Today, she uses her sewing machine to make contour drawings, line portraits, usually in a single color of embroidery floss. People, dogs, cats, houses — she’s stitched them all. She draws from life — ...

Michelle Obama’s face, with arresting eyes and chin resting confidently on her hand, captivated 11-year-old Sarai Pettway as she stood in front of the former first lady’s presidential portrait. The ...

Spain-based artist David Cata's portrait project is both interesting and slightly disturbing, so viewer discretion is advised (if you read the headline, you should know what to expect). Instead of ...

Cape Town - A cleaner is carving out a career as an artist creating fabric portraits of her musical idols using a 1960s Singer sewing machine. Jane Sanders' masterpieces of well-known icons such as ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 (Bernama) -- Embroidery is often done on blankets, hats and blouses with various patterns and motifs. Over time, the art of sewing has evolved with the motifs and patterns not just ...

Harriet Riddell creates portraits using only a sewing machine and the pedal-power of a willing volunteer. She started while studying at university and has now taken her unique artwork as far as the ...

The first thing Michelle Cools sewed was a peach plaid scrunchie. She didn't love the color. She didn't love the stitches. The reason Cools vividly remembers that fabric-wrapped elastic hairpiece was ...