Grimoire Book - Pages 17-29

This and the next drawing are my versions of pages by Malcolm Bird from 'The Witches Handbook'.

I think his drawings are wonderful and the rhymes are funny.

The leaf fairy or thrush sprite is my version of a painting by Howard Swindell.

Check Pinterest for the fabulous original.

The original of this little fairy can be found in Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book.

Grimoire Book - Pages 5-16

I forgot to say yesterday that Helen coloured the edges of all the pages too.

I've done all the other work in the book, Pinterest was very helpful.

Mini Garden and Grimoire Book

The little house in my miniature garden is dropping to pieces so I'll have to think of making a new one.

This is a handmade book I got from friend Helen a few years back which I have recently finished.

She completed the first few pages to get me going....

I'll show you what I've done next time.

Quilting/Patchwork Fabric Book

I wanted to make something with some of my quilting and patchwork samples but as they are all so different I didn't think they would go together. I made another book instead and it's not the best book I've ever made but it keeps the samples together. There are a few samples that I didn't use so I may make something with those one day.

The Q and P were cut from a hand quilted sample which had been painted.

Top - Somerset patchwork.

Bottom - Court House Steps [thanks Queeniepatch for reminding me what it is called]

I think I did this one for a cushion originally, but ....

Top - Applique on log cabin patchwork [plus an extra thread which I didn't notice when I took the photo]

Bottom - English paper piecing, hand stitched [it must be old, the stitches are tiny lol]

Top - Log cabin patchwork

Triangle - Embroidered, slashed, layered, stuffed, frayed

Crazy patchwork

Suffolk puffs with dyed fabrics, beaded, string

Shadow quilting

Log Cabin patchwork

Top - Italian quilting or Corded quilting

Bottom - Trapunto or stuffed quilting [painted]

Hand quilting

Top left - Patchwork

Top right - painted or stamped flower, hand stitched

Bottom - layered, machine stitched

Art Quilt - texture paint, paint, hand stitching, machine stitching

I thought I had used all my old embroidery samples in fabric books but I found some more today so there may be another book one day.

Bird on Vintage Letter

I painted the bird on my tablet then combined it with a digital vintage letter from Graphics Fairy

Melted Pastel Painting

I had some cheap nasty waxy oil pastels that I didn't like to draw with so I thought I would melt them over a canvas. I used a heat tool and held them individually with some tea bag tongs.

Which way up?

I liked the colours but thought it wasn't quite right so I melted more and spread the melted wax over bare bits of canvas with an old paintbrush.

A close up

I still wasn't sure about it. Then I remembered that I've got a melting pot. I put a few similar colour pastels in at once to melt then poured over the canvas.

Either way up.

Close ups.

Still not sure but the pastels are all gone apart from black.

Leaf Doodles

I started with a leaf shape, then put in a few more decorations.

More marks to make it busy

Then made into a repeating pattern

You Can Fly

Android tablet art - I used Sketchbook Pro for this one

Ethel the Elephant

Bear Rest

Two more drawings combined.

Painted on my android tablet with Corel Painter App.

Painting Styles

Two different style paintings done on my android tablet, then layered.

Trees and Lace Landscape

It's been a long time since I painted on canvas but I got the urge after seeing the work of Elf2mani on Pinterest. I started by trying to copy it but then went in my own direction so it doesn't look exactly the same [I wouldn't know how to do it the same anyway]. Check out her work, she combines various items and fabrics in her work, there are some lovely pictures with spoons.

Detail showing some of the lace. The other bits of texture were made from a painting brush - the painted outer edge of the handle crumbled away while I was using it so used those bits too.