Yellow Coin Purse

I made this purse from fabric that I'd made for the City and Guilds course, so it is quite old. The purse itself is not brilliantly made, the fabric was quite thick and hard to manoeuver and to be honest I didn't measure it out properly.

To make a fabric like this start with a piece of  background fabric, I used calico [UK], then apply small bits of fabric, ribbon, thread etc [don't leave any background showing thru]. Then top with chiffon or some other sheer fabric. To get the fabrics to stick use 'bondaweb' or 'wonder under' either side of the bits, ie on top of the calico and under the chiffon.

Wedding Heart

I was at a wedding on Friday. I made this heart as a keepsake for them, various laces, embroidery and beads. I chose yellow/lemon as that was the theme - the bridesmaids wore yellow, the groom and men wore yellow waistcoats and ties and there were yellow flowers in the brides and bridesmaid's bouquets, buttonholes, table decorations etc.

The bride wore a lovely beaded lace gown, here is a close up of the bodice.

Rainbow Collages

The challenge this week at Take a Word is green so I thought I would show my green collage. 

I have done a series of collages using the colours of the rainbow- blue, green, red, orange, yellow, violet, indigo plus an extra pink one.

These are small collages, just 4"x4" and are made from art work, painted papers, found papers, printed art work etc

Blue

Red

Yellow

Violet

Orange

Indigo

 Pink

Rabbit & Butterflies

This is my entry for the Take a Word  challenge - Butterflies

The rabbit and butterflies were images from The Graphics Fairy, altered.

The background [from a doodle] and flowers [from a photo] are my own creations.

I tried posting this yesterday, but it just would not save or publish, so hopefully it will work today. Hope I'm not too late for Brag Monday [Graphics Fairy]

round sampler

A sampler of different hand stitches.

hand painted fabric, hand embroidery, beads