Kathy's High-Fibre Art Diet

 On a background of eco-printed cotton, I have screen printed an image of trees on the earth. Surrounding that image are lines that are drawn in ink, paint and thread . . . holding it all in ...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2021/02/nurture-hope-peace-joy-understanding.html

 These heart decorations will hang on your Christmas tree or simply say "I love you". Freehand embroidery on wool (some is on upcycled blanket and upcycled blue jeans on the back) There are a ...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2020/11/hearts-for-christmas-or-anytime.html

 I love making greeting cards and this year I decided to focus on a variety of Christmas trees. They are all on hand-dyed fabric with trees that are stitched in some funky style to make each uni...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2020/10/festive-greeting-cards.html

 This is the second art quilt in an ongoing series . . . Executed on hand-dyed cotton by Vicki Welsh, the gradated colours from rich earthy greens in the foreground to vibrant pink-orange in th...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2020/10/twisting-in-wind.html

"Bending in the Wind" is a small quilted wall hanging that has been created with freehand machine quilting and hand embroidery on my own hand-dyed cotton fabric. The luscious green fabric ran...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2020/09/bending-in-wind.html

During this time of the Covid29 pandemic the world is not the same place that it was just a few months ago.   This art quilt was constructed in a black and white colour scheme with the accen...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2020/06/all-shall-be-well.html

During this unprecedented time of self-isolation due to the Covid19 virus, dare I say that I am enjoying the creative time without external demands on my days? This week I have been dyeing som...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2020/05/hand-dyeing-fabric.html

I have been published in  Patchwork Professional , a German magazine that has featured an article on my textile art ... what a privilege it was to work with them, and with photographer Jerre Paq...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2020/02/published-in-german-magazine.html

While I am almost housebound with all the snow outside the windows, I am making good use of my time creating some new little art quilts. This one is thread sketched in black thread on white c...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2020/01/while-i-am-almost-housebound-with-all.html

I will be teaching a workshop in Eagle Bay (on Shuswap Lake) in February. I'd love to have you join me to create a needle felted landscape that you can then use as a base for hand or machine sti...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2020/01/i-will-be-teaching-workshop-in-eagle.html

We are well into January and the snow has piled up around our house ... brrrrr, it is cold!  I love to retreat to my studio when the weather is like this, and working on this red heart piece has...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2020/01/heartfelt-wishes.html

 To celebrate this amazing country, I have listed a new journal in my Etsy shop today ... with a hand stitched maple leaf adorning the cover. This is a raw silk journal cover that can be re...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2019/07/happy-canada-day.html

I am delighted to have been invited to be a guest artist at the Celista Pottery Show/Sale this year.  This is an amazing show and this is the 35th year! Come and visit me if you are in the Shus...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2019/06/i-am-venor-at-celista-pottery-show.html

My eco print journals have been featured in the SUMMER 2019 edition of ART QUILTING STUDIO magazine. 

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2019/06/ive-been-published.html

With the abundance of fresh leaves available at this time of the year, I have been doing lots of eco printing ... scarves and journals dominate my collection, but greeting cards and other things ...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2019/06/lots-of-eco-prints.html

This journal cover was SO nice to stitch on as the fabric is a dream to needle.  The raggedy bits of eco print fabric have been layered and stitched with hand dyed and commercial threads.  The...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2019/01/journal-cover-on-vintage-handwoven-linen.html

Even the tiniest of pieces of eco print fabric can be used in the creating of these little needle books ... the perfect place for sewing needles to stay safely hidden. The base fabric of thes...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2019/01/neddle-books-for-sewists.html

It's time to start thinking about Christmas cards and I have created these cards for the Shuswap Artisan Market in Sorrento, BC. The cards have been made with fabric that I "made" by layering b...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2018/11/christmas-cards.html

This week we will mark the end of the First World War 100 years ago. Poppies have long been a symbol of the armistice and I have created this small art quilt in remembrance of my father, who lied...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2018/11/remembering.html

Comfrey is a plant that I have tried to eradicate from one of my garden areas but it came back this year . . . it must have been "meant to be" because a few days ago I found myself looking for ...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2018/08/comfrey-for-natural-dyeing.html

What a combination of natural processes have gone into this new art quilt.  The cotton fabric was eco printed with leaves from my garden ... then the long edges of the fabric were dipped into th...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2018/03/eco-print-indigo-and-rust.html

I just couldn't stop!  This art quilt consumed me so much that I just HAD to keep going on it and it is now finished. All hand dyed and hand painted fabrics. The sky fabric is shibori indigo...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2018/03/its-finished-hoodoos.html

My hairdresser's hike in the hoodoos, just west of Kamloops last weekend inspired this art quilt that is just in its infancy.  All hand dyed or hand painted fabrics with the sky fabric also bei...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2018/03/hiking-in-hoodoos.html

This is the second in the series and features some beautiful copper-orange hand dyed fabric and coordinating perle cotton thread.  The patchwork background was, once again, written on with India...

http://kathykinsella.blogspot.com/2018/03/a-look-at-autumn-where-hills-uplift.html

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