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million little stitches million little stitches creative outpourings of the stitch obsessed wednesday may 21 hundred day project the hundred day started out as a hundred patterns but i found these leaves on my morning walk one pattern led to another until it became an obsession as you can see paint for leaf impressions and gel pens before the obsession with leaves some tea and gel pen magic collage of leaf cut outs bought some fountain pen ink i m moving on to other leaves and i m going to fill up the sketch book with leaves and leaf patterns posted by maya sara matthew at 9 54 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 1 comment monday april 7 collage o rama collages created for collage o rama in seattle hosted by specialagwntcollagecollective this is mission 22 each collage is 4 6 postcard size posted by maya sara matthew at 10 49 pm labels collage artist collage o rama postcard size collage email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest no comments sunday february 2 journal quilt my journal quilt is finally complete made with garment offcuts and made entirely by hand it s taken me a year to finish delighted that my mum could hold up the finished quilt so i could photograph it my journals document all manner of things recipes quotes which inspire local customs between the pages of my journal are all manner of bits and pieces which i collect things i find labels which i find striking or colourful and i press flowers and leaves between the pages of my journals and sketchbooks my cat gin is usually nestled amongst the fabrics and art materials depending on what project i m working on the collage above has images of the quilt top on the left is the finished quilt top the quilt top has a central portion of different dark blue fabric pieced together onto which recipes in different languages quotes the cat and a turkey feather has been hand embroidered a tambola ticket a feather and some pressed flowers have been appliqued around this central portion is a colourful border meant to be the pages of the journal and to tie it all together is a patchwork border of dark blue fabric my 87 year old mother has seen this quilt come together i have been carrying it with me every month when i visit her and spend sometime with her she has contributed some stitches to the applique in the colourful border details of applique and hand embroidery the quilting is the kantha style of quilting tiny stitches which cover most of the surface of the quilt so the surface of the quilt is characterised by a sort of stippled appreance so honoured to have my mamma by my side as this quilt took shape posted by maya sara matthew at 5 57 pm email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 2 comments friday january 17 home a zine welaro is my home a place where creatures big and small co exist in harmony there are days when i experience four seasons in twenty four hours there s inspiration in my surroundings and with my pets around me i sit on my deck with a cup of my favourite tea and work on my current project from dawn to dusk home is where i have all that is dear to me around me i created this zine in response to an international callout to women zine makers by the_rockretreat and youlouartcentre the zines will be exhibited simultaneously in st vincent and gibraltar they are looking for original work and the project is open to broad interpretation of the theme home deadline for submissions has been extended to 1st february 2025 https commonwealthfoundation com opportunity zine making call for submissions maybe you can create a zine to submit posted by maya sara matthew at 8 49 am email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 1 comment thursday january 2 2024 the year that was artvsartist2024 snapshots of the creative pursuits i undertook in 2024 collages a zine digital illustrations pen and ink illustrations marker and oil pastels to illustrate fruit mending my clothes a journal quilt a quilt experiment 400 hand pieced inchies and 400 suffolk puffs inspired by bird of paradise needlelace leaves wonder what 2025 will bring posted by maya sara matthew at 8 16 pm labels artvsartist2024 digital illustrations english paper piecing million little stitches mini collages needlelace leaves oil pastel and marker illustrations suffolk puffs email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 6 comments monday december 23 the 12 days of a desi christmas the 12 days of a desi christmas are a series of mini collages created on old visiting cards and back issues of vogue is where i got bits and pieces to collage with desi is a sanskrit term meaning native of the indian subcontinent it is used to describe the people culture etc so here you have the 12 days of christmas with an indian flavour on the 1st day of christmas my true love gave to me a panther in a palm tree on the 2nd day of christmas my true love gave to me 2 pesky peacocks on the 3rd day of christmas my true love gave to me 3 plates of chaat on the 4th day of christmas my true love gave to me 4 super foods on the 5th day of christmas my true love sent to me 5 golden stars on the 6th day of christmas my true love sent to me 6 fans a whirring on the 7th day of christmas my true love sent to me 7 stunning silk sarees on the 8th day of christmas my true love sent to me 8 jars of pickle on the 9th day of christmas my true love sent to me 9 home remedies on the 10th day of christmas my true love sent to me 10 ancient tomes on the 11th day of christmas my true love sent to me 11 flowering trees on the 12th day of christmas my true love sent to me 12 pashmina goats all the collages have a touch of green because the theme for december mini collage collective is green i would like to wish everyone a wonderful christmas may you enjoy joy peace and fellowship with family and friends posted by maya sara matthew at 4 18 pm labels collage artist collages of recycled materials mini collage mini collage collective the twelve days of christmas twelve days of a desi christmas email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 4 comments friday december 20 pixel paradise a 20 20 quilt created for the tsi_dq fabric challenge the theme given was bird of paradise i created a quilt of 400 inchies with the english paper piecing technique then backed and bound it because the challenge rules required the quilt to have a backing and had to be bound then i made 400 suffolk puffs and created a second layer a quilt experiment i made up as i went along sketches of the ideas and the placement of colours wothout these i would have gone mad the quilt is entirely hand sewn posted by maya sara matthew at 8 37 am labels english paperpiecing quilt hand sewn quilt quilt challenge quilt experiment suffolk puffs email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest 4 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom sharethis about me maya sara matthew 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