Be-Dazzled. Bead-azzled, Bedazzled (Workshop)

Yesterday I went to a workshop for the local Embroiderers Guild.  It was a bead inspired day in case you were in doubt about the title!

Win taught us how to make these fabric beads.

Lesley showed us some interesting ways with paper beads - there are lots more decorating options to explore.

Sandra showed us a beading technique I had not tried before - this is spiral staircase

... and here is a close up - I should have used crystal fireline instead of the smoke - but hey - I can make another!!

Jack's Family

Thursday morning at 6.45 Jack brought his mum and dad too.... Dad perched briefly on next door's bird feeder, and Jack displayed babyish behaviour by fluttering his wings and looking cute with his beak wide open hoping mummy would feed him.... she didn't!!  I rather like to think they came to look after Jack, because I was very worried about him as it poured with rain on Wednesday night!

Jack on the left fluttering his wings!  Mummy on the right.

I did try to clean the windows the other day - but there is something on them that is shining!

Jack and one of the three collared doves that hang around the garden.

Splish splash - look who's taking a bath!

Jack flew onto the bird table on Thursday evening.

He took his bit of bread to eat by the broom.

And in my yummy parcel from my son.... a t-shirt from my favourite shop!

..... and I think my daughter in law may have had quite a big hand in selecting things for my parcel!  Love this book on patchwork.

And look at all this fabric!!!!!!!  The robot one and the other yellow one are a new range designed by the author of the book.

Jack had a lie in this morning - it was 10 past 7 when he came for his breakfast.

Guess where I went today?

My mum (her name's Raye and she's nearly 85) has been busy cardmaking!

fabric postcards - wild about flowers

This is a photograph of a fabric postcard I made a couple of weeks ago. It was made using wild flowers printed on fabric then pieced with narrow strips of commercially printed fabric. The top is bonded to the pelmet stiffener and then onto fabric for the backing. I used a fabric pen to mark the back to look like a postcard. It measures 6 inch x 4 inch.

Jaswyn

Here is a little wallhanging I made for my brother and sister in law. It is a photo of their home printed on fabric with commercial fabric printed with flowers and leaves. The quilting is done with cotton thread and is free machined. The wadding is cotton. The quilt measures 12 inches square.

This second photo shows a close up of the stitching. I followed the line of some of the leaves and flowers on the patterned fabric. It's all packed up to post now - I'll let you know what they say about it in a later blog. Well maybe they should add a message on here.

Fabric Postcard - Paddy

Here's my first fabric postcard. I made it for a friend and used photos of her dog which I printed onto inkjet fabric and then I sewed a few more bits of fabric on. The stiffening was a bit of an experiment and I ended up fusing it all to some vilene, which wasn't stiff enough and then to some cardboard. The binding was sewn on by machine and it went through the cardboard quite easily. I printed the word 'postcard' on the cardboard first. It measures 6 inches by 4 inches.