Sampler

Sampler
Originally uploaded by Sara Lechner.

I'm working on a sampler that will take some time to be finished because I'm doing much hand work on it.

This time I want to document the process somehow...
(you ought to choose the large pictures to see the details)

I try to show different stitches and combinations with the embellisher.

I noticed by the way that if you use linen as a background for the embellisher you get rather coarse details... it is better - I think at least for my technique- to continue using felted organza.



The good part of it is that it's so easy to stitch on it. The needle just slides through!!

Nevertheless I'm having my fun here! I will use it for teaching purposes and it would be a beautiful piece for a child's room...



I'm also planning how to stitch the background. I began doing a kind of paisley with the sewing machine and a narrow zigzag (you can see this on the first picture). Because of the piece being a sampler, I will try different possibilities on it.

Too many blogs...and a solution for having a working Homepage at Blogger!! (for me at least)

Here I have some interesting information about an idea I got! if you are patient and read this long post to the end you will perhaps get some useful help.

First of all I'm sorry having to tell you that I canceled my blogs "Little Fabric People" and "Embellished Realm".

It was a problem to keep all going! I underestimated this... and most people were not comfortable with the different features.

I also think that most of you have no time to visit so many different blogs.

The problem was, I don't want to have a homepage because I also don't have time for that but I would need one for my "more serious work" :-) when I have to give my address to Galleries and authorities.

I came up with a solution which could also work for you if you have this problem:

I created a Blog as Homepage that's a Portal to the different information scattered in my Blogs.
You can see what I mean if you visit:

http://saralechnertextilkunst.blogspot.com/

It's in German but you can get the idea! All the links help you to get to the information kept in this blog and in Flickr.

But, how to do to link to my Biography, my Workshop list with prices etc. without these information scrolling away from the top of the blog?

Here comes the great idea:

I created a second blog just for me, see this at:

http://saralechnertextilkunst2.blogspot.com/index.html

and I put there all the information you need for the links in the other blog.

Here an example:

You want to see which are the new workshops I'm offering. You go to my homepage and
you see a link to How to get to my farm. If you press this, you get to the information kept in Blog 2, no matter where it is, even if it is on another page or if you wrote it 2 years ago!

It would have scrolled down because you write all the time the themes of your new workshops or exhibition news.

And if you want to see for instance only my contemporary art pieces without seeing the pictures of my grandchildren and a glass purse I did, you get with the link Gallery directly to my Flickr Set with these kind of pictures.

You get the idea? I hope I explained it good enough... :-) !!

Please let me know if this helped somebody!!

Family photographs for my blog friends

I think it's time to introduce my family. I already know so many of you and I never showed something personal, just house and art!



Grandchild #4 Rebecca (6) with something in her mouth.



Grandchild #5 Tristan (3 1/2)



Child #2 Pablo (28)



Child #5 Sophie (24)




Child # 3 Stephanie (26)



Granchild #2 Christopher (10)



Grandchild #3 Martin (10). Son in law #2 on the back.




This is the rest of me!



This is my hubby.



This is child #6 Johannes (17) with short hair, now 10 months later he has long locks.



Child #7 Markus (15) with a very strange nose on this photograph, it's really smaller as that! :-)



Grandchild #1 Isabel (13) with blue sweat shirt, child #1 Kirsten (30) white t-shirt.
(Son in law #1 to the left).

WHERE IS CHILD #4 Maximilian (24) Twin brother of Sophie??? I have no picture of him in my computer now!!

New Logo Photograph

I don't know why my last photograph disappeared. I tried to upload the same one and it didn't work, so I looked for another one.




I found this rather silly one from last summer. I bought a wonderful felted piece in Burghausen, in Germany from a felt artist and two arm warmers matching it. This winter I had no opportunity to wear them because it was unusually warm...

I had to upload it to Flickr to be able to use it for the Blogger profile and I was surprised that I got immediately (actually after 1 second!! and then after one more minute!) comments about it!

People really want to see how you look like and I didn't realize that I haven't shown many of me or my family. I'm going to upload some, just to get "real", I think...

Angel Franz

Angel Franz
Originally uploaded by Sara Lechner.

From all Saint I like St. Francis the most. It appeals me that he was very environment friendly at a time where nature didn't meant much. He loved all nature, animals and mankind.

Because of that I began a series about him some years ago and I'm finishing it now.

I began it at Cesky Krumlov (Krumau) where I rented a little house in this amazing Middle Age Czech city.
I had taken my sewing machine with me and the surroundings extremely inspired me. I did many sketches
that I used in my art after that.

Here you see Franz blessing the skies, the fields and the seas...

9"x6"(22x15cm)

Franz and the Moon

Franz and the Moon
Originally uploaded by Sara Lechner.

...and here he blesses the moon, the sky and the fields.

9"x6"(22x15cm)

Franz and the Birds

Franz and the Birds
Originally uploaded by Sara Lechner.

Here blesses Franz the birds, the sky and the lakes.

9"x6"(22x15cm)