November 15th Doodles

The 'a' Challenge

This you can see is the start of skectchbook 14, now I have already posted some pages from this book - some were for challenges and they had to be in by a certain date. The rest of the pages usually find their way on here eventually, not in date order or sketchbook order.

Below is a shape challenge - I was given a large wooden letter 'a' by a friend. I think I like the flower the most.

Moonstruck [TAW], Brusho

Take a Word - Moonstruck

my altered photographs

Below more old C&G work, this time papers and Brusho powders

Tiny amounts of brusho powder was dropped onto wet paper

If you missed the chance of the snowman bag giveaway click here

or scroll down to the last post

Imaginary Animals [TSC]

A few doodles for the sketchbook challenge- this months theme is 'imaginary animals'

Window [TM]

Three Muses challenge - window

The broken window is an altered photo.  I took the original picture, shown below a few years ago. The sky is also a photo and the lovely bird is from Graphics Fairy.

Below is a covered book [A3] for keeping research on a C&G project. I painted fabric before covering,  the project was about animal skins.

Machine Embroidery Book[3], Boats and Mermaids

More pages from the C&G machine embroidery book.

Mermaid doodles from an old sketchbook

I started a sketchbook earlier this year all to do with a theme of boats, these are the first pages. The sea was created using a handmade stamp.

Sewing - TAW

Take a Word challenge - Sewing

I've used a page from a vintage book, parts of which have been rearranged. The sewing machine is from Graphics Fairy. The hand embroidery is my own from various projects.

Click to enlarge - it is interesting to read what people used to do in the 'olden' days.

Machine Embroidery Book[2] and IF[Stripes]

Above - my entry for the Illustration Friday challenge - stripes

Below - more images of the C&G Machine Embroidery Book

The embroideries below were stitched on hot water soluble fabric

Machine Embroidery Book and Doodles

Two pages I missed from Sketchbook 9. The page above is a shape challenge using the metal cutters and the one below I did for a sketchbook challenge called 'pathways' - except I didn't post it.

More C&G work, this time a machine embroidery book, experiments of different stitching techniques. I used to have a machine that did small embroidered motifs like the flowers on the front of this fabric book. I don't have that machine any more, as I broke it by sewing through lots of painted collaged papers which were very stiff and they weren't dry enough. I think the glue stuck to the needle which made it hard work for the machine and eventually it wore the motor out. I still sew collaged papers but I am more careful.

there are more pages which I will post another day

Vintage Collage/Memories and End of Sketchbook 9

The Three Muses challenge is Vintage Collage/Memories and I have to confess the two above that I am showing are old ones but I do still like to look at them. They are actually part of an altered book, a vintage sewing book, which had some informative and very amusing pages in it. The face in the top collage is my grandma who died in 1993 and the girl in the lower collage is my big sister as a tot in the fifties so they do bring back memories.

Below are the last pages of sketchbook 9

Shapes and Pleats

Two more shape challenge pieces  - you can see what I used at the bottom of each page. They are very similar shapes except the bottom one is longer. I prefer the tree doodle.

I'm also posting pictures of another C&G sample - different kinds of pleating with calico fabric. My sister wants me to make it into a cushion for her.