Necklaces

A crazy quilting pendant instructions for making it can be found at the crazy quilting online mag in the links, I must get my head around getting a link in the posting. I didn't use a wooden bead couldn't see myself gluing around a wooden bead so I used felt cut it to the size I wanted and rolled it up quite tight then wrapped the cq around. I used gathered ribbon around the top and bottom to tidy up. It does look quite good on a plain jumper as it took some time to do I am going to try machine patterns and then hand embroidery on felt. The other two necklaces I made last year, the black and white one looks good.

Book Page Swop

A book page for the swop I am hosting at MixedMedia UK yahoo swop group.The back ground was painted, a photo of a rose printed lace and beads were added around the edges

Mothers Day

My daughter gave me a great present for Mothers Day a tin of soluble water colour pencils. I have done a little water colour painting but haven't tried pencils. I'm not very good at painting and drawing so have joined a local class to learn. Can I learn or is it a talent. Mothers Day in UK comes before the USA one.

Dolly Dancer

This is Dolly the papier mache dancer she is made from pulp over a wire armature, her skirt is pasted newspaper pleated onto the body and then painted, Dolly was fun to make although a bit fiddly she comes from Contemporary Papier Mache by Gilat Nadivi. Click on the photo to enlarge and you might find my deliberate mistake. I have been making some more figures of my own design when they are finished I will post them.

The garden doesn't have any flowers apart from snowdrops so I have been making my own. The red and cream roses in the picture were cut in strips on the bias from silky material, they were then shaped and gathered onto a base. The red one I wore at a Valentines dance and was much admired. The roses were quick to make so I will be making more, they come from the book Fun to Wear Fabric Flowers by Elizabeth Helene Searle I will try the daffodil next.

Crazy Quilting

Crazy quilting squares for a swap at Cloth Paper Studio the theme was hearts.Hand embroidery is something I like doing when watching TV especially when husband is watching sport or old films. I will get out my books and try new stitches as these squares only measure 4x4".

Paper Dolls

Three paper dolls made for a swap at Cloth Paper Studio. Painted with acrylic paint stamped into, hair was made from fun foam and embellishments added.