Freedom of Stitch: Where Art & Craft Meet Stitch™ Mixed Media Embroidery Patterns & Workshops, by Victoria Crowder Payne

Freedom of Stitch: Where Art & Craft Meet Stitch!™ Home of the Fearless Stitcher Series: Be Fearless & GO Stitch Up the Place!™ Featuring mixed media embroidery Patterns, & Workshops! WELCOME!! email me at victoria@freedomofstitch.com

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FLORILEGIUM NeedleArts in Parkville MO AND FREEDOMOFSTITCH ARE LAUNCHING SOMETHING AMAZING*** &ENERGIZING*** &FEARLESS*** ARTISTIC NOURISHMENT*** ARE YOU READY TO BLOW THE DOORS OFF YOUR CREATIVE VEHICLE? Photobucket It's fabric&paper... fiber&floss... freestyle&precision... figurative&abstract... books&canvases... IT'S THE BIRTH OF OUR CREATIVE TRIBE... ARE YOU READY TO BE BORN? Workshops, meetups, pow wows to summons your creative mojo. Together we will Be Fearless... We will be artists. Detailed schedule coming in October 2010 -- Themed StitchDowns * stitchtagging * social graffiti jams (all artists welcome) * LifeStitch-n-Spin ft live models & djs to keep the threads spinning -- and MORE MORE MORE..... Don't Sign Up Unless You MEAN it ;0} Link to more info: **Link To Info**

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the Witch is Stitched!!

28 Aug 09
ooooh hee hee hee… She turned out even better than I’d imagined! (and yes you eagle-eyed admirer — that web IS stitched with glow in the dark floss!)  I may add a little longer hair (cuz red heads like the looong curly hairs, we do!) but she’s all ready to be displayed as [...]

More Originals… & witchy goodness

26 August, 2009
WIST: what I stitched today – new Fearless Stitcher Originals: Vintage textile collar with embroidered center (still in progress)

I’ll be adding some more elements in floss, beads, and wire to finish it up — but these are a blast to make (& I’ve sourced a TON of vintage fabric so I’ll do a [...]

WIST: New Fearless Stitcher Originals

24 Aug 09
Maybe it’s the approach of autumn, but I find myself gathering fall-colored fabric and loading up the design board:

Then gathering again, often by the tray full:

and then laying out swatches and pieces which can be joined into bands:

and then all tarted up with bullions, and brazilian cast-ons, and french knots… and metallics:

and I’ve [...]

WIST… and fabric goodness…

19 Aug 09
Isn’t she AWEsome!!! It’s the design for October classes “MixMedStitch Witch Tote” will go on October 3 at Indep JoAnn store 10am to 1pm. She will also be available in the Freedom of Stitch shop as a pattern next week.
I just love her and will hopefully get her finished tomorrow night & put [...]

WIST… and cool fabrics…

17 Aug 2009
zowie… look at THESE…

I’ve sprinkled this one with green french knots, and combined 2 different tapestry fabrics.
Though they’re still in progress, I HAD to show the work as it’s representative of the direction I’m going for fall ‘09 — very tapestry and layered collage. I’ll finish them tonight and show pix soon!
I’ve also [...]

WIST…

13 Aug 2009
What I Stitched Today:
a jacket!!

She’s the first sample of a jacket for the Mixed Media Embroidery Project classes I’ll begin teaching in Sept. — and she’ll be in my shop in October!!

WIST…

12 Aug 09
Isn’t she cool?? I stitched her up today with a companion piece — both are samples for fall workshops “Mixed Media Embroidery Projects” but will be available in the freedom of stitch shop in October…
Meanwhile, I’ve got back-to-school shopping to do tomorrow so I’ll check in Thursday!  Tonight = stitching… stitching…

WIST, Twilight new work, and the Roots re-viewed…

5 Aug 09
ooooooh – looky: It’s a gift for my lovely favoritest cousine Amy (who is Twilight gaa-gaa) So she gets the custom-mostest-special theme piece:

This was a challenge to create — I wanted to stitch the image on to a text background but couldn’t get the transfer to work (using gel medium to xfer text [...]