A Quiet Book for Alysia

This is the second quiet book I have made and it is for my sister's granddaughter Alysia

She likes dogs so there are a few in the book

Two dog finger puppets

A page of removable flowers held on by buttons

A snail, the beads can be moved around his 'house'

A kitchen double page spread

The fridge door opens and food can be removed, the drawer fronts can be pulled off

The pan lid is removable and the food can be put into the pan

The family are held on by magnets. On the real book their faces are actual photos but I've disguised them for privacy

Another dog, this one with a zip

The zip opens to reveals a tongue and bone

A shoe to tie a lace

Numbers to the side and beads for counting

A furry teddy bear with squeaker in his paw

Another dog, this one with a removable lead

Lift the flaps to reveal faces with different expressions

A plastic pouch filled with beads, sequins, fish and shells

Lift up to reveal the felt fish

Colours, weaving and buckles

And the inside of the outer cover, a pocket with another Lissy doll

A Blast from the Past

We decided to have a clear out in our loft including my old City and Guilds [embroidery] college work and I came across these two Christmas cards in a file. The spikes were made with wide gold ribbon I think although I cannot remember how I made it. I think they maybe called Prairie points. The green card is only about 3" high.

Another item I came across were these earrings which I quite like although I don't wear earrings so I won't be wearing them. Goldwork - beads, cord net.

I rather liked this little poppy picture, hand painted fabric and embroidery

Another card, also handpainted fabric and embroidery.

Another picture with various textures and embroidery

And this textured tree which has now gone with the rubbish collection today. Layered leaves, wool was used for the grass.

I did get rid of quite a bit of stuff, mainly files with paper, samples and lots of empty boxes.

More Fabric Swatches

Above is the Spoonflower 8" fabric swatch, the design was created for the art deco dress competition.

And the repeat pattern

another swatch

This fabric is similar to the green one I posted the other day, inspired by the tiles at the Alhambra Palace.

 And as it would look like as a repeat pattern.

This one is based on games, it is one I did a few years ago and I won a commendation from the Bradford Textile Society for it. I have it in other colours too. The pattern will be smaller than seen on the swatch, I forgot to alter the DPI, Spoonflower uses 150 and I was using 300 and I've altered since this came.

And as a repeat

The photo is not so good on the swatch below - the pattern was created with hand made stamps, the paint kind and hand made stamps, the postage kind.

And as a repeat

The Elephant swatch - this was based on some embroidered pictures I had done

And the repeat

another swatch - I've altered the size of this one too, it is smaller now.

And the repeat

The swatch - this pattern was created for the Matisse/Nasher competition

And the repeat

another swatch

I was going to make this one smaller too, but I decided to leave it for now. It is better at this size for wallpaper, but if anyone does want it smaller let me know and I'll alter it.

Another swatch, this is another older one, also games related.

And I have altered the size of this one.

Another swatch - inspired by the sea

And the repeat pattern

I have shown some of the patterns before, but not the swatches, I've included them to compare colours to the original design.

The link to my Spoonflower shop is on the right.