Welcome to T.F.D. The Blog!
I've always wanted a space a little more longform to talk about embroidery art, the process behind what I make, and to share some neat tips and tricks I have learned along the way. With the website launch I figured this would be the ideal place to start!
So welcome to the official first post of T.F.D. The Blog!
T.F.D. Thread For Days | The Beginning
While this website officially launched April 12 2022; the embroidery work and artistic exploration has been going on since about 2019.
At the end of 2019 I was working two jobs as well as was in the middle of completing my masters; so stress levels were HIGH. I decided to take up an art project that was compact and easy to bus with to decompress throughout my work days; thus embroidery and hand drawn patchmaking began!
Then 2020 rolled around; I finished my masters, moved from two jobs to one, and continued to learn about fiber arts and create.
A few months later I found myself with A LOT more free time (thanks COVID?) and really started to focus on my art.
While the pandemic has been absolute hell, I did have a lot more time to express myself through art and spend time with my partner, Skylar. I started to work with her to come up with designs she'd love to have added to her denim jacket!
(THE Denim Jacket below)
Thread.for.days on Instagram!
In January 2021 I decided it was time to create and dedicate an Instagram to the the art I was making so thread.for.days began.
I made such a wonderful little community on Instagram and was so inspired by the amazing hoop art I was seeing I said to myself, "hey let's try this".
Working with the horror genres and movies that Skylar and I loved, I started to make horror hoops.
The first three were not designs that I made myself but were definitely great practice to start larger pieces and learn how to paint directly onto fabrics with watercolour and acrylic:
(These hoops are not for sale and will not be for sale as I did not make the designs myself- if you know the artist please let me know thread.for.days@gmail.com and I will credit)
Shortly around here Skylar and I were gifted an old ipad! This is where I started to play with digital drawing.
From My Brain to Reality
The gifted ipad really helped me turn my internal feelings and concepts into reality.
While I was playing with digital drawing, in addition to my own horror designs and patterns, I also started to make other art pieces; one of which was what I call my "existential postcards". I had so many thoughts and feelings, especially with the pandemic I found that these postcards, while incredible weird, helped me channel those feels.
This led to some pretty fantastic results:
After this, I started to make pdf patterns of my hoops as well as vinyl stickers.
As I posted my work on Instagram folks started to reach out about having work made or purchasing some of my unique designed items and it seemed right to make a website.
And now I guess, here we are :)
What to Expect: T.F.D. The Blog
I love talking about art and embroidery and wanted to make a space where I can do that.
So my goal for this blog is to;
- Talk about my art!
- Answer embroidery or digital art FAQ's
- Create tutorials/give embroidery tips
- Share what is upcoming/what I'm working on
So if you're into those kinds of things; welcome! You're in the right place :)
Stay weird and wonderful.
~Kass (They/She)