Tag Archives: St. George

Happy Feast Day of St. George!

Posted on April 23, 2013 by reinkat
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St. George, the man

Posted on April 27, 2012 by reinkat

The Feast Day of St. George was last Monday, April 23.  In past blogs, I have written about the symbolism of his icon, and of one of the many legends about him.  In this heroic story, he slew a dragon … Continue reading →

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Images in Cloth – St. George and the Dragon

Posted on October 29, 2011 by reinkat

Seven and a half months later, after 17 joint work sessions with fabulous luncheons– and many many days of each of us working alone on this project, we have completed our cloth icon of St. George and the Dragon.  It has been … Continue reading →

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Images in Cloth 16

Posted on October 26, 2011 by reinkat

Every important figure in an icon is named, and thus we needed to write the names onto our quilt.  We decided to do this by embroidering the letters onto the fabric.  I had the honor of doing so, and received a terrifyingly quick … Continue reading →

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Images in Cloth 15

Posted on October 15, 2011 by reinkat

Wow.  The end is near.  Of our project, that is.  We are putting the finishing touches on St. George and the Dragon.  I think both of us are pleased with the results so far–considering that neither of us had the … Continue reading →

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Images in Cloth 13

Posted on September 3, 2011 by reinkat

We are stitching, correcting, recutting, designing, and revising continuously. The quilt continues to progress, bit by bit, stitch by stitch.  A picture is worth a thousand words: We are using metallic thread, rayon thread, and cotton thread, and a variety … Continue reading →

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Images in Cloth 12

Posted on August 29, 2011 by reinkat

We’ve been working separately, my fellow artist friend and I, and accomplishing much.  The cloth image is “sandwiched” now, with a proper backing.  The machine quilting has begun, and also some of the satin stitching around the edges of the pieces.  Naturally, I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Images in Cloth 11

Posted on August 14, 2011 by reinkat

There has been much progress, but there is still an enormous amount of work yet to be done.  I had no idea when we started that this would be such a huge project.  We have had a couple of work … Continue reading →

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Images in Cloth 9

Posted on June 4, 2011 by reinkat

Fusing.  Cutting. Ironing.  Pinning.  Discarding.  Refining. Redrawing.  All of this was part of the process today as we continued to work on the St.  George wall hanging.    The image is beginning to come together.  The pieces are lightly tacked down … Continue reading →

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Images in Cloth 8

Posted on May 31, 2011 by reinkat

We’ve been working hard choosing, cutting, and fusing fabrics.  We continue to make changes in color and fabric.  The image is beginning to take shape.   We have been working especially hard on the face and hands.  We cut out the … Continue reading →

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