{"id":7793,"date":"2023-02-05T16:07:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T21:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=7793"},"modified":"2023-02-05T16:07:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T21:07:23","slug":"browsing-on-pinterest-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?p=7793","title":{"rendered":"Browsing On Pinterest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I just read a wonderful interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.textileartist.org\/hazel-bruce-make-do-and-mend-pieced-fabrics-connected-by-repeated-stitched-pattern-blocks\/\">Hazel Bruce on TextileArtist.org <\/a> headed <strong>Hazel Bruce: \u2018Make do and mend\u2019 pieced fabrics connected by repeated stitched pattern blocks&#8221; <\/strong>under which is a pic of richly textured hand stitched straight-stitch patterns that really struck a chord with me.  Further reading of Heidi Ingram&#8217;s interview article, I found more key words and phrases that rang my bell:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>make do and mend &#8211; <strong>tick<\/strong> &#8211; life mantra &amp; recent banner on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liftthesky.com\">https:\/\/www.liftthesky.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>repeat patterns   &#8211; <strong>tick <\/strong>&#8211; these underpin most of my art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sampling &#8211; <strong>tick <\/strong>&#8211; I frequently make samples for several reasons, including fabric\/thread auditions, learning a material&#8217;s handling characteristics, or  trying a new technique or stitch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>repeat lines &#8211; <strong>tick <\/strong>&#8211; seams, stitch lines, applied shapes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mark making<strong> <\/strong> &#8211;  <strong>tick <\/strong>&#8211; every stitch is a mark and is placed purposefully<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hazel said &#8220;I revisit my work quite a lot&#8221; &#8211; <strong>tick<\/strong> &#8211; and often see things I didn&#8217;t &#8216;see&#8217; before<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hazel sometimes cuts a piece up when it  returns from an exhibition  &#8211; <strong>tick<\/strong>  though I haven&#8217;t yet&#8230; but am thinking about it <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>re-working it and integrating it into another piece &#8211; <strong>tick <\/strong>just thinking about it &#8230; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;I\u2019m not very precious about my work&#8221; &#8211; I&#8217;ve certainly been feeling less so.  A few years ago I did cut up set of pieces that formed one work; and might another couple soon: but earlier this year I sold a couple of older works to an important buyer, so it&#8217;s something to think about carefully !<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When I found this sample today, I was surprised how old it was and how much it has influenced my work since I doodled with these ideas in 2013 &#8230; <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"561\" data-attachment-id=\"2393\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/?attachment_id=2393\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sample-straight-stitch-over-flat-shapes.jpg?fit=450%2C561&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,561\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1379192612&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sample &amp;#8211; straight stitch over flat shapes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sample-straight-stitch-over-flat-shapes.jpg?fit=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sample-straight-stitch-over-flat-shapes.jpg?fit=450%2C561&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sample-straight-stitch-over-flat-shapes.jpg?resize=450%2C561&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sample-straight-stitch-over-flat-shapes.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Sample-straight-stitch-over-flat-shapes.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just read a wonderful interview with Hazel Bruce on TextileArtist.org headed Hazel Bruce: \u2018Make do and mend\u2019 pieced fabrics connected by repeated stitched pattern blocks&#8221; under which is a pic of richly textured hand stitched straight-stitch patterns that really struck a chord with me. Further reading of Heidi Ingram&#8217;s interview article, I found more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6uxpF-21H","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7793"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7795,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7793\/revisions\/7795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alisonschwabe.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}