mixture onto a surface and when the glue dries clear all you have showing are the beads. I first used the Crystal white beads and then some Violet beads to keep with the color scheme.

The Letter C

I used Jacquard Dyna-Flow paints to tint the cheesecloth a periwinkle color. Then I folded it several times and with interfacing on the back of the black fabric I placed a copy of the letter on top of the folded cheesecloth and stitched it down. Then tore away the paper and trimmed the cheesecloth.

The Letter D

At a group retreat in Montana, my friend and I were finding several interesting items on E-Bay. One of these items was dentalium shells....so named I'm sure because they look like small very pointy teeth! I attached them to the black fabric with E-6000.

That's it so far. Now on to the rest of the alphabet!!