Mushrooms

one from my doodle book, very bright aren't they?

Last of the Mythical Mail Book - Sherlock Holmes & The Snowman

Altered Flower Book p 44, Mail Book - Punch and Judy, Dandelions

This is the last page of the altered flower book. On the left are prints using kiddies foam playing cards, sharpie pens for the flower outline and various paints.

There are a lot of dandelions around here at the moment - a lot of them are in my lawn! They look lovely in flower when there are masses of them together [a host of golden dandelions] They remind me of mini dahlias.

Illustration Friday - Equipment, Mail Book - Robin Redbreast, Altered Flower Book p43

The Illustration Friday Challenge this week is - Equipment

[equipment required at tea time]

Below Mythical Mail Book - Nursery Rhyme

Little Robin Redbreast

Sat upon a tree

Up went pussy cat

down came he

click on the image to enlarge

the flower above is made of dyed honesty seeds, dyed tissue, beads, the leaf is from a bought flower

the orange flower on the left is cut from a crocheted doily, has a large sequin and a bead in the shape of a flower, with another bead on top.

Only one more page to go of the Altered Flower Book

Altered Flower Book [p 41,42] Mail Book - Buzz Lightyear

fabric flower above, real leaves below

left - painted paper flowers, foxglove - inkjet fabric print

textured paper planets, recycled stamp

TAST week 11, Altered Flower Book p40, Mail Book - Wheels

TAST challenge week 11 - Bullion Buttonhole

My sample is a bit messy and I think it is because I used the wrong type of needle. I used a thick thread, cotton pearl 5 and a needle with a very big eye. I will have to get some of the straw or milliners needles that Sharon recommends. Click here for this weeks Tast challenge

Altered Flower Book

Painted pages and recycled snippets from Indian style embroidered clothes

Mythical Mail Book - The wheels of the bus go round and round...

recycled postage stamp

Altered Flower Book [p39], Mail Book [Pussy Cat], Felt Brooches

the flowers on the left are made from paper and painted [close up below], the one on the right is both fabric an paper, machine stitching, wrapped string [stem], string centre

I took the photo of the wild mouse below, it was eating from a coconut shell in my garden. It looks big below but it was really a tiny cute little thing.

click to enlarge

I thought I would try my hand at making a brooch from felt, then I tried making one in leather [left]

Altered Flower Book [p38] and Mail Book - Dracula

on the right - made flower from dyed fabrics, papers, stitching, string [in the stalk], painted skeleton leaf, on the left - paper flowers, painted with acrylics, pen centres

painted paper and aged with distress ink [click on picture to enlarge]

Altered Flower Book [p36,37]

flower made from painted papers, organza, machine stitching and string

the poppies on the left are an inkjet print on fabric with machine embroidery

Scissors Keeper, Illustration Friday, Mail x 3, New Rolling Stamps

I quite often doodle while I'm watching TV, but last night I thought I would doodle with a needle & thread instead. I didn't have a pattern, it just developed & I just used a running stitch o keep it simple.

Below is my offering for the Illustration Friday challenge - Fearless. I put two of my doodles together for this. Is the rabbit fearless or just stupid?

Another one - which is the more fearless, the rabbit or the sheep?

Mail - Beauty & the Beast

Peter Pan & Captain Hook

Teddy Bears Picnic

These are 2 new rolling stamps I tried out today - just textured wallpaper on a tube, I cut around the flower

Mail Book - Rupert Bear, Tom Thumb, Sugar Plum Fairy

Take a Stitch Tuesday and Crazy Patchwork Hand Bound Book

This weeks stitch for the Take a Stitch Tuesday challenge is Cloud Filling.

A friend showed me how to book bind last week, which I enjoyed and will do again. I finished the book ends by wrapping the boards with some crazy patchwork and hand embroidery. The book is quite floppy, but it is my first attempt and I now know to do it a lot tighter. [It is easy to open though which is handy for sketching etc] It is also my first attempt at hand embroidered crazy patchwork, although I have done machined crazy patchwork.

Altered Flower Book [p 32 -35]

painted pages, fabric print [my design] skeleton leaf, sweet paper flowers

painted pages, skeleton leaf, fabric screen print [my design] beads

painted pages, skeleton leaf, dyed honesty pods

painted pages, stencilled leaves, real leaf

More Mail - Thomas the tank engine, Snow White, Squirrel Nutkins

tha album contains actual pictures of Thomas's friends