Embellished Flower Brooches

While we were having our textile session at Cancer Care

Beryl popped in with some of her Embellished Flower Brooches.

For the Centre to sell at their coffee morning which they hold once a 

month on the last Tuesday.

Beryl has been coming along to textiles for 18 months and her first 

session with me was on the Embellisher Machine,

she fell in love with the technique and got a machine immediately.

She is now a master and her Embellished Flower Brooches

 don't stay unsold for  long, 

as you can see by the hand coming into the photo!

See Beryl's first session with me HERE

See more Embellished Flowers HERE

See Embellished Flower Cards HERE

See Embellished work on my portfolio site HERE

Click the written labels under this post to see more embellishments.

Pat's Covered Notebook

With the scraps left over from making the folded bag.

Pat made some patchwork and has covered a notebook.

Pat went to a Quilters Guild meeting where they asked

if people could cover books or wrap books for 

The Guild raffle in August,

at The Festival of Quilts, NEC Birmingham.

See a video on how to cover a book on my Tech site

art2inspiretech

Also click on the written labels below which will show you

a selection of book covers and embellished sketchbooks books

I have also got my sketchbooks on my portfolio site

www.art2inspire.co.uk

To visit The Quilters Guild and see more about the book wraps

and what the Guild is all about

click HERE

Burn back Embellished Book Cover

Carole has made this wonderful, layered, embellished and soldered book cover

for a friend that needs cheering up with a life journal.

With decorated cover, turned, decorated pages and verses too,

this is a truly special gift.

Click the photo to enlarge and really enjoy the details.

Textures With The Soldering Iron and Stitch

As some of you know who follow Quilters Cottage Norfolk

and the classes we have been doing a lot of 

layered work, using different fabrics, stitch and the 

soldering iron!

Above is two very different items, a purse and a book cover.

Both using the technique but then adding their unique 

creativity to it.

See more by clicking on the labels below.

Gallery Day 28th February 2012

On Textile Tuesdays there are many different medias

being created as you will see by the next posts.

Above, is Jenny's Embellished Sketchbook.

Sometimes we all need encouragement to do things

a little different and Jenny has made this

cover differently to what she has before.

Also she has been inspired by PINK!

See more embellished textiles by clicking the labels below.

Sara's Finished Work

Sara has worked hard since September

completing several different projects

which take many hours to complete.

They are beautiful!

The Strip Patchwork Butterfly Wall Hanging,

is Sara's first go at scrap bag patchwork and

free machine quilting.

The Pink Notebook was a piece of felt,

embellished using an

Embellisher Machine and lots of lovely

scraps of fabric, then

machine embroidered. Sara then added

more embellishments by hand.

The top photograph is a wall hanging based

on crazy patchwork and a corset shape.

Lots to follow as Sara forms her portfolios

and sketchbooks.

See more by clicking the written labels below.

Diary Cover Finished

I finished putting the diary cover together today.

It looks really good and will be great to put all

my teaching dates in.

As Judy commented before,

"A cover makes them more personal".

See the blog post of how it started

by clicking HERE

and the video of how to make a fabric journal cover

www.art2inspiretech.blogspot.com

Diary Cover

This week classes start again and they begin with,

'All Things Stripped'.

I needed a new academic calendar and of course it needed a better cover!

Keeping to theme the 'Purple' and the 'Strips'.

See more of my purple items made by clicking

HERE

The cover is ready to be fitted to the diary.

See a video on how to cover a diary with your own textile slip cover

by visiting my video tech site

www.art2inspiretech.blogspot.com

Floral Felted and Embellished Sketchbook

I always try and make a sketchbook cover in

embellished felt when I am making a new

colour range of felt.

This is made with floral scarves and muted wools.

Very pale and interesting!

See more of my embellishing on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Printed Sketchbook Video

I have made a sketchbook cover with the printed and embossed papers

I made a week ago.

I combined them with textiles, lace,stitch and some embellishments.

This sketchbook is for sale and can be purchased

by clicking HERE

What do you think of my first Photograph video?

Jeanette's Notebook

Jeanette had been on a workshop recently to make backgrounds

and the flowers.

She wanted to incorporate them in the

embellishment of notebook covers.

She had brought several little notebooks and wants to cover them for gifts.

By adding some gold threads

( which she had to go and buy from The bead Shop in Dereham)

and some extra quilting it gave this cover a real lift.

The cover was then finished off by making a lining which

slips off if necessary.

I have used many different methods of finishing sketchbooks

but this one called for some jewel coloured lining

to give it the added luxury.

Click on the photograph to enlarge and appreciate the Embroidery.

India Inspired Notebook Details

OOOh! I just love these colours.

So vibrant and full of texture!

See more of my India Inspirations

by clicking HERE

Notebook Covers

With the India Inspired Banner in mind

I have been delving into my scrapbag of ribbon like fabrics.

I will admit I do sort my scraps into colours or projects so

I can return and make other items from them.

(I think everyone has their favourite media or colour range).

So the scraps are all sewed together with

machine stitch and then machine embroidered

over the top of this.

Embellished with thread and more stitches.

See more Embellished items on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Paper and Stitch Sketch and Notebook

As you can see the Vintage Envelopes inspired these Paper Stitch

and Collaged Art books.

They are both for sale and are on my website.

You can see them and how they were made

in detail,

by clicking

Journal

or

Notebook

The sales post is on

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Embellished Sketchbooks

I have got back to Embellishing Machine again this week.

oooo, it did feel good and really creative.

These are ready for sale and are on my website and

@ The Gallery.

See the details and more Embellishing on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Purple Sketchbook

I have enjoyed making this sketchbook cover.

Using a different colours and textures

to mix in with the purple was really fun.

This sketchbook will be for sale

@ The Gallery Dereham.

See more of my embellished work and sketchbooks at

www.art2inspire.co.uk