Jeanette's Time Book

As some of you know who have been following my blog for some time I encourage making mixed media pieces and making them into pages for books. This way you can sample a technique or investigate a subject and use all the unusual treasures you collect and put them into an object you can enjoy time and time again. Time was the topic Jeanette chose for her pages and the end result is above.
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Batiks and Beads

I also loved the stall of Maryke Philips at Chilford.

She has a wonderful range of dyed silks, batiks and

patterns to make unusual wall hangings and bags.

Above, is a picture of her stitch book which

I just loved and she allowed us to turn and devour the pages

with our eyes!

I have a sample stitch book/ file that I made

when I did my City and Guilds. I would like

to make one like this though with all the lovely

threads and fabrics which are around now.

This week I took it along on 'Textile Tuesday',

to show the groups and it reminded me of

what I had learnt and still use.

See Maryke site and see her work

www.batiksnbeads.co.uk

Sew Wild Alisa Burke

I wasn't feeling top notch on Tuesday as I sometimes

had to double take what we were making and

also ran into a blank when ladies turned up with

no idea what they wanted to make.

Sometimes I think they think I am Magic!!!

So Wednesday I took a day off!

I normally go to Scrap Booking this Wednesday

but I knew with tummy ache and feeling off colour it would

not be sensible. I took a quilt to the sofa and a cup of tea.

Sometimes you must listen to your body!

I really don't like sitting but didn't feel good to do anything.

I was lucky though because look what turned up in

the post in the morning?

Alisa Burke's 'Sew Wild'.

A wonderful book for textile marking and expression.

Alisa covers lots of techniques and there is a DVD that

comes with it. I watched this and then found a

You Tube video of her being interviewed.

View this inspirational interview with Alisa on my

video tech site

www.art2inspiretech.blogspot.com

Cover Finished

Yesterday evening I finished the cover and added a few pages

to the mixed media 'Thou Art' Book.

One of the pages is made up of Italian Lace

that was in a bag of trimmings someone gave me

when they were having a sort out.

See work that I have created with vintage lace

by clicking HERE

I will keep making pages and then arrange and

secure them in.

See more of my mixed media work on my

website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Thou Art Mixed Media Book

This is the start of the Mixed Media Book I have called

"Thou Art".

Base on a Scottish Proverb I found,

"What ev'r thou art,

act well thy part".

I began the piece of work by collecting the materials together

from around my studio and then began by

layering items onto an antique lace tray cloth.

You could use a lace handkerchief etc.

This I backed with Hobbs wadding (batting) and

then began sewing and sticking the layers of items on to

the tray cloth.

this is going to be the cover.

I managed to make a few pages and will continue to add.

I will take photos and post as I go.

See more of my mixed work 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