UnWorn World

Welcome!

2031-01-21T17:30:00.000-05:00

This is the portfolio blog for UnWorn World Studio.

I specialize in Coptic and Stab Bindings

I mostly produce linoleum block prints or stencils

but have recently begun letterpress printing as well.
Hand embroidery has also recently entered my life in a serious way

I do other crafts/arts as well

including sewing, poster design,

and a stint of hat making etc.

I try my hand at many things. I try to always be learning.
I am a prodigious do-er.
Instagram is much more up-to-date than this blog!

Coptic Stab

Other Bindings Lino

Embroidery Other Crafts

Prismatic Mountains

2018-10-16T13:20:00.000-04:00

Inspired by various projects like this: my take on prismatic mountain with french knot stars

Curled Up Cat

2018-10-10T13:17:00.000-04:00

I think cats are most adorable when curled up to sleep-their paws clutching their tail or back leg. This particular cat is based on ours who always ends up trailing tinsel.

Learn & Never Quit

2018-10-01T13:13:00.000-04:00

Learn & Never Quit

This is another Femme-broidery design offered free through DMC patterns. I've seen those fluffy flowers all over and wanted to try them out.

In the Space between Chaos and Shape

2018-09-28T13:07:00.000-04:00

"In the space between chaos and shape, there was another chance." Jeanette Winterson
I added colors (reflecting my coloring) to Jess Wariorka's design, In Bloom, offered as part of DMC's free patterns and Nice Girls Needle Club.

Fake It Till You Make It

2018-09-19T13:02:00.000-04:00

Fake It Till You Make It.

One of my life mantras combined with the succulent flowers learned from my tea towels project

Mountain Souls

2018-09-10T14:15:00.000-04:00

8" hoop- "We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states other lives other souls." Anaïs Nin

Heart Seeker

2018-09-05T11:37:00.000-04:00

I've always loved this poem by Adrienne Rich and this free DMC pattern designed by Femme-broidery seemed perfectly suited

French Knot Buffalo

2018-08-31T11:32:00.000-04:00

At the end of every piece my friend watches me stitch up, she runs her fingers over the surface and tells me she likes the dots the best. I got the message. It was a no brainer to stitch this up for her birthday-her favorite animal outlined entirely in french knots in increasing size (inner are 2 stranded/1 wrap knots, the outer are 3 stranded/3 wrap knots) in her favorite color (greens and greens and greens x9 and a gold for contrast).

Floral Field

2018-08-29T11:24:00.000-04:00

This is not my own pattern- I got it from Threadfolk who designed it in collaboration with Lauren Merrick - but I really love its simple but dense style and wanted to see if I could possibly have the patience to stitch it up. I changed a few of the colors around-made the couple brown rather than white, swapped a few colors for very similar ones in my stash- but otherwise stayed more or less true to the pattern. It was a learning experience to stitch since instead of tracing all that (my pen/hand not being fine tipped enough, it would've been a mess) I used the renowned Sulky Sticky Fabric-Solvi to print the pattern and then stick it on. Unfortunately I don't have a color printer so I used markers to mark out thread colors and...some bled through which is good to know even if it irks me a little when I look closely at this piece (but few would really look closely at this piece and not be dazzled by how many little lines are here).

Embroidery

2018-08-21T17:45:00.000-04:00

one of Sarah K Benning's advanced patterns-she leaves a lot of scope for your own choices in those

"I'm not sorry about your fragile masculinity" paired with the Midnight Anemone pattern from DMC

Embroidery Quotes

2018-08-16T17:42:00.000-04:00

5" hoop-"Nothing is more abstract than reality". Giorgio Morandi

6" hoop- "I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship." Louisa May Alcott
(I believe this is hand lettering by Lisa Congden)

6" hoop-"It always seems impossible until it's done." Nelson Mandela Hand comes from Tusk & Twine.

8" hoop- "Though we may travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or find it not." Ralph Waldo Emerson
mountain comes from Femme-broidery via DMC threads

Lino + Embroidery

2018-08-06T17:40:00.000-04:00

Angeliki with her feather stitched shirt and french knot button

Nicole with her satin stitched bow

Lino + Embroidery

2018-08-02T17:38:00.000-04:00

Jo with her straight stitch geometry

Leila with her cross stitch shirt

Lino + Embroidery

2018-07-30T19:03:00.000-04:00

Soo-jin with her laid stitch with couching shirt collar

Valéria with her satin stitched stripes and hair ties

Lino + Embroidery

2018-07-26T18:59:00.000-04:00

Rosa with her french knot bar, satin stitched hair tie and fern stitched shirt

Sasha with her whipped running stitch shirt and satin stitch earrings

Lino + Embroidery

2018-07-19T18:55:00.000-04:00

Catharine with her backstitched earring and couched lace collar

Corinne with a chain stitched coat, straight stitched scarf and back stitched head wrap

Swoops Skirt

2018-07-10T17:36:00.000-04:00

Made with a lovely crisp greenish linen, the hem is stiffened by the 6 rows of hemming!

Rosa

2018-07-05T18:53:00.000-04:00

the last of the lino ladies- Rosa

Red Flow Skirt

2018-06-26T17:26:00.000-04:00

A dramatically red, hand sewn skirt made out of a mystery fabric....

Corinne

2018-06-12T18:26:00.000-04:00

One of my lino print Ladies. From the back, Corinne.

Nicole

2018-06-05T18:22:00.000-04:00

One of the ladies in my lino block series. Nicole

Geometric Skirt

2018-05-28T17:32:00.000-04:00

A hi-lo skirt made from a peachskin fabric. Very light and drapy.

The hem is decorated with a stepped stitch.

Soo-jin/Sara

2018-05-25T17:20:00.000-04:00

Another of the lino prints in my Ladies series. This is Soo-Jin/Sara.

Valéria

2018-05-16T17:18:00.000-04:00

Another lino print in my Ladies series. This is Valéria.