Mousehole Cat Dream Catcher

Gill has nearly finished her Dream Catcher based on the

story of the Mousehole Cat for her final piece for City and Guilds.

The ideas and techniques are so varied and colourful.

Great fun too!!

Caroline, Show and Tell

Caroline has been with us 6 months now and she is 

really getting addicted to sewing! 

She has brought a new sewing machine and is

trying out all the machine stitches and programming in

new embroidery patterns all the time.

We all loved these "Show and Tell".

Metal Samples with Embroidery

These are some of the samples that were produced at the class and 

continued at home. 

They are so rich in colours and so varied.

Remember they are all made out of drinks cans!

See more by clicking the labels below. 

Jewelled Bag

With teaching lots of metal work, students 

like to make their samples into a projects so here is one of the bags, 

inspired by Klimt.

Lots of metal foiling and stitch. 

Jayne's Stall

I love supporting local events especially when they are raising

money for charity. 

Jane' one the Tuesday Girls had a stall with her friends in Swaffham

to raise money for the Dereham Cancer Care Centre and Future Sense.

With me holding classes there it was even more of a pleasure.

There were lots of hand crafted items to look at and with the

weather being so good there was tea and cakes in the garden.

I brought several cards and a peg bag from Jayne. 

I needed a new one and it is a lovely addition to my line.

She was a bit embarrassed and several people said,

"Aren't you going to make one?"

My reply,

Not like Jayne's it is beautiful!
You can see them hanging up behind Jayne in the photo.

Brian- wooden toys, bird boxes etc

Louise- unique bespoke personalised cards for all occasions.

Rebecca- assorted beaded brooches and assorted items.

Alice- unique fabric handicrafts framed.

Julia- beaded bookmarks etc

Ann- individual cards for al occasions.

Jayne- assorted textiles and wooden handicrafts.

Elly- Jewellery

Ray-woodturning.

Trish- cake stall.

We should all support events like these as people are

putting their heart and sole into them.

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Skull and Cross Bone Quilt

Another Anne made a Skull and Cross Bone Quilt for her Grand Son.

This is Anne's second quilt!

The quilting is all different sizes of skulls!

So really well done!

Anne learnt so many new techniques and she is now starting a

red and white stitched quilt. 

See more quilts by clicking the written label below.

A Table Runner and an Owl

Muriel has made several table runners as friends see the ones around

her home. This one has machine embroidered quilting

motifs in each of the middle squares which

really add to the design.

Muriel also had some fun with making her owl!

Matishall Football Team Cushion

Anne has made this cushion for her Grand Son and it looks like 

she will have to make a few more for the team.

Each of the footballs are made of appliqued hexagons and

hand embroidered.

See more cushions by clicking the written label below.

Mackerel Beauty

Gill has been making a Dream Weaver Design 

for her final project for the City and Guilds Creative Textile Certificate, after

enjoying making and exploring Dorset Buttons. 

Each circle is exploring a different 

dream of 'The Mousehole Cat'.

See this previous post for more of Gill's wonderful work and the

first instalment of 'The Mousehole Cat'.

I just love this Cornish Tale. 

Baby Quilt

Brenda has also been making a cot quilt for her new Grand Daughter.

Brenda hasn't made a cot quilt like this before so she was trying out

new techniques and stitches.

See more cot quilts by clicking the written labels below

Brenda's Bag

Brenda has made two "Windmill Bags' now.

One for herself and this one is for a friend.

I just love the floral lining with the taupe and spot outer fabric.

It gives the whole look of the bag a lift.

See more bags by clicking the written labels below.

Dragon Bookmark

Carol made a Dragon Bookmark for her Grandson from

the embossed and coloured metal.

Such a lovely dragons face!

See more about creating metals for textiles by 

clicking on the written labels below.

Textile Metal

We have had a couple of weeks embossing and stitching metal.

Everyone started with a drinks can but the results

are all different!

They are embossed with plastic plates through a Cuttle Bug or

by drawing with a ball point pen.

The metal is then coloured with Acrylic Inks, Staz On Ink Pads,

Glass Paint or Nail Varnish.

The metal is then cut out in so many different and applied with

the sewing machine using a variety of stitches to textiles.

Many made cards, brooches, bookmarks and bags.

I will be teaching more of these creative metal work and recycle

days this summer.

See more examples by clicking the written or photo posts below.

Plastics and Serendipity

We met on a Saturday for the workshop with Elizabeth 

on 'Exploring With Plastics'

we started with grating crayons in between cling film an

by the end of the day I think we had fused every none plastic to man.

Including shower curtains and plastic swimming rings.

We found out how to collage them together 

and in the afternoon we started to stitch.

So much fun!

Daphne also had her Birthday so we celebrated with cake and candles.

The Red Cross Hall where we met had also opened the

shop so we all went in to buy and recycle!

A fantastic day and you can see we had some fantastic results.

HERE

Embroidery Friend

I met Jamila at The Kings Lynn Embroidery Guild,

last year.

We have become firm friends and meet up every month,

on what we call 'Retreat Friday's'. 

We share life and how we are progressing with out textiles

we have also become critical friends too.

Some one you can discuss those issues of improvement and how to 

move through stitch and life!

We share techniques and exploration all in a lovely haven.

I feel very protective of our time and always come away

ideas buzzing but a sense of calm.

Thank you!

Jamila has a fantastic blog about her development

with her Embroidery Diploma.

Visit HERE