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Adventures With a Portrait
In May of 2009 my mom and I spent a week in Saint Petersburg. One day we went to Mikhailovsky castle where they have some exhibitions for the Russiam Museum and I saw this portrait: Pavel’s portrait It had such an impression on me that I completely forgot to look at the name of the...
Hamster for Our Forum’s Anniversary
Today froum homya4ki.ru is celebrating its 5th anniversary. We didn’t plan on launching it on the first of April (the Fool’s day) but it’s rather fitting because our forum is not only cozy but also rather witty. I decided to do something special for the anniversary and designed...
A Picture at an Exhibition
Khoma is conducting at an exhibition You have already seen Khoma here. This time I wanted to show him at a social event. He usually occupies one of the top corners of the exhibition stand, controlling everything. And then my Mom brought her cross-stitch embroidery...
A Woven Box with a Dinosaur and a Mammoth
Here is one more object woven from a newspaper. Cross stitched decoration on the lid Woven boxes and caskets can be decorated with an embroidery. So if you, just like me, have a lot of embroideries and not enough wall space, this new hobby is right for you. But weaving the lid first...
Japanese Landscape.
Unfinished landscape My second attempt at needlepainting on painted fabric. I chose a Japanese landscape with a branch with bright red leaves. I have been studying Japanese for a long time and love everything connected with this country. This time the painting took very little time, I...
Needlepainting Over Painted Canvas.
Sophie returning from town I “invented” this during one of the forum meet-ups. I traditionally organise something for kids to do. This time we were painting with special paints on fabric. For my picture I chose a frame from “When They Cry” with gates leading to a...
Monumental Embroidery Finished.
Let me give you a brief accoun: four months of work, a lot of contemplation about the colour, first time embroidering silk on silk and the second embroidery in chain stitch. Almost four balls of thread 66 meters each. And a lot of hours spent on this project that this time can be counted. And I...
Hamster
I found the idea with embroidery on toy animals in the Inspirations magasine. They had a swan, a bear and some other animals decorated with embroidered flowers. I didn’t need a second to decide on the animal I was going to make – a hamster! Among Russian crafters hamsters are considered...
A Poppy Casket.
For a long time I had been cross stitching being sure that surface embroidery, including needlepainting is for the select ones. Until one day I came across a needlepainting masterclass by Mary Corbet (please visit her blog – needlenthread.com). That’s where it all started. A...
