Embroidered Snowman

The snowman was cut in 'evolon' creative fabric, it's white and doesn't fray so its handy [ans can be painted]. I used fabric scraps for the scarf, hat and nose. A pen was used for the red part of the buttons which spread a little but there are tiny real buttons in the centres. His mouth and eyes are beads as well as the snow falling from the sky. The crumply snow is Tyvek melted between heat proof paper with an iron.

Three pages from a Sketchbook

The coloured centre is made from tyvek

I used metallic posca pens on a background of brusho inks.

Pastel Book Pages [part 2]

Fancy hem stitch, variations of running stitch and French knots.

The flowery fabric is vintage fabric, the other fabric was created with transfer paints.

Right - Cloud filling stitch used as couching to hold fabric and lace in place.

Left - Raised Cross Stitch Flower, painted lace, sequins, painted fabric.

Right - crested chain stitch, vintage gingham and dyed laces, vintage suspender, scrap of yellow vintage fabric, lace, French knots, running stitch.

Left - Portuguese stem stitch, running stitch and French knots, gingham, dyed net curtain.

Right - hand painted fabric, dyed laces, running stitches, French knots, art buttons.

Left - wrapped coral stitch, French knots, vintage fabrics, lace

Right - painted tyvek with up and down feathered buttonhole stitch on the green spiral, fly stitch on the blue and feather stitch on the purple spiral, beads, sequins, hand painted fabric

Left - Dyed laces, embroidery, hand painted fabric, beads, sequins

Left - up and down feathered buttonhole stitch, lazy daisy stitches, beads, painted lace

Right - inside back cover

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.

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Take a stitch Tuesday - up and down feathered buttonhole stitch

The background is hand painted and stamped fabric. I've also stitched lazy daisy stitches in green thread and sewn on beads.

I painted some 'Fibre film', non-toxic Tyvek sheets of bonded spun polythene fibres with watered down acrylic paints which I had left over from painting the  fabric. I cut out some spirals with scissors - I chose spirals as they would fit in with this month's Sketchbook Challenge [http://sketchbookchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/aprils-theme-spirals.html].
It was old tyvek and it doesn't seemed to have melted as well as it should have but I decided to use some on another piece of hand painted fabric.

I used up and down feathered buttonhole stitch on the green spiral, fly stitch on the blue and feather stitch on the purple spiral. And then lots of beading and some sequins..... 

Green Book - Pages 1-8

Page 1- mono-printed fabric, handmade washi tape [the berry tape], ribbon, recycled stamped wipes, recycled bird from greetings card, trianglar foam shape-painted and indented.

Page 2- Altered stamped card from Ikea,painted doiley on music, altered sprout wrapping paper  - all cut up, re-arranged and stitched.

Page 3- A picture - paint, tyvek, gold foil, distressed voile layer, lots of hand embroidery.

Page 4- painted inkjet print, art work, found paper [bottom], dyed lace, vintage button, decorative machine stitching.

Page 5- hand painted art paper, map, inkjet print [book page], appliqued fabric figure, plastic racket.

Page 6- hand painted art paper, wrapping paper, handmade stamp print, appliqued fabric figure, metal purse charm.

Page 7 -painted inkjet print, printed plastic on top. Some of the marks on this are reflections.

Page 8 -hand painted art paper, layered, hand embroidery, sparkles.

Close up of page 7.

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