Twelve New Fabric

These are all 8" inch swatches. 

Fabrics available at Spoonflower

Knitted Blankets and Fabric Swatches

I've used the last of my knitted swatches into blankets, these were stitched to a fleecy blanket to encompass the loose threads on the back and also make them more snug. You would probably class the swatches as vintage now as they were made a long time ago.

And the first of my fabric swatches of the year. These were designed for the coral, mint, black and white contest, I entered the lower one and it didn't get far....there were 674 entries for this contest.

Path

Illustration Friday challenge - Path

Watercolour and pen

Plain or Fancy?

I made the stamp out of a used foam nail buffer block, then added colour with brusho and posca pens.

Do you prefer the plain version or the colourful one?

T-Pot Collage

Dance on the Table

Two collages from my sketchbook. I used part of a paper bag above and the dresses below were made from a picture found in a magazine of vintage ceramic brooches.

Pie and Peas

Collage - as you can see I used a few unused complimentary tickets in this collage.

Crazy Patchwork Apron 2

Another crazy patchwork apron made from vintage scraps. This time I stitched the pieces onto a used white apron which was probably a mistake as the apron shape is not perfect and there were extra problems with the straps already being fixed. Still it's done even if it is wonky in places.

Purple Rabbit

Letraset Flex Markers

A Girl and Chickens

A page from my sketchbook - Letraset aquamarkers and blender

The Worm Fight

Crazy Patchwork Apron

I've been in the vintage fabric scraps drawer again, this time I made an apron. I just used whatever I picked up rather than using any colour coordination resulting in a very multi coloured apron.

Organza Flower

Layers of organza, cut in circles and snipped, then burnt with a candle flame [carefully]. Sequins and beads stitched in the centre.

Everyone's a Winner

A page from my sketchbook

Cubist Cats

Another contest at Spoonflower is coming up soon and we have to create a Cubist cat themed fabric design. I've created two but I can't make my mind up which to enter. Although looking at them now I think I have decided. Which would you choose?

Book with Blue Cover

I've had a stack of pages ready for book binding since November and now I've actually bound them at last. For the cover I used a hand painted, stamped and embroidered piece of fabric.

I had done a little hand embroidery but it was so stiff to stitch I decided to use the machine instead. The tension wasn't right but I quite liked the effect so I stuck with it.

I put pages together in groups of three before stitching.

The pages are a mixture of hand painted, printed art work, music, envelopes, maps etc

This was the book before covering with the fabric. I used the cover of an old hard backed diary for the end pieces.

Altered Card - Happy Valentine

With Love

Altered postcard

Doodle and Ditsy Sheep

A doodle in my sketchbook, I started colouring in with pens but I got bored so I finished it with brusho inks another time. I think it looks slightly better in the sketchbook but not a lot.

The contest at Spoonflower this week is ditsy sheep and this is the design I've entered. You can vote in their competition by going to the connect page.

Penguins and Flamingoes

More drawing practice with the help of  '20 ways to draw a cat'

Bears and Lions

Drawing practice, ideas from the book '20 ways to draw a cat'.

Peas and Beans

A page from my sketchbook. Inktense pencils and aquamarkers.

Trumpets

The Illustration Friday challenge this week is Noise.

Collage, brusho inks, pen