Comments on: Representing people: Portraits in textile art https://www.textileartist.org/anne-kelly-portraits-in-textile-art/ Be inspired to create Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: Sue Stone https://www.textileartist.org/anne-kelly-portraits-in-textile-art/#comment-839218 Thu, 09 Mar 2023 09:08:59 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=16298#comment-839218 Hi Cathy, One way to transfer your image of your Grandson to fabric it is to stick your photo onto a lightbox or onto a window then place some tissue paper over the top of it. Then you can trace the main lines onto the tissue to reduce the photo to a simple line drawing. Then baste the tissue onto your fabric and carefully stitch through the tissue and your fabric on the lines of the drawing to transfer the drawing to fabric. Remove the tissue paper carefully so as not to pull your stitches and then add the details in stitch using your photo as reference.
Alternatively you could simply get your photo printed onto a fabric and then stitch into it. They are lots of companies offering digital printing with minimal orders online or you could buy some photo fabric transfer paper which you can print your photo onto if you have a printer and then stitch it. Hope that has given you some ideas.

]]> By: Kathy L May https://www.textileartist.org/anne-kelly-portraits-in-textile-art/#comment-839199 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 01:05:47 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=16298#comment-839199 I enjoy seeing other textile work. I love handstitching. I would stitch a portrait of my 5 yr old grandson Benjamin. If I had a way to transfer his photo on to fabric then I could stich is portrait. Any suggestions on how I can take a photo and transfer it to fabric? Keep up the good work.

]]> By: Mary McCormack https://www.textileartist.org/anne-kelly-portraits-in-textile-art/#comment-839198 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 23:38:55 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=16298#comment-839198 Really enjoyed reading about these textile artists and what inspires them. Sharon Peoples is another interesting textile artist who does miniature portraits.

]]> By: Julia https://www.textileartist.org/anne-kelly-portraits-in-textile-art/#comment-839197 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 22:24:12 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=16298#comment-839197 I love these works! Such talented fiber artists! Embroidery has always been my choice of fiber arts and alwsys looking for more works of embroidery art to gather inspiration for myself.

]]> By: Afra Hartog https://www.textileartist.org/anne-kelly-portraits-in-textile-art/#comment-839192 Mon, 06 Mar 2023 09:40:22 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=16298#comment-839192 Ook ik maak geborduurde portretten, dus dit artikel vind ik uitermate interessant en inspirerend.

]]> By: Amy Mimu Rubin https://www.textileartist.org/anne-kelly-portraits-in-textile-art/#comment-724584 Fri, 31 Mar 2017 13:08:18 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=16298#comment-724584 Thanks for this review…Portraiture in Fiber Art is a main interest for me.

]]> By: Anne Kelly https://www.textileartist.org/anne-kelly-portraits-in-textile-art/#comment-702353 Sun, 14 Feb 2016 10:51:21 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=16298#comment-702353 In reply to Rachel Biel.

Thank you Rachel 🙂

]]> By: Rachel Biel https://www.textileartist.org/anne-kelly-portraits-in-textile-art/#comment-702325 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 16:43:20 +0000 https://www.textileartist.org/?p=16298#comment-702325 They are all so wonderful! Great uses of thread and fabric.

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