Well thanks to all that rain the 2 golf competions were called off, so it was back to crafting 2 toadstools for a lady in Oz. organised by Lucykatecrafts, which is a great idea you can follow the tutorial on her blog.The largest one was made as per instructions the smaller one I used a wine cork ( plenty of those in this household) unfortunately for an Aussie I think it was a Chateau Neuf du pape one, to stiffen the stem . and I machine the top edge and turned it before
buttonhole edging it.We are supposed to make the toodstool in the colours and fabrics that are partner likes, I have asked for mauve, well what other colour is there?
This lovely card is the one Susan Lenz sent for the cyberfyber swap I am very pleased with it and it arrived very quickly,I am also doing a mushroom swap with a crafter in Australia, so thank goodness it is bank holiday so I can get on with it all.Plus the beans have to go in the garden hoed,and on and on. Maggie Gray has a great piece on her website about displacement maps which is so easy to follow I even managed it with lovely results
On Saturday,I had to work in the morning as I have had a lot of time off this week, but in the afternoon I went to my last talk to do with the Stroudwater festival.The talk was by one of the costumiers from the RSC a young girl who was an extremely good speaker and told us with great enthusiasm how the costumes were made and fitted.She brought along various costumes including one worn by Dame Judy Dench as Queen Elizabeth. The outfits shown below were in the foyer and were made by studio 7 as part of last years festival
On Sunday a friend & I trekked off to Malvern for the quilt festival, lovely quilts and Artvango were there so the plastic was flashing and I have some lovely mediums to play with.
was unusual and the "fronds" were frayed organza very eye catching.The 2 photos 2nd from last are details of the same quilt worked in cream silks and beautifully embroidered.
screenprinted and devore scarves.Liz is a well known for her textiles screenprinted and devored, she designs and makes textile for many famous couturiers .Here are some of the finished devore scarves, they were lovely, below left Liz is lurking behind the scarf.
the scarf below has been ironed to set the devore paste it goes brown, it will then be washed off before dyeing.
the daisy shapes scarf has been printed and has paper shapes ironed onto it to as a resist to the devore.
Work in progress on the scarves, the screen is being used by the lady in blue
In this photo the paper masking the devore layer is being removed.
These shots show how long the print table is, each scarf was 2yds long 5 people down each side it was huge.
I am trading this card which is a handsewn and quilted on calico which had been coloured with chromacol, with Susan Lenz of Art in Stitches blog, she is organising the cyberfyber swap, so if you are interested go to http://cyberfyberexhibitjournal.blogspot.com look at all her cards and ATC`s and do a swap.
Yet more fairy shoes as yet unnamed but they have a mannish look to them so how about the moth fairy.
This great ATC arrived this morning from Kate North it is lovely an angel with beautiful copper wings thanks Kate.
These photos are from the "make do and mend" site which is a display by 7 local artists on the theme of how we used to repair and reuse items of clothing, some of the displays were visually pleasing but it left me wondering what was the point of it all
At the Space they were showing the work of Clare Lane. it was stunning I stood in front of these two with my mouth open. Photos do not unfortunately do them justice, she takes photo of scenes and digitally alters them, changes the perspective and maybe the colour, they are then printed onto canvas and densely machine stitched in certain areas, the effect is fantastic.The seagulls are a small canvas about 12" x 12" for £200.00 the other canvas was big and about 2000.I am very tempted with the seagulls and I am going back next week to see. Clare`s web site is www.urban-fabric.co.uk
A challenge to sharpen your wits! the first person to guess what this is ,will receive an embroidered postcard made by me, not a great prize i will admit but then you have to start somewhere!
Hurrah for Bank holidays, more time to play,dearly beloved was working ,poor soul, so apart from a golf competion , cooking a roast for one offspring & child I had time to play. This dyeing is done by using Joyce Vance`s crackle dying which is done in 3 stages therefore over 3 days the instructions are at www.pburch.net/dyeing/Guest/crackle_dye.shtml it is a great way to get a variation of colours and clear instructions, I just wish I could get away from purples but I do love them.I scanned these pictures in reality the colours are much stronger
