Handmade Sketchbook - Pages 63-68

Handmade sketchbook.

Mixed media.

Drawings.

Painted, stamped, and inkjet printed art work.

Recycled greetings cards, cuts and waste from cutting machine.

Blackbird Applique

White patches of fabric for the background including vintage table cloth, hand stitched. Strip of patterned fabric with feather stitch and running stitch. Patterned fabric was also used on the bird, although this does not show up too well on the photo. Back stitch outline for the bird.

Handmade Sketchbook - Pages 57-62

Handmade sketchbook.

Mixed media.

Drawings.

Painted, stamped, and inkjet printed art work, book pages, magazines, 

Recycled greetings cards, cuts and waste from cutting machine.

Cut Work Book - Pages 38-43

Sketchbook 50

This book is for my collection of paper cuts. These were mainly designed on my tablet, transferred to the computer, then brought into 'Make the Cut' as a pixel trace and then cut with my cutting machine. The machine is a KNK Zing Air. I've used a variety of papers and card.

Handmade Book - Pages 52-56

I can't believe it was a month ago when I last posted pages from this book!

Handmade sketchbook.

Mixed media.

Drawings.

Painted, stamped, and inkjet printed art work.

Maps, sewing patterns, reused envelopes, book pages, magazines, re used greetings cards, cutting waste from Zing.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

I've just spent a few days in Malaga, Spain, had a great time but came back with a heavy cold.

These were some of the decorations and Christmas lights there and below that are a couple of unusual trees.

Cot Quilt

I finished a cot quilt last month for my grandson, it was his first birthday in December. 

The photo above shows the fabrics before quilting, a couple of them are my designs.

I also made a bag in the same fabrics to hang from the cot to hold toys.

Another Robin and Happy Holidays

Embroidery and applique

Robin Applique

Embroidery and applique. I used cross stitch and running stitches on the patches, and back stitch for the robin.

Christmas Cake

I made a cake and got out the old decorations to use which I've not done for years. I think you would call them vintage now, they are probably about 30 years old. Notice the rabbit is as big as the Santa!

Cut Work Book - Pages 31-37

Can you spot the faces on the pink one below?

Sketchbook 50

This book is for my collection of paper cuts. These were mainly designed on my tablet, transferred to the computer, then brought into 'Make the Cut' as a pixel trace and then cut with my cutting machine. The machine is a KNK Zing Air. I've used a variety of papers and card.

Snowman 2 and Cards

This is taken from the same drawing of a snowman as yesterday but this one is just stitched.

I used both yesterdays snowman and today's for printed greetings cards.

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.