Paper sewing

My submission for the Sketchbook Project: 2012 for the Art House Co-op.

Mixed media artist Kelly M O'Brien works with fine art consultants and interior designers on bespoke artwork for the hospitality industry worldwide.

hand embroidery on vintage paper.

This how to paper piece for beginners is perfect for newbies who want to learn how to foundation paper piece. Click for full tutorial.

Dina Wakley, our featured artist of the month, shares a multitude of mixed-media techniques and tips in all of her work for creating expressive art. Here are a few of our favorites.

Making paper by hand at home can be a pretty simple process. It's also a fantastic way to use up your old receipts, scrap papers, junk mail, and copy paper that you were about to throw in the recycling bin, and instead create a thing of glorious handmade beauty. Have those&n

Briefly describe the work you do. I consider my process to be one of gathering and disseminating information, rooted in the paper scraps and ephemera of our consumer culture. As I create and gath…

String Art Embroidery on Paper Hand Embroidery is possible on anything that you can get your needle to go through. One good medium is paper. Here is a quick tutorial on how to stitch over the paper using hand embroidery stitches and a combination...

sew a sardine!

True-Blue Recycled Paper From Old Jeans: There is untapped potential in glass jars, old pallets, junk mail—all of it. Finding new uses for the flood of post-consumer leftovers which surrounds us is a puzzle, a delight, and more important than ever. By day, I am a freelance writer covering …

Made using Hero Arts digikit 'Sew Crafty' Details here.

Ever heard of paper cloth? How about fabric paper? I hadn’t either until I was browsing Pinterest one day and came across this interesting hybrid of mixed media. It is exactly as the name would suggest. It is a combination of paper and fabric bound together using a watery glue. It seemed like a fun

Stitch tutorials for textile lovers beginners and advanced. Learn to create your own unique designs, find uses for your fabric scraps, discover a range of hand sewing skills and emboidery techniques. Join one of Rebekah sewing workshops today.