Sharks

More drawing practice. I've used some of the sharks for the digital collage above. The background is a photo of fabric which had been heat transfer printed. I'd used waste paper and a fringe as a resist.

Fabric SCrap Book 2

It's the same cover fabric as book 1 and some of the pages are similar but not the same

Digital prints on the left

Experiments with a wax resist, gelli print, art buttons, machine stitching on water soluble fabric

Transfer print sample with strips of paper, machine stitched cutwork leaves, paper layers with embroidery

Transfer print, puff binder samples

Handmade fabric from scraps and sheer, screen printed sample, devore sample

Painted and stitched paper

Layered painted fabrics with net top, machine embroidery, hand embroidery

Small pieces of fabric overlapped and joined with decorative stitching

Sweet wrapping papers layered with bubble wrap topping, machine stitched. Art buttons

Discharge printed sample, melted plastic sample on black fabric. Hand embroidery that I did on a t-shirt

Paper back printing overlaid with a sheer fabric, freehand machine embroidery, metal animal charm

Freehand machine embroidered tiger 

Transfer print [paints], the circle was hand painted, stitched and beaded, fabric flowers with machine embroidery

Painted fabric, melted plastic, machine embroidery and single decorative stitches

Gelli prints, machine embroidery, handmade cord, bead

Printed fabrics, one with textured wallpaper, layered fabrics with hand embroidery

Silk painting samples

Screen print, digital print [Queens], layered fabrics, distressed with net top and stitching

Screen print sample, machine stitching, beads

Sewing machine stitch sample [I no longer have that machine]

Small embroidery samples

Marbled background fabric, dyed lace and machine embroidery, quilted dyed fabric

Stamped fabric, machine stitched cutwork leaves, handmade cord

Dyed and bleached velvet with freehand machine embroidery, found bow

Marbled background fabric, painted lace and hand stitching, inkjet print sample, art button

Screen prints, some on chamois leather

Manipulated fabrics, some with wire

Layered squares of fabric - different textures

Layered and distressed fabric [burnt with soldering iron, net top layer embellished with embroidery], painted and stamped thick vilene, painted net from wall tiles, Florentine embroidery sample

Transfer print [paints], small digital print [to cover a mistake ha ha]

Fat Book Pages - 9

Velvet background fabric, dyed lace, handmade paper

Velvet background fabric, dyed lace, handmade paper, clay embelishment, embroidered brooch, stitching.

Fine cord background, layers of sheer, net and metallic fabrics, embroidery and beads.

Take a stitch Tuesday 106, 107 - looped cretan stitch, beaded looped cretan stitch

Transfer printed fabric [ie paints and pencils used on paper and transferred to fabric by ironing], dyed laces, machine embroidery.

Transfer printed fabric [ie paints and pencils used on paper and transferred to fabric by ironing], dyed laces, hand embroidery and beads.

Fine cord background, layers of sheer, net and metallic fabrics, embroidery, sequins and beads.

Take a stitch Tuesday 109 - rice stitch

See pintangle.com for Take a stitch Tuesday

Painted/stamped background fabric, black plastic skeleton, patchwork skirt with machine embroidery, ribbon.

Painted/stamped background fabric, organza scraps, plastic creepy crawlies under net, stitching.

This is the last page of the Fat Book.

Dyed lace arrangement

Dyed lace, tyvek, embroidery and beads on a transfer printed background [blobs & splatters]. Bits of lace were cut out and stitched to the background.

The hydrangeas in my garden are flowering now, though not a lot, the plants are mostly leaves.

Pink Book [part 5]

Layered textured papers, glitter, dyed lace, handmade fabric flowers, machine embroidery.

Fabric page - voile pink flowers, flowers made with lace trim with a gem under net in the centres and beads around the centre, raised stitched stems, distressed area with pulled threads and stitched net in the hole

Painted, stamped wallpaper, ribbon, dyed fabric flowers and lace, 2 heart gems, plastic hand.

layered textured papers encrusted with honesty seed pod and metallic threads, fabric ATC - patchwork, embroidery, beads, lace.

Smocking - too neat to be hand stitched? Actually it was from a dress, I cut the top off which was the smocked area to make a skirt.

The back cover - the flowery is vintage fabric, the other is some fabric I transfer printed years ago. he type that you paint on paper and transfer to fabric with heat. The white 'polo' areas were made by putting paper reinforcement rings to act as a kind of resist, the blue and green areas were sticky labels painted with transfer paint. And that is the end of the pink book. What colour next?

This rhododendron below is very unusual, why you may ask? I have had this shrub in my garden for 30 years and this is only the second time I have seen a flower on it. And I mean a flower, just the one both times.

TAST 67

I am taking part in the 30 days creativity challenge, for the month of June and this is day 4.

This is also for the stitcher's challenge on Pintangle - Take a Stitch Tuesday

The stitch for Tast 67 is fancy hem stitch [the line almost in the middle vertical and the horizontal  line between fabrics]. There are a couple of other stitches, variations of running stitch and French knots.

The flowery fabric is vintage fabric which my mother used when I was knee high to a grasshopper. The fabric above it is one I created with transfer paints. This is done by painting transfer paints onto paper then transferring the paint from the paper to fabric with an iron or heat press. The white circles are where I masked areas to keep them the original fabric colour which was white. I used the sticky paper reinforcements to do this but any paper could be used.

Tast 7, Outside the Frame, Alphabet

Take a Stitch Tuesday - this week's stitch is detached chain or lazy daisy stitch and this is my rather untidy sample. I've used patches of vintage fabrics, some transfer printed lace, a little painted fabric and a beaded fringe with large sequins on the end.

The Three Muses challenge is 'Outside the frame - Birds' and I was thinking outside the cage for some reason and started something with that in mind, eventually it dawned on me - frame not cage. I have used one of my collaged paintings and added the frame digitally [frame from Graphics Fairy, birds and rabbit are found images from magazines]

There was an 'alphabet' challenge on Inspiration Avenue a few weeks ago and I meant to post these but I never got around to it. The top one is all drawn with promarker pens and the bottom one is a collage.