Just a little bit of fabric art from ages ago...from the depths of my computer.

xxx

BEL'S BOOK...

Well I thought that these next lot of photo's were lost forever, but found the pic's of my fabric book page created for beautiful Belinda Schneider ...part of the swap with the FABRIC GIRLZ round robin. Now this girl just 'ROCKS' with her funky art so hope she likes my fabric page filled with Mona LOVE...

and words that make you SMILE...

Now my page sits inside this turquoise felted bag( below) that attaches to Belinda's book by a large button on the back page of her book...it can be removed and used ...but dont look too close at that button hole...it's a first for me !

added a touch of love to the bag as well...

and some ATC's ...

with some of my favourite zetti images...

that I hope miss Bel will love...It's been a very enjoyable ride playing with this group of inspiring, creative and caring girls and will miss all of you when its come to a close. Only one more book to go and I'm nearly done Magda...SIGH !!!

Gifts and swaps...

What do you make for an inspiring , talented gal ..

who shares a wonderful friendship with you ...

what do you make for a birthday treat !

How happy I am that this was loved and is being used dear gal .

XXX

Now this was a very overdue ' BIRDS OF A FEATHER' swap on Inkredibly RT for the very groovy GENEVIEVE PAYNE who was a very patient gal.

Texture paste painted with metalic paints. Sari silk strips sewn to make a background and a nest

for the blackbird that was made with the lovely PATTI'S birdie template.

Phew, that was a mouthfull.

Made some alpha tiles with polymer clay and rubbed them with shimmer powder.

Now to make the most of these school holidays and PLAY !

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all .

Hope 09 holds wonderful things for everyone

and then.....

Well my latest page for dear Martha, a member of the FABRIC GIRLZ, is finished and in the post to Magda in Germany. Martha's wonderful book had a theme of a secret garden with a wonderful gate that opened into the book on the front page,with a brick wall the other side for us all to use as a graffitti wall to sign-in , really FUN !

I painted felt with metalic paint and sewed images that I had stamped into air dry clay and rubbed with coloured rub and buff. Turned it all into a big pocket with treasure hidden inside.

So inspiring to work with earths grand colour scheme,the greens, golds and brown have a calming feel about them I think...

Added tags to encourage viewers to touch and look...

Really enjoyed this book so hope Martha will like it.

Now this little fella is only very small but gave me so much joy to create while visiting with a lovely friend. He stand just 1.5 inches tall, a shrine by COFFEE BREAK DESIGNS that ARTISTIC JOURNEY sell in their online shop. Love these little shrines that come in many different shapes and sizes and can be turned into a necklace or tiny earings.

VERY COOL !!!

Felting for FABRIC GIRLZ

It's been way too long since I updated and shared my latest adventures. Between work, family and doing the mum's taxi thing I really dont know where the time goes. Wish I was writing Ive been too busy socialising, shopping and REALLY ENJOYING MYSELF. Ok, well there has been a little of that creeping in between the other stuff . It certainly hasnt been all bad.

So thought I would share a few pics of my fabric book page for the super sweet gal JACKY,

who chose the fabulous arch shape for her book. Used my super CLOVER hand felter to attach some silk fibre but learnt that time frames and over thinking do not go hand in hand, as there was a few things I wanted to do before calling this finished.

With every round I'm hoping to learn something new and hope to create with a new technique .This Fabric Girlz group is just the best push Ive had to join the fabric world.

I'm still to learn the mastery of hand sewing, but there is hope for me yet !

Sewing for my fabric sista !

Thought I would share my fabric page this month for my dear gal pal DOTEE, one of 10 fabric book's making their way around the world . This newbie learnt some new things in her fabric journey and enjoying this such a lot. Hard to say how it happened to turn into such a girlie page, but maybe hosting a big sleepover for my two daughters and friends had something to do with this very busy piece. I wanted to have a bit of a royal feel with the purple/pink colour with gold touches and crystal beads.It's back is not quite finished but it will head off to Germany in the next few days.

Hope you like it Dotee as I really enjoyed making this one.

ABOUT TIME...

It's certainly been a long time since I last visited my own blog. Ive had a bumpy start to 08 with removal of my wisdom's which left me with paresthesia from nerve damage ,NUMBNESS of my teeth,gums, lips and chin on my left side of my dial. Fingers crossed it heals but for now am thankful my speech is back to near normal, so time will tell, fingers crossed.

Got a shiny new toy, A SEWING MACHINE after Christmas, which has kept me entertained with a huge learning curve ahead ,as those close to me know, I'm fabric challenged !

Fantastic timing to be asked to join in with some wonderful gals to do a fabric book swap and these are my covers for my book. Who would have thought I would be take part in a group called FABRIC GIRLZ. See dreams can come TRUE !

Included some mini icicles brooches inside the book for the gals to keep. How else did I keep my mind occupied while sitting bedside at hospital while my middle gal had knee surgery. Cut bones held by screws and thigh to ankle plaster had a three day stay.A long recovery but gotta say she is a wonderful patient. Bet she never imagined mummy would be bathing her at her age !

The icicle doll's made from Belinda's pattern has kept me VERY entertained. I did her three for three swap and have so enjoyed this little pattern so much Ive been churning them out. I just make them out of calico, gel medium transfer an image or fabrico a stamped image and H2O or suncolour the body and decorate to my hearts content.

Been playing and learning photoshop CS3, which is GRAND ! So much better than FireFox, but that was a great starting block. I can spend hours tweaking this and that and thrilled there are so many free tutorials out there, not to mention the free fonts and brushes.

So I haven't been wasting time doing housework at all you'll be pleased to know. I do have more to share but must away to play counter strike with miss 15. It aids the healing so she tells me