8 Blue Moon ATC'S Finished

They are finished and ready to swap.
One for me as a keepsake.
One to Sheila in Australia and
One to Judy in America.

So that leaves 5 to swap with the best comments on what they are inspired by.

Finished Blue Moon ATC'S

I have really enjoyed making these.
See other collections of ATC's on my website www.art2inspire.co.uk

Scrumble Detail

These are added flowers and scrumble pots which are then added with extra crochet to form a textured edge.

Scrumbles!

I took a crochet hook and some different wools and threads and enjoyed, Scrumbling and adding on crochet flowers. Really free and enjoyable. I was ispired by Anneliese from Stichin Fingers network site.

Crazywork Detail

I've enjoyed working in these colours, Yvonne's going to have to close her eyes if she visits this post!

Crazywork Square

Went to Brightlingsea in Essex yesterday for a wonderful brunch with Mum and Dad in law and their friends. It was lovely meeting and catching up. In the evening I finished sewing on the lace motif and embellishing it with beads.
At Alveva's a quilt group which I belong to, eight of us are sharing in a round robin, crazywork challenge. We each made up a box of fabrics, trimmings,threads and beads which we make a block in our chosen idea and then pass it on to the other members each month. We don't see our box until the end so it will be a really exciting reveal at our garden party in the summer.

Shian's Fabric Scout Hut

You can see our pile of fabrics on the bolts ready to be cut on the right and Shian busy cutting wadding. The fabric is for a suprise quilt the group is making.
There were specials on jelly rolls and Moda packs aswell as Christmas fabrics. We liked the fat Quarter tub because they were all £1.
All in all a good retail experience beause we followed this with a spot of lunch in a Tea Shop!

Me Choosing Fabric

As you can see I was so cold!

Choosing Fabric

Jill Choosing!

Lola

Since Tuesday at the gallery I have tidied up in my studio because I kept taking things in the door and putting them on the table and eventually had no table left. My table is 6ft by 8ft so you can tell there was a 'little bit' to sort out!

See my table space under the studio heading on my website http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/

Thursday I picked up my friend Jill, the treasurer of Alveva Quilt group and we went off to the coast to buy fabric!

Cold, Cold and very very wet! better than snow though!

When we got to Shian's at The Scout Hut, Hunstanton Lola was hugging the fire as you can see. She didn't even move to say hello. I don't blame her.

Working at The Gallery

I love Tuesdays at The Gallery Dereham, surrounded by art and creative people. The comings and goings are interspersed with me demonstrating mixed media techniques. I was embellishing today. Several people had a try and loved it and want a workshop. Marion came to play too!
Her piece of new work can be seen in the foreground on the table.
Visit The Gallery Dereham
http://www.thegallerydereham.com/

Marion Playing Too!

Marion came to play at the gallery too!

She brought in work that she had been developing on the new printer, Big Beautiful Bertha!

Here she is preparing the Lutradur before it goes through the printer.

Visit her website for a real feast for the eyes.

http://www.artmixter.blogspot.com/

I Want One!

Judy really loves embellishing. After a quilck how to and tips on how to use and how some fabrics react to felting she was hooked! her words were"I want one!"

Tuesday at The Gallery 12th Jan 2010

Tuesday morning at the gallery Dereham was interesting today with all the comings and goings.The spaces have been moved round now so there is a gallery and shop area (Hadyn in his Framing workshop and Photography spaces and a workshop and display area for art!

I took the Embellisher and as you can see Judy one of the gallery owners had a go . She had never done embellishing before so tried all the different scraps of fabrics and wools on her sample.

Blue Moon ATC detail

This is the detail of the beading on the ATC. Remember an ATC is only 2.5x3.5 inches, so I have managed to get alot of beads in the corner.
Can you see the Blue Moon bead?

See http://www.art2inspire.co.uk/ for other ATC's I have swapped and watch out for the ones I would like to swap in the future! coming soon!