After a bit of melt-down at the weekend due to too many half finished projects, too much craft-related mess, and general concern about Christmas plans, I managed to get my head together to do a major tidy up and get some project finished. So here they are.
Indigo dyed, shibori-tied velvet, with silk hand-pulled flowers and hand-rolled organdie leaves, so an online swap.
10 x 10 journal for the Contemporary Quilt Group challenge. disperse-dyed macho overlaid on viscose dyed with Procion MX. Button from the Karen Ruane course, painted with dye and then attached ( haven't quite got the hang of photo editing on the new computer yet).
Button detail.
Hand-rolled organdie leaves, attached to one of the brooches / buttons from the Karen Ruane course. One of the participants on the Morley course is a milliner, and showed us how to make these leaves. i like the idea of having a set of these to add or remove from the brooch as you wish.
Close up of the leaves.
As this is my 200th post, I am going to have a giveaway of one of these that are all now brooches. I can also include some white or green leaves if you wish, but I'll need to get on and make some.
Leave a comment, with which one you would like and why, and I will do a draw next Monday to see who gets one.
Avril, your buttons look amazing!! I know all about a messy head.....mine has been full of fluff or something for weeks!!!
ReplyDeletelovely combining of skills learned! Well done for the tidy up - can you come and so my sewing room now?
ReplyDeleteWell I'm wishing I'd done Karen's course now! Your buttons are beautiful my favourite is the one on the far right - I like the spidery/knotty effect!
ReplyDeleteI can't tell how you've made your rolled edge leaves - are they stitched??
Hi Avril, I've linked you to my post about my birthday cards (many thanks for your card - it's really gorgeous) and intrigued by the curled leaves and looks like a sample of your recent hand dyeing on the back. The buttons look really lovely such a variation you really are inspired by this.
ReplyDelete200 posts? Wow! Well done,and well done on the lovely stitching too. No button for me, though, thanks - I've still got a whole bunch of my own rolling about.
ReplyDeleteA tute about leaf making though? Now that I would like - they look splendid!