Last year my daughters and self had used a few simple stitches from TAST (Take A Stitch Tuesday) on work for the Johnston Collection and I thought I’d post a few photos here. All groups invited, use something from the Johnston collection itself for inspiration.
Our theme was taken from a woodblock by Andō Utagawa Hiroshige who was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist. The woodblock was called ‘Sudden shower over Shin Ohashi’ . The photo of cushions below has a woodblock print of the Bridge, with people passing over it in the shower.
We used Running stitch for cushions, in the form of Sashiko, fish and a few of birds or figures …most of the photos can be clicked for enlargement.
Chain stitch and Straight stitch for embroidered fishermen which became part of tote bags. A single DMC thread was used for these.
Needlen’thread has a video of the
Long and Short stitch for birds on Temari balls. A single thread of Rajmahal art silk was used.
Kiko’s flower stitch was also used on the temari with birds.
Open base Woven Picot; made with 2 strands of DMC threads, to make 19 large buttons for a kimono.
Our family work was combined and though none of us claim to have made any singly, I have to admit that DD3 created the large fishing net with a thread similar to 4 ply cotton- a labour of love I’d say.
After the work was displayed at the William Johnston house, we were invited to have it displayed at Kimono House last September, for a month. We were delighted to be asked and the display by the Owner was fabulous.
It is worth viewing the link, as the photos can be enlarged more than here. I hope visitors enjoy the work.
I’ll apologize in advance for the WordPress method of rearranging what I place in my post.
The objects for this exhibition are stunning! My favorites are the temari and the fish, although I take my hat off to all the painstaking work you have put into the net, the kimono, the bags and all other things.
By: Queenie Patch on February 11, 2017
at 9:31 pm
Working together was a lot of fun as well as dedicated work.
By: Crazyqstitcher on February 12, 2017
at 3:15 pm
Oh, wow, oh wow! I’d only seen a few of these, and it’s amazing to see them all together. Thanks for the link, too. The Sashiko fisherman – where did you find that pattern? Did you make it up yourself?
By: dezertsuz on February 12, 2017
at 5:01 am
I searched so many of Utagawa Hiroshigi’s prints that I can’t recall in which group I found the prints. I always need a pattern ,Susan.
By: Crazyqstitcher on February 12, 2017
at 3:12 pm
Oh, sorry, ladies in rain
By: dezertsuz on February 12, 2017
at 5:02 am
Ah, you meant the ladies. It too was a print but easily adapted to Sashiko stitches.
By: Crazyqstitcher on February 12, 2017
at 3:17 pm
A single thread of silk? Excuse me….going for a little lie down now…..
Okay – I’m back. Amazing works of art, all of these. Artistic talent runs rampant in your family!
By: Mary Anne on February 17, 2017
at 1:42 pm
The girls are great fun to work with. They are all good at coming up with something different to create….not inherited from me.
By: Crazyqstitcher on February 18, 2017
at 7:14 pm