"It is made in 5 ply (about 28 st. to 10 cm.) commercial yarns - wool, mohair, cotton and man-made yarns. This garment was not lined, although I have lined other coats and sweaters. It took me about 8 months to complete, but I was also working on many other projects during this time."
"In doing the Roses piece, I used it as a perfect opportunity to "experiment" with various floral motifs. Most of the flower designs came from "99 Floral Motifs" or "101 Crochet Squares" (using only the center round portion, without the squared-off finishing), perhaps a few of the center circle designs from Bonnie's Bullion Book. I used many different shades of rose and all kinds of yarns & textures. For the leaves (again, various shades & textures of yarns), some are crocheted, but I especially favor the knitted leaves in Nicky Epstein's book, "Knitted Embellishments". My most favorite leaf in that book is the "Aspen Leaf", a simple shape/pattern with a center vein in the knit design, presented with inst. for 4 sizes of leaf. Then, compound those 4 pattern inst. with a vast variety of yarn/thread weights, and you can make this leaf in a gazillion sizes! (The Aspen leaf is also a perfect shape to fill when 2 circular motifs are placed alongside each other. . . .not as "putzy" as filling with a cluster of 3 dome shapes, and more attractive than a plain crocheted triangle.) Another knitted leaf from her book that is really striking is her Oak leaf with its eyelet pattern & jagged edges, also used in the "Roses" piece. To assemble them, in most cases, I sewed them together from the back, but stitched to the motif slightly set-in from the edges, to best complement the 3-dimensional aspect of the flowers/petals, instead of sewing to the petal edges, which would tend to flatten out the flowers & detract from them."
The Luv Bug Rub - inspired by Hundertwasser.
After 'discovering' the artist Hundertwasser in 2001, I became entranced by
his art work.
This scrumbled or freeform rug came out of my research into him.
The photo doesn't really do it justice (well I think so anyway!) In real
life it is like a landscape, which Hundertwasser so richly ascribed to. --- Created by Susie Bowring-Miller
The Magical Wrap came from an idea that I had about being a woman and
wanting to be enclosed by something precious that I had made. It is also
inspired by the saying below: Creativity is really the structuring of
magic. I certainly do wear it and I do feel spectacular when I do.
Some people laugh at it.......but heck, if it gives them a happy moment in
time, then that is wonderful. But the best bit is that I feel
wonderful. ---Created by Susie Bowring-Miller
