The Last Post

After much deliberation I have decided to temporarily suspend my blog and focus  more on my Facebook pages.

I think Facebook offers an opportunity for more interactive posts and real time information.

I hope you will follow me at Frayed Round the Edges and 02 Textiles, the links are below


Frayed Round The Edges

02 Textiles

See you there!

Karen

Cigar boxes

I was given some cigar boxes to work a little collage magic onto. Although they were fiddly I really enjoyed covering and lining them.

 

 

 

 

Stitching on a stone!

 

Who would have thought you could stitch on a stone!

Here is one of my felted stones with detailed hand stitching, a work in progress.

 

Felted Stones

Who would have thought you could felt fibres onto a stone?

 

These are going to be embellished with stitch at a later date....

 

Watch this space

 

 

Watercolour Landscapes

 

These two cards are the result of a watercolour play day with some crafting friend. I was experimenting with my Inktense Pencils and art bars.

 

In full bloom

Something a bit different, a card made with a Sizzex Die -Flowers #6 coloured with marker pens.

 

 

Blue Bird

For Christmas I has a 3d pen as a present. It works in a similar way to a glue gun but easier to control. It uses the same filament as a 3d printer.

 

Here is my first 3d model 

 

I am hoping I will be able to use the filament in conjunction with my textile work at a later date.

 

 

Coast Ripple Blanket

Sharing so far my progress with a new blanket, this Attic 24 Coast yarn pack  (with the addition of pink) and pattern. I Never get tired of this design....

 

Stone Painting

Had a little go at painting stones and please with the results. It was a relaxing way to spend a day.

I am still practising the dot painting technique as I really want to master Mandala stones which are so beautiful.

 

Maybe one day....

 

 

 

final book pages...

 

 

Here we have removable flower heads to learn to do buttons

 

 

 

Space page with a pocket full of aliens..

 

A washing machine and a line to dry the clothes on...

 

A zip on the ladybird and removable spots. Layers of cake to take on and off...

 

Finally ..Hickory Dickory Dock!

More book pages....

A page to learn colours and shapes

 

 

 

a toothbrush to clean Hippo teeth...

                                             All the bits come off the Owl and a page to tell the time

                          
                                     Fish swimming in the sea and the mouse has got the cheese!

Ava's Book

 

This is a project that has kept me busy for a few weeks now but I have had so much fun with it. There are a few pages so I will share over a couple of posts.

 

The pages are made of calico with felt applique and are all interactive.

 

 

Inside the chickens nest there are removable eggs

 

The apples come off the tree and the biscuits have different numbers of currants to count

 

Inside the oven is a gingerbread man!

Bunnies in a bed...

 

I made these bunnies in a bed for my Granddaughter based on the nursery rhyme "roll over", so they all rolled over and one fell out.

 

Cant wait to see her playing with them

 

 

Jaffa stripes

I loved the colour combination of this variegated yarn so I had to buy it. This is a jacket I made for my Great Niece to brighten a winters day.

 

 

 

Bunny lampshade...

 

My students have been working on lampshades from scraps of vintage fabric. This is the one Ginny made, its so pretty.

 

 

 

A pretty red tunic

 

A pretty red jumper which was knitted in the round with 4 ply yarn. This one was a bit of a struggle as I prefer to crochet!