Crazy Work Patchwork Square

Pat brought a Crazy Patchwork book at The Chilford Show

and over the Christmas break she started the piece above.

It contains many different shades of blue textiles, threads, beads and

embellishments. Pat has really got the technique at it's best.

Well done Pat.

See my Crazywork Patchwork

on my portfolio site

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Indian Wall Hanging

Barbar finished her sari fabric wall hanging.

It is really sparkly and really colours a room,

it's fantastic.

See more of Barbara's work by clicking the

written labels below.

Sara's Purse

Sara showed us the finished purse she started before

Christmas. It was made from one of her Mum's tops!

She them quilted, added beads and charms.

The heart charm contains a picture of Sara and her Mum.

Mum loves the purse but thinks it's too good to use.

It is wonderful!

PInk Mixed Media Wall Hanging

Sara finished her wall hanging over the Christmas Holidays.

It is really something else and shows so many

techniques.

Well Done Sara and good luck with your interview.

Carol Back

It was so lovely to have Carol back after health made her

take a break.

She got right on in there and made a red version of

my 'Madame Francais'.

See my version

HERE

or my Vintage Portfolio Page

HERE

See more of Carol's work by clicking the written labels below.

Gallery Textile Tuesday 10th January 2012

Today was the first Textile Tuesday @The Gallery Dereham.

It was really hectic and getting used to where everything

goes and settling Students back into creating

after the Christmas break is always interesting.

Many chose to make the black, white and red bag,

(see previous post HERE )

Many using alternative colours but all using the printing

technique.

Others were making wallhangings, recycling football shirts,

making corsets, quilts and more!

Visit The Gallery

www.thegallerydereham.co.uk

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

black White and Red Bag

Monday and in the studio again getting ready for classes

starting up this week.

I have various projects in varying stages as

inspiration. So much to finish!

I have had a real making break!!!!

It took a while to settle and

I ended up finishing this little bag using some

of the new fabric that came into Knit Wits

before Christmas.

I printed the label using Staz On Ink and

a stamp which has corsets on it and fits one of the current class themes.

I print onto fabric that has been prepped for putting

through the printer.

This is then iron fixed.

The zip and charm were recycled.

Quite cute don't you think ? and I will

be demonstrating this @ The Gallery tomorrow.

See workshop lists above.

Visit my portfolio site as I am updating it and

putting a lot more in each portfolio.

www.art2inspire.co.uk

Steampunk Outfit Pattern

Jenn and I had our 'girlie' day today and went in

dress shops and couldn't really find anything we liked!

We ended up in 'The Fent' shop in Kings Lynn and

looked at the patterns.

With me teaching corsetry starting next week,

we found this one and the Steampunk outfit.

Really Cool!

I had been inspired several months ago by

a video on You Tube on 'Steampunk Couture'.

Really inspirational and atmospheric.

See the video on my tech site

www.art2inspire.blogspot.com

Fabric Journal Pages

I have been putting together some of the pages

in my fabric journal, using a mixture of techniques.

See the start of the journal

HERE

See the video that inspired this fabric journal

on my tech blog

www.art2inspiretech.blogspot.com

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

Fabric Journal

At the end of last year I started to collect together all the

things to make a scrap book journal on,

'Dressmaking and Textiles'.

Today, after the Christmas break I went

back into the Studio and collected more of the things I liked.

I had seen a You Tube video a couple of months ago

on 'Fabric Journals' and this is my inspiration.

I start with this video but as you know I like to do

things my way!

See the video on my tech site

www.art2inspiretech.blogspot.com

Happy New Year

Wishing Everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year.

January 2012 is my second year of blogging

and I feel so lucky to be able to share my art work and life

with others.

I had a lovely time over Christmas and have had a complete break.

I didn't sew from the 23rd of December until today!

I did do lots of reading and research and enjoyed

being with family and friends.

Lovely!

I always allow myself a chance for a break in

my creativity and allow myself to recharge,

hence the statement above!

We expect too much of ourselves in this media, technology, rich

society and we always need to take a step back and take stock.

Hope you are able to take a break this year however you can,

whether it be an hour or a couple of days, it's worth the time!

Merry Christmas To All

A very Merry Christmas to everyone!

Best Wishes from here at

Quilters Cottage.

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