Back from my post post summer lull

Oh dear, time seems to be flying at the moment.  I am currently working on reviews for the December issue of Workshop on the Web, and I'm very excited to be working with a selection of Wonderfil threads, Brusho sprays, transfer paper and some fabulous Aarti J trims.  You will find them under products.  I won't be able to put my pictures on the blog though!

Aside from that though, I have been doing a few of my own lovely things.  Taking inspiration from Paula Watkins and her fantastic Herts Open Studios that were on recently, I have decided to revisit the felt panel that I made in Paula's felt class in June (seems like yesterday) and get on with it.

I painted my background with a coral silk paint (my most favourite colour) and then stencilled a flower design using a Crafter's Workshop stencil. Then I melted it away with the heat gun, and left a lovely pattern.  I need to find where my piccie of the melted piece is.  It might be in the Hard Drive of Horror (my computer files).

 

I also painted some coral coloured cotton that I have.  I loved this and will need to do a bit of stitching to make it even more wonderful.  But my favourite bit was the back (not something I usually big up as there's usually a mass of threads and it's the place where I hide my mistakes!).  The paint had embossed the fabric. Now I'm not sure what to sew and what to hide....

 

 

 

My other exciting news is that I have some new threads for crocheting!  My lovely brother bought them for me.  I have done a few bits with them (their purchase in turn necessitated some new tiny crochet hooks).

 

They are Lisbeth Cordonnet Threads size 20.  I saw a pattern for a necklace in the Vogue Crochet 2012 magazine and found some in the UK.  Hurrah!  Will take some pictures of what I've done and post those.  See a theme emerging for this post on colour?? They are also all coral or coral related...

 

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Return from the Summer Lull

I have had a longer break than expected over the summer from my blog, due to holidays, Paralympics and generally faffing around.

However, before I launch back into what I have been doing, I wanted to show some work by an artist called Caroline Parrott.  I went to Walford Mill Crafts in Wimbourne and saw an amazing selection of work by fantastic artists.  Debbie Kirby has a studio space there with her loom and produces some beautiful pictures.

But I bought a couple of pieces by Caroline Parrott, which really caught my eye.

The flower is beautiful and the butterfly is a wall butterfly and comes with a screw so you can put it on the wall with lots of other butterflies.  I am hoping to clear some wall space and build up my collection.

They are made of aluminium which takes colour and the colours and pattern on them are amazing.

Something to aspire to.