working in rounds ...
Although sewing in endless circles can become a little repetitive, watching the colors gradually emerge makes every stitch worthwhile. Along the way, I tucked in small pieces of Sari silk, adding subtle accents and unexpected textures.

The technique itself is surprisingly straightforward. I set my sewing machine to a zigzag stitch width of 3.5 and a stitch length of 1.5, then stitched each new coil of paper yarn to the previous one. My transparent presser foot has a center guide mark, and by keeping that mark precisely between the two strands of paper yarn, the stitches stay beautifully balanced. As an added bonus, this simple trick keeps the entire piece wonderfully flat.

Thread to form ...

I am still weaving, although I am no longer following the watercolor exactly. The yarns from Weavers Bazaar have arrived, and if it weren't so hot outside, I could be creating the most beautiful color transitions right now. However, working with wool in 40-degree heat is no fun at all, which is why this piece is progressing very slowly.

sooo ...

Since it’s simply too hot to paint in my studio, I’ve decided to turn to an old love of mine: contemporary and hand embroidery. I’m just experimenting with a few things; here, for instance, I’m using the zigzag stitch on my machine to create a sculpture out of paper yarn.

And I can't get enough of embroidering these little miniatures, but my arthritic fingers are protesting 😄

Turning watercolour into thread

16.06.2026

This week I began translating one of my watercolours into thread. In doing so, I am bringing together two passions that have shaped my creative life for years: textiles and drawing and painting.

For a long time, these interests seemed to compete with one another. Time spent weaving felt like time away from painting, and vice versa. But since I started weaving on a frame loom, something shifted. It felt as if the two worlds finally found a way to meet, and my heart gave a little leap.

The first steps are now underway. I am not following the watercolour too strictly; instead, I use it as a guide for choosing and combining yarns. As the work develops, I hope to blend different threads until I can achieve exactly the colours I am looking for. In many ways, it feels similar to painting—mixing colours, building layers, searching for subtle transitions—but much slower, and perhaps even more tactile.

And it probably goes without saying that this new adventure has also revealed a pressing need: many more yarns, and many more bobbins.

I am excited to see where this journey leads and how the language of paint might continue to transform itself into the language of thread.

yellow

28.06.2025

Today, everything wanted to be yellow.

Not the soft kind — not buttercup, not old postcard faded.

But: bright yellow.

I let it be cut, shifted, pressed up against blue.

Thrown onto paper like sunlight onto stone.

These summer collages don’t hold back.

They don’t shout — they radiate.

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