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

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

Coven Lunch

Every year The Coven Quilters have a celebration meal,

to celebrate that we are all together and bring in a new year.

This year we decided to eat out and have our meal at

lunch time!

The Riverside Restaurant is in Kings Lynn.

Near The Arts Centre.

We love getting together and it always makes our week.

This month like any other there is a birthday,

this month it was Barbara W.

I got the girlies to pass the keepsake cushions around

and sign the back with messages.

See these cushions

HERE

Photo Keepsakes

On Monday 20th of February I got into my studio

and finished making the Photo Transfer Lace Keepsakes

that I wanted to make the girls of Coven Quilters.

The idea being I would

present them at our Yearly Dinner.

Paddy took our yearly photo on Kate's sofa in January and

I knew I wanted to make something from it to remember

as I have been teaching photo transfer for the last month.

The lace background is all bits of lace, curtains, silks,

satins, ribbon and wool free machined down around the

photo and then made into a cushion filled with lavender

and stuffing.

I was really pleased and signed them all on the back.

The idea being all the girls could sign each one as

it went round the table while we were waiting for our meal.

Making a very special Keepsake.

It was lovely all week knowing we would be meeting for lunch.

We normally meet in the evening!

I'll post photos later.

See more of my vintage lace and artwork by

clicking HERE

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

Madame Francais Wall Hanging

This is another project that has been in sections on my work table

over the Christmas Holidays and today was the day to finish it.

I always try and show different inspiration at classes, so

there's the black,white and red bag

(See previous post HERE)

and then there is the

Wall Hanging called 'Madame Francais'.

I stamped the image on prepped fabric and then

appliqued the other elements on.

Lots of jewelry pieces put together to make

decorative elements and a beaded hanging chain.

Lots of inking and tweaking to the finish today.

See more of my 'Vintage' collection by

visiting my art portfolio site

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Lace Dress form Card

,

Wednesday the 4th was Card Making @The Gallery

with Kim.

We were all feeling a little groggy to get started back

to class but look at what I created!

Kim showed us lots of ways of folding cards,

using different sizes.

Kim also brought in lots of inspirational papers,

I chose the lace ones!

It was good to be card making again,

Thank you Kim!

See more of my cards on my card blog

www.cards2inspire.blogspot.com

and see Kim's card blog

www.kimcrop.blogspot.com

Lace Christmas Cornucopias

Still busy making and finishing gifts for close friends.

Above are some lace Victorian inspired cornucopias.

They each contain little gifts and a Christmas flower arrangement.

Christmas is all about family, friends and an open heart.

I just love the Christmas Season but there is never enough time.

It doesn't matter when you start!

I start in August making Christmas items for classes

so I have inspiration for my students!

Hope everyone has a lovely time!

See more of my Vintage Lace collection on my

portfolio site

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Students Victorian Favours

These are some of the lace Christmas, Victorian inspired

Favours.

They are just wonderful.

Well done everyone.

See my Victorian Lace Favour

HERE

Victorian Lace Favours

Every month there is a different Inspiration Topic

and then within that each week there is different

inspirational projects.

I love traditional Christmas Gifts and Favours.

Here is my version of a Victorian Lace Tree Favour

except mine is larger and can hang on a wall.

I made mine larger because I wanted

to incorporate a Gozo Lace Collar that I

brought when we were on holiday in

Cyprus seven years ago.

It is made out of a linen waffle dish cloth

with layers of lace, some of which comes from

lace net curtains!

and parts of Christmas Ornaments.

The photo at the bottom is students work

inspired by my lace projects.

See more of my vintage lace artworks

on my website

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Lace Folded Purses

Students have been making several of my inspired projects

over the last couple of weeks as gifts for

Christmas.

Several have been enjoying making the Folded Purses.

These photos show Sylvia's at the top, finished.

The middle one shows several at different stages

and Pat is just starting to decorate her strip

of fabric ready for folding.

See my Folded Purse

HERE

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