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in some ways very much who i was before and in other ways a very different person happily i have been in a much better place for quite some time and i m back out in the world living life and giving back to others as you know if you ve followed my blog for a while i now foster future dog guide puppies for the lion s foundation of canada dog guides wafer now 8 months old is my third foster puppy and puppy number four is due to be born in around ten days and will come home to me in early november mom and wafer check out a little black lab while we stop by dog guides to pick up food this little one went home with it s foster family later that same week my mom pictured here the day before her 88th birthday enjoys the puppies immensely and takes great delight in being able to cuddle the little ones it was by luck that she got to meet this little fellow since she was in the car with me when i stopped by to pick up some more food for wafer in addition to doing my fibre art and some art journalling i manage to do an occasional traditional quilt too this i spy quilt was made for my niece and her darling little ones they re now enjoying it both as a game and a quilt to cuddle up with on family movie nights next up is a queen sized quilt for my son to replace the much loved and used quilt he has the first one i ever made the cottage is another great part of what takes up my time in addition to providing relaxation and time with family and friends boy did we have a never ending full house this summer o it also gives me incredible opportunities to teach the puppies wafer is fascinated by the chipmunks and would love to play with them but she knows that she must leave it as you can see she watches closely while i hand feed them and they have learned not to worry too much about her either i tell you all of this to say that life is great and busy and so i have decided the time has come to let this blog go this summer was a bit of a test to see if i could in fact do just that and i found that my need to post regularly is no longer the driving force it once was i thank you all for your company over the years it wouldn t have been the joy it was without knowing you were there to read my posts and share in my art photography and puppiness and a special thank you to those of you who regularly left comments i feel i have made a lot of friends and i will miss that connection having said that i will continue to be active on facebook and instagram where i will share my art both in progress and completed work as well as pictures of my foster puppies thanks for coming along for the ride too cheesy right but the sun is setting on my blog journey o posted by linda kittmer at 6 08 pm 25 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday august 17 2015 group of eight fibre artists show our group of eight fibre artists show is now hanging at the halton hills cultural centre in downtown georgetown 9 church street halton hills on l7g 2a3 we hope you have a chance to come and see our work the show runs from today until september 20th here s a peek of what you ll see there is work from seven of the nine artists currently in our group posted by linda kittmer at 10 03 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art show fibre art group of eight group of eight fibre artists halton hills cultural centre sisnett lobby those lines aren t straight you know it s time to tidy the studio and inventory your work when you happen upon a piece that you started a couple of years ago finished many months ago and realize you still haven t put a label or hanging device on it as i considered what to call this piece i was reminded about something that happened while working on this piece at a show one day i got such a chuckle out of a young boy who said to me with some concern in his voice those lines aren t straight and so i have decided to use that as my title posted by linda kittmer at 12 00 am 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels beading collage fibre art hand dyed fabric hand stitch machine stitch wednesday august 5 2015 summer s busy but i m checking in summer posts are just not happening this year but i thought i d pop in to share a couple of things i ve finished snakes and ladders is now finished and framed and will be showing at the halton hills cultural centre as part of our group of eight show running from august 18th until september 20 if you re in the area i hope you ll stop by to see our work stitch meanderings is also finished and mounted onto a stretched canvas you can come and see it in person at the show too i ve also been busy making an i spy quilt i ll post pictures of that when i get a chance until then i hope you re having a wonderful august posted by linda kittmer at 12 44 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels collage fibre art group of eight group of eight fibre artists mixed media thread lace wednesday july 8 2015 dlp week 25 hometown memories week 25 s prompt for the documented life project was hometown inspiration with the quote there s no place like home i am working on a fibre art piece using this globe and since i had it printed on paper i thought i d play with it and add the quote in fun lettering i coloured it using inktense pencils and my waterbrush simple but fun this week posted by linda kittmer at 10 42 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels dlp dlp2015 globe inktense pencils lettering thursday june 25 2015 three squared is finished yesterday i shared with you the wonderful weekend workshop i participated in with alice vander vennen see it here so i m just quickly popping in to show you this piece which i ve called three squared finished and framed the first shot shows it with the mat and the second after it s signed and framed but sadly with terrible reflections how do you photograph art behind glass posted by linda kittmer at 8 04 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels alice vander vennen assemblage fibre art group of eight fibre artists hand stitching machine stitching silk monday june 22 2015 weekend workshop with alice vander vennen i just spent the most wonderful weekend with my group of eight friends and the incredibly talented alice vander vennen it was a fun filled workshop and the work that was produced was fabulous here are the pieces i have come away with we started with a couple of small exercises to get us warmed up these were intended to be used for cards so we mounted them on card blanks the next exercise was a little larger but we were still working quickly and loosely i love the juxtaposition of the various fibres and textures combined with the minimal hand stitch t his small square piece framed in a 10 square frame started out as a card but i worked back into it a bit and decided to frame it these two photos are close ups of individual components of a larger piece there is still a little more work that will go into this piece before it s ready to be framed this piece is the start of a work in progress i honestly don t know where this will take me but i love the relatively fast intuitive manner in which it s coming together time will tell where it goes and what it becomes wafer was a most wonderful companion during the weekend although she loves little silk scraps and thinks of them a bit like chewing gum for a six month old today s her half birthday she did very well during the two day workshop i m proud of my silly girl posted by linda kittmer at 2 22 pm 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels alice vander vennen assemblage fibre art group of eight fibre artists hand stitching machine stitching silk thursday june 18 2015 amanda mccavour workshop culminating project after creating several samples while working on exercises in amanda mccavour s workshop see them here and here it was time to start work on our big project i decided that i wanted to use a range of neutral colours i ve included a couple of in process shots of the piece at the sewing machine because you work with the fibres trapped between layers of water soluble stabilizer it s very easy to stitch no threads and bits to get caught on as you sew i put the piece up on the design wall stabilizer still in place for a while to decide where i wanted to go next then after adding a little more machine stitch using the ivory coloured thread i rinsed out the stabilizer and hung it to dry in this final shot i m auditioning it on a loosely woven piece of fabric that i may use as the backing fabric for the piece i plan to add some hand stitch and possibly some beading or other embellishments and then mount it on a stretched canvas frame posted by linda kittmer at 12 00 am 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels amanda mccavour hand stitch scrim solvy thread doodling thread lace water soluble stabilizer wednesday june 17 2015 more thread lace exploration after making many of my sample pieces during the amanda mccavour workshop i decided to play around with a realistic thread lace version of wafer my future dog guide puppy i had this picture of wafer on my iphone so i put a piece of fabri solvy over the screen on my phone and traced it with a black pen working from light to dark i started stitching the foundation of the piece at this point the black lines you see are only drawn onto the water soluble stabilizer shading was added using the darker thread and then the black thread was added to outline the piece and add the facial features etc i didn t get pictures but when i washed out the solvy i lost an eye and part of the shoulder area had a hole not enough connecting threads which you can see if you look carefully after some additional stitching to repair as needed i again rinsed out the solvy and this time i had a cute little puppy to hang from my rear view mirror in the car a fun little exercise that taught me a few things and now makes me smile whenever i m in my car posted by linda kittmer at 12 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels amanda mccavour fabri solvy future dog guide puppy lions foundation of canada dog guides thread lace wafer water soluble stabilizer tuesday june 16 2015 dlp week 24 recording memories with all the craze over adult colouring books these days i decided to do this week s documented life project page as a black and white doodled drawing that i can come back to and colour at my leisure it loosely records memories from our road trip along the east coast of the u s last fall the favourite being camping among the wild horses of assateague posted by linda kittmer at 1 48 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels adult coloring books adult colouring books coloring books colouring books dlp dlp2015 doodle doodling wild horses of assateague older posts home subscribe to posts atom linda kittmer ontario canada i am a fibre and mixed media artist who works primarily with my own hand dyed fabrics fibres and threads i enjoy creating unique pieces using various surface design techniques in the spring of 2006 my friend heather and i started the group of eight fibre artists or goe rhymes with toe as we refer to ourselves we meet monthly inspiring and challenging one another in our art i also enjoy photography and art journalling and i try to make time for art daily i say try because all of this art is fit into my volunteer role as a foster mom to future dog guides which i raise for the lions foundation of canada dog guides i raise these incredible puppies from 6 1 2 weeks until they are about 10 to 12 months old teaching them all of their basic commands and socializing them getting them ready for life as a working guide dog for one of six roles canine vision hearing ear autism assistance seizure response diabetic alert or service dog for the physically or medically disabled view my complete profile goe group of eight fibre artist onn ontario network of needleworkers saqa studio art quilt associates follow me on thanks for joining my blog site i m honoured subscribe to posts atom posts all comments atom all comments search this blog blog archive 2015 48 september 1 mixed feelings august 3 july 1 june 8 may 9 april 5 march 8 february 6 january 7 2014 99 december 6 november 3 october 3 september 7 august 4 july 5 june 9 may 9 april 13 march 13 february 13 january 14 2013 238 december 14 november 13 october 14 september 13 august 15 july 18 june 20 may 20 april 26 march 31 february 30 january 24 2012 194 december 22 november 15 october 15 september 11 august 9 july 8 june 11 may 20 april 19 march 17 february 34 january 13 2011 61 december 9 november 5 october 2 september 3 august 2 july 3 june 8 may 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