Artnatomy is an online resource designed to aid teaching the anatomical foundation of facial expressions. This is reference tool would be ideal for anyone interested in creating portraits. Superimposed on a skull is facial muscles. By working through a number of facial expressions you can see what muscles are used.
With this being the second last day in this series I thought I would feature a detail that is a bit different. What you are looking at is a piece of lace which has had the negative area of the pattern picked out in French knots. The threads used are …
For Day 98 we have another cluster of buttons which has been stitched at the edge of a doily. On this detail two seams can be seen. The first seam runs diagonally to the top of the photo. This seam embellishment is made up of sheaf stitch. Running diagonally towards the …
For Day 97 the detail I am featuring is another example of using rick rack in crazy quilting. The rick rack has been attached with Zig Zag Chain using DMC pearl #5 thread. I have stitched three straight stitches between the V’s of the braid, then topped with seed beads. …
The seam treatment for day 96 started life as a piece hand dyed lace that was in the form of a row hearts. this lace is a modern rayon lace that I used Procion dyes to colour it. As you can see in the photograph, the hearts are upside …
Once again the 6 x 4 lives challenge due date is starting to register on my consciousness. So I commenced this months card which is more a design exercise than anything else. The background is hand dyed and painted linen and I have stitched on some hand dyed flannelette cotton …
For Day 95 in this series I have two seams to feature. Both seams are made up of of arrangements of Detached Chain Stitches and straight stitch. The first sample is a line of chain stitches worked along the base of a piece of hand dyed lace. I used a hand …
