Elizabeth 1 ....Page1

Elizabeth 1
Page 1 of my Fabric Book "Ladies in History"

Another page completed last night I,m using Tyvek Paper for the images,considering my printer says its out of ink these images are brilliant.

Really enjoying this project,cant wait to start on the next page lol,I,m on a high !!

My photograph is not that good,bit dark on the left side.

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette.(loveee this image)
Fabric Book Cover,title will be "Ladies of History"

I know this is going to take me ages,i wanted something to get my teeth into,this is a start,each page will be fabric and depict a lady from the past,its something i can dip in and out of between other stuff,as long as my mojo stays with me i,ll be ok lol.

I have enjoyed dyeing the fabrics,lace ,matching up bits colourwise,and sewing,also colouring the buttons with alcohol inks and using things from my stash.little bit of fabric paper here and there !...........now to get this ink off my hands :-]

Fabric Paper ATC's for Trade

Samples of Fabric Paper ATC's

I have been enjoying myself creating ATC,s with the left overs of my Fabric Paper,if anyone would like to trade,one per person,just email me,i would like suprise ATC,s in exchange,its also a chance for me to own a piece of Artwork from my blog friends,if by chance they are traded quickly lol,(you never know !)then i will make a list and do more,dont forget to email me your address too.xxx

A Weeks Crafting

ATC'S


Karens Book.....Flowers i cut out then padded and sewn back at Top


Holly's Notepad

This weeks work.........not work a pleasure lol

My Daughter in Law Karen took me to the Laura Ashley shop last sunday,she treated me to some Fabric remnants so i covered a large sketch book for her,keeps me occupied :-]

The smaller one is Fabric Paper,"Post It" notepad,for my other daughter in Law Holly who's into crafting as well but not made any Fabric Paper, she loves making cards.
I was going to make one Sherry suggested here but got sidetracked as usual.

Then with the odds and ends i made two ATC's for a friend.I ought to make more ATC's as i have a huge box of bits and pieces to use up,that should be fun lol.

Fabric Paper Padded Notepad

FRONT
A little notepad for a Cuttlebug challenge in my UK Swaps Group here
Fabric Paper run through my cuttlebug then sewn onto felt for padding,I will never tire of making Fabric Paper !You can find out how to make Fabric Paper here

BACK

Something different !

My Sons Birthday Card

A couple of weeks ago I bought QVC,s Todays Special Value, which was Tim Holtz Book "A Compendium of Curiosities" and a collection of his crafting materials,just couldnt resist,his work is awesome,He was over from the States to appear on QVC ,it was great to watch the master at work .......so today i had a play,working from his book the waterstamping technique ,it didnt quite come out like his haha,but looked ok so thought i would make my samples into a card for my son, his birthdays next month,its always hard to do a mans card,Gary's into birds at the moment :-] so hope it works !

I used some stamps i had free with my subscription of Craft Stamper,I think the pocket watch was a freebee on that magazine as well.Quite enjoyed using paper instead of fabric for a change lol.

Its that Girl Again !!

I mean the image not me lol

I do love this image thats why i decided to use it for a friends card,I,m very excited as my friend and I met this lady on the internet years ago,now we are about to meet at last !!.....I dont think she will be looking at my blog lol.Shes not an arty crafty person,so i do hope she will like this.

The background is ...............wait for it ..........yep Fabric paper haha,but i have used the reverse side which is the Organza side as it looked prettier than the paper side,I used a flower napkin which shows through beautifully,and I also padded the heart.with lace sewn onto the card underneath,it was a quicky by my standards,it took just a morning to do.I found a nice friendship poem for the inside.

Fabric Flower Book Cover

Almost completed just have the inside covers and back to do,this is how i decided to do the wrap round cover with 4x4 pieces of hardboard with a dye'd and stamped piece of Vilene,which i have been experimenting with.
The materials used for the embellishments are Fabric paper and beads,background dye'd cotton laid onto felt for padding.

Flower Book next stage

The next stage of my fabric flower book,I think my mojo,s back girls lol,I worked on these yesterday,this is just the bare bones,at least i have made a start,I found the images i wanted then had to transfer them onto fabric i used Tyvek for this as an experiment,Tyvek is a tough paper made of polyethylene fibres,rot resistant and water resistant,i was really pleased with the outcome,its got a very soft effect.Lucky that it came in A4 sheets so went through the printer great after ironing it onto the freezer paper.

Now comes the creative part of finding and making arty pieces to attach onto each page,then backing them,I think i will use a heavy watercolour paper for this,painting it up first,then maybe poems or words onto that.

But the most exciting piece for me will be to make the covers,I have an idea in my head for that,maybe a wrap around its just working out how to lol.
Can you tell i,m excited haha,it really get me on a high,mad i know but thats me :-]

Worktop

My work table at the moment,I,m sort of in a strange place at the moment in my head,I think its called losing your mojo,although i know what i want to do its not coming together,normally once i start a project,it sails along fine,things go together one after the other,hard to explain,I have never been like this before,I,m lacking the inspiration,I suppose it happens to all of us at times,maybe the winter blues.........
I have been repairing cat(Pippa) damage in my hallway so had to decorate,hateee it !

Anyway this is the start of a 4x4 fabric book on flowers.background fabric paper made with napkins and organza yesterday,I do enjoy creating materials,dyeing fabrics etc,so got this far,BLANK now !! lol,that sunflower is the best transfer image i have ever done,it came out so bright and beautiful,that did inspire me for 2 seconds :=]the buttons Petra in my group sent me,love them!Now the lights gone so thought to fill the time i would do my blog,its been neglected lately.Also i want to find some nice flower images,perhaps its the wrong time of year to do this but i have started so will finish !
The book in the background with the vintage girl, I made to hold my needles and pins.

Mixed Media Art Quilt

MIXED MEDIA ART QUILT 7"X11"

For my swap partner Adrienne in my group UKArtswaps here


My attempt is after the style of Beryl Taylor,i really admire this lady as NOW i know how much work she puts into all her beautiful creations ! As its Valentines coming up soon,hearts sprung to mind :-] in fact everything i have created lately has hearts on,these things just happen lol.

I started off with a blank canvas in other words a piece of white cotton fabric and the same size piece of felt for backing.
I dye'd the cotton piece in muted colours,then left to dry while i made a piece of fabric paper,materials i used for that are napkins and organza material etc.......the info on how to make Fabric Paper is hereI then cut out the squares,oblongs and heart,with the FP ,which i machine sewed onto felt ,all these were placed onto the backing ,and moved around till i was happy with the design then i sewed those on.........I loved that butterfly(top left hand corner) that was part of a napkin showing through the Organza,just had to leave it !

I stamped the love heart and the heart bird into airdried clay,when dry i then painted with luminere paints,those were added,and glazed hoping the crackel glazes would strengthen the pieces.(we will see lol)

The image is a transfered fabric one,sewn on.I needed to fill in some gaps so out came the watercolour paper,which i tore into strips,stuck together and painted with watercolour, fixed these on with eyelets.

strips of red ribbon down the sides with fabric paper squares stitched on with beads.

Another enjoyable project,the last 2 days went super quick lol. !

Baby Book completed !

Baby Book roughly 10"x11" Fabric and Lace Covered

At last its completed ,I just need to reinforce the corners,I,m not quite sure how yet,I may dip them in Beeswax or UTEE.
The images are Fabric transfered ones including the text at the top .The B for Baby is padded with wadding that was NOT easy lol,could have been better.The heart is padded with a brad in centre.each piece I did on seperate squares or oblongs,then stitched onto the base of dye'd fabric laid onto felt.

Such a lot of work like dying fabrics all that sewing ! I think the hardest job was putting it all together and wondering if it looks like a Baby Book haha,But you will be the judge of that hopefully.I might even change the tags,not to sure about them,could have been perhaps in a paler colour,i painted and stamped them,its finding the right stamps and baby stuff in my stash,without going out buying lots.

The book is a new one with all the usual stuff inside like places to put photos and momento's of Baby ,also pages can be added........Aimee my granddaughters baby is due beginning of July,we dont know if its a boy or girl yet,so I tried to keep away from pinks and blues.

I had to alter the whole of the front and back covers,by painting with acrylic in bronze metalic, then covering with papers, the edge where the ribbon is was a dark blue so i used a gold Kyrlon pen on that and put new ivory ribbon in.

I hope Aimee will like it !