Toftwood Art Exhibition

Pat asked at The Textile Tuesday Class if anyone would

like to demonstrate at the local Art Exhibition.

I said yes. Pat said she was going to take the 

Embelisher machine so I thought I would do the

hand felting method so we could show the difference.

People were fascinated we were felting and what we were creating.

It was lovely to share and chat to people at the show.

Sylvia came along in the afternoon and she demonstrated 

bobbin lace. Beautiful! This is one of those crafts I am 

not going to stray into because I know it will envelope time.

I will just watch and admire :)

Lace Wall Tidy

I was asked by a friend to design a pocket holder based on 

a shoe holder she had been given at Christmas.

She has it by the side of her chair to hold the 

necessities of daily life in. 

It was made of different plastics and soon began

to wear and tear.

I took up the challenge and had seen one on the internet

somewhere? Made of cream material and lace.

I had been given some upholstery fabric and I have

lots of old family lace and I thought this was

the ideal opportunity to use it. 

Mine, would also then hold all the lovely lace 

I wanted to use in the future.

I finished both and delivered them,

she was thrilled and immediately 

reached over and pulled her plastic one off the wall,

contents, nail and all!

Really, some people can't wait!

 I had taken a nail, hook and hammer just in case!

Good job!

After I hung up the tidy we put in all her

goodies and medications into the relevant pockets.

One of her carers came in and was really

inspired. 

What we both like is she is no longer looking at what

medically sustains her but a pretty and inspiring hanging tidy.

I have noticed on my last visit her chair area has really 

changed and she and he carers can find everything.

I am so pleased.

Since showing it at classes, many have taken the pattern.

I drew mine on some lining paper to work out

all the folds and edges.

See more of my lace makes on my portfolio site

Art2Inspire 

Lace and the Cloth

Janet has made several table runners,

 this week she showed us one she has made the lace for all round it and

  the lace inserts are made using water soluble fabric.

It is truly beautiful.

I love all things lace and constantly using the pieces I have inherited.

I must admit though some pieces I just want to stoke and admire.

I have recently purchased some antique pieces and will show

 you the hanging pockets I am making to store all my lace treasures in. 

If you want to see more of my vintage lace creations click

HERE

If you want to visit another beautiful creative blog visit

Cottage Dreams and then I will see you back for more posts.

Downton Abbey Inspiration

After posting about Jeanette's Downton Abbey embroidered page I decided to do some research and found a blog called LoveMegan  and the choker above is made by her. Megan's site is a beautiful one to visit and explore. So enjoy and I will see you back later to view my new posts.

Using the Lace

With Lace and Embellishments being some of the inspiration

this month these items use the it in different ways.

The cushion uses the lace that Jane had painted the previous

week. It looks really chic.

Sara had been trying to decorate the lace folded purse

in class the previous week and it took some

working out.

It is based on a Japanese Purse which I translated and

made my version of decorating.

See a video from an Australian lady

on my tech site making her version.

www.art2inspiretech.blogspot.com

Lace Painting @The Gallery

I am encouraging students to dye and colour different

types of fabrics and trimmings, so they can have a palette

of textiles and embellishments to work with.

The laces were painted, sponged and sprayed

with various paints, inks and dyes.

The underneath papers and fabrics can be as interesting

as the pieces you are colouring.

Doubling your mediums!

See more by clicking on the labels below

Lace Folded Purse Makes

I always try and show different inspiration each week

and this week I was inspired by some lace Irene had

given me and some beautiful upholstery fabric I had been

treasuring.

I had seen on You Tube a video put on by a lovely

Australian lady and I made mine but with

alterations and some tweaks in the method.

As you can see the Textile Class had a great time

and it opened everyones mind boxes with

the origami!!!

See my lace purse HERE

and the You Tube Video HERE

See more of my Vintage Lace Work on

my website portfolio

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Lace Folded Purse

Monday 31st October!!!!!! :-\

I am always looking out for folded bag patterns

and I came across a beaded and decorated one on You tube.

So I decided to make this and decorate mine with lace

and machine embroidery.

I think I will make several of these as gifts.

See more of my Lace and Vintage art pieces

on my portfolio site

HERE

The you tube video put on by a lovely

Australian lady is on my tech site

www.art2inspiretech.blogspot.com

Lace Book

Wednesday was card making with Kim @The Gallery.

We were continuing to use the embossed book templates

and add dry embossing to our cards.

Sylvia had kindly given me several books on

card making the day before and it spurred me on

to mix my medias as usual.

I wanted to add lace and metal work.

I went shopping before the class at

Bead this Craft That for lace, pearl beads on a string

and anything that caught my eye.

(I have a craft budget each week to keep me in check an

often add weeks together to save for the larger items!).

See Bead This Craft That's website

www.beadthiscraftthat.co.uk

We had a wonderful morning and all our cards were

very different. I love learning new skills and then

experimenting with all the different medias.

I will continue this Book Card over several sessions.

I have since found a lady on You Tube who has made

beautiful cards using this technique and medias

HERE

See more of my card making at

www.cards2inspire.blogspot.com

and see Kim's blog

www.kimcrop.blogspot.com

Edwardian Glove Inspired Card

Wednesday morning was card making with Kim

@The Gallery Dereham.

Kim gave me the challenge of making a card using

images from a vintage picture scraps book.

I used a picture of an Edwardian Lady, a brooch, glove box

and her gloves.

I added the trim from a lace tray cloth and old buttons.

I used a lace trim punch to cut the card base,

it takes some lining up, to cut it out and not

overlap the holes too much.

I enjoyed the mornings and their were new members

having a taster session.

The card just needs it's insert.

Thank you Kim for stretching me again!

See more of my card making by clicking

on the labels below.

Embellished Flowers

(click on the image to enlarge)

This is the start of a new series of work preparing for an Exhibition

next year based on my 'Art To Embellishment'.

I am experimenting with combining my painting and embellishing.

Some of the images I have taken from photos and sketches

I took or drew in our garden and the gardens we visited this year.

I have still got to add the machine embroidery and the bead embroidery.

I love textures,

so I am enjoying using the different textile techniques.

See more embellishments on this and my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk