Altered Book - Pages 49-62

It has been a long time since I posted pages from this book even though it has been finished for a while. Here are 8 pages, there are too many to post at one go.

The head on this character was found in a brochure,

I used an old Woman's Weekly from 1986 on this page. {saved for a pattern that was in it}

The cat was cut on my cutting machine, my design. The background is a print from one of my tablet doodles.

The weird top creature was another tablet doodle, the middle was from wallpaper [I think] and the bottom one I drew in the book.

A collage with found papers and card, watercolour paper and a handmade clay button.

Yellow Flowers on Squares

First came the yellow flower, painted on my android tablet using the Corel Mobile App. Then the flowers were multiplied and put on a background of squares to make a repeat pattern for fabric or wrapping paper.

Finished Green Crazy Patch

Looking at Queeniepatch's blog yesterday gave me a reminder that I hadn't posted images of my crazy patch that I finished a couple of weeks ago.

Sharon Boggon gives lots of tips in her book The Visual Guide to Crazy Quilting Design and one of the tips was to use plastic canvas to help keep your stitching even and straight. I didn't have any so some of my stitching is not neat and regular although it's not as noticeable to me now that the block is finished.  I did try using some tapestry canvas and it did work to some extent although the count was smaller so two squares were equal to one on the plastic canvas. I also found my marks were getting rubbed off as I worked. The ribbon roses [light green] are very small as I only had one length and I didn't want to run out before the end of the row. I've been working on another patch which I started last week.

Funny Faces

Faces created on my Samsung tablet then used on vintage photos.

It's all Square

Tablet doodles, I used both Corel Painter Mobile and Sketchbook Pro App.

Doodle Art

It looks like a giant Easter egg in his hands although I drew it a while ago and Easter was not on my mind.

Both created on my android tablet using Corel Painter Mobile.

Green Crazy Patch

I bought a new book recommended by Queeniepatch called The Visual Guide to Crazy Quilting Design by Sharon Boggon which is very informative and which inspired me to have a go at an embroidered patch. I have done crazy quilting before but not with lots of embroidery decoration.

My plain block is shown above and I started the embroidery on one of the short corners below.

The author of the book, Sharon Boggon also has the website called pintangle where you will find the 'Take a Stitch Tuesday' challenge which is excellent for learning embroidery stitches each week.

Two into One

The two tablet drawings below make this

Mushroom House in a Cup

A few weeks ago a friend did a workshop and we made houses and gardens to fit in a cup. Most of the fabric is felt with a little lace and it is adorned with embroidery, beads, sequins and buttons.

Flower Doily

 Created on my android tablet using the Corel Painter App.

This is the same pattern as a above with extra details.

I've used both doily's in this repeating pattern.

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.