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What a Difference a Year Makes!

Black Birds in Tree stenciled onto hand-painted cotton fabric.

Click the Stencil in my Shop link above to buy one of my stencils today!

A year ago I broke my thumb and screwed up the tendons and ligaments trying to open a tamper resistant box of organic radish sprouts.

I didn’t think I’d ever stitch, hand or machine for that matter, ever again that’s how much pain I was in, and then I had surgery last September.

And now I’m back and I’m really excited to be back. New Year’s Eve was the first time I didn’t experience horrible pain when using my left hand. I was overwhelmed with joy when I first noticed that I was lifting thing, drawing, etc., and it my hand no longer hurt.

Purple Coneflower

I took a little me time a week or so ago and decided to paint some timtex with watercolors and watercolor pencils, and then machine stitch the piece, and a purple coneflower was born.

4x6 inches.

I started out using watercolor pencils to draw out and color the flower, it was surprisingly easy so long as the tip of the pencil wasn’t sharp. I allowed the colors to dry between applications so that I would have crisper edges.

I then filled in the background using regular watercolors and a brush creating a mottled effect. I let the timtex dry over night.

I then machine stitched the details of the flower using Aurifil Thread. I dropped the feed dogs and used an embroidery foot to free style stitch the details.

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Preliminary sketches. I'm creating a new series, for an upcoming show in mid-March based upon the colors and textures of local grain bins, silos, and elevators. Some of these structures are very old and are made of wood and other interesting materials.

I will be live streaming about this series this coming Saturday Evening at 7pm CST in my FB group Almost Stitched, it's free to join!

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Earth and Sky Starts Monday!!!

Have you always wanted to create an original body of art, but didn't know where to start,or thought it might be boring?

It doesn't have to be hard, or boring!

How do I know this? Because I have created no less than ten separate bodies of work in the past 20+ years.

So maybe you're thinking "But Kimberly you've been at this for a long time, I'll never be able to do what you do." That's okay I don't expect you to do what I do. In fact I believe that by learning what I have learned, about creating a series, you'll surpass me and by a long shot!

In this eight week class you will learn how to use color, design, study landscapes, etc., to create your own body of original art. I will also discuss how to display your art for maximum presentation. 

All Class content is downloadable so you get to keep it for life! We also have a FaceBook classroom where I live stream, you can ask questions, share your creations, struggles, and more.

Join me for Earth and Sky, where we will explore color, texture, landscapes, and more, to create your own unique body of art!

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Too Cheerful

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Well I've been working on my series At the Marsh and somehow this bright and cheerful piece came out of the end of my brush. 

It's too cheerful for my current series, which is more somber in tone, so I'm setting it aside to be stitched later. In the meantime I have gobs of stitching to do in anticipation of two solo shows I'm hanging the first week of January.