Fabric Lace book - Round robin

I am currently creating pages for a Round Robin

Vintage Fabric Lacebook collaborative 

with 5 other women all within the U.S.

and myself, here in Australia.

The Themes include:

A Stitch in Time

A Young Woman in Paris

Victorian Couples

Mary Madonna

The Jazz Era of the 1920s

and

Vintage Gypsy

The requirements for this Lacebook include:

Front and Back covers

Inside covers and Two extra pages

which will be passed around on a rotation basis to each person.

My pages have already now left for Palm Springs and as my theme is

"Vintage Gypsy"

I thought I might share my contribution:

Front page

Inside Cover Front Page

Image here is covered with organza.

Back Cover

Inside Back Cover

And my two Separate Pages within the book

include:

The Round Robin Fabric Lacebooks will be with each person for one month

so I am hoping that

I shall receive my "Vintage Gypsies" back here in about

6 months time

when I will assemble all the pages and covers etc.

for you to peruse!

It is so lovely to see so many new comers to my blog

and I thank you so much for all your kind words

and thoughts

and I wish you 

much inspiration to share with others!

xxx Suzy

"For every love there is a Heart somewhere to receive it!"

With this little quote in mind

I decided to  make these

art hearts

for

someone out there 

to receive them

They say that

"Love is in the air"

with

Valentine's Day

approaching

but, to me, love is always in the air.

These hearts which measure approx. 9"x6"

are now in my Etsy shop

www.suziqu.etsy.com

So if you love hearts (any at all!)

and vintage lace, vintage webbing, twine,

vintage buttons, brooches,

seam binding, tulle

and pre-raphaelite images

then you just might like these!

Thank you to all of my new followers and old ones too

for appreciating my artwork

and for the very kind comments you have taken the time

to leave.

"Cherish" is to hold close to heart.

and I cherish you all!

Have a wonderful week!

xxx Suzy

Some Little Shabby Felted Books

Thought I might share some new little felted books

I have been creating.

The first two have been ordered by two separate

Karens:

This one -

and this one for the second Karen

I also have an extra felted and collaged book for sale

if anyone is interested.

This book is made using an image from Dawn at

www.the-feathered-nest.blogspot.com

Dawn has some of the most beautiful images for free

download to use in your projects - thank you again for sharing

these with us!

 

This little booklet measuring 6.5" x 9.5" has been embellished

with several layers of lace, new and vintage, French applique,

guipure lace, lace motifs, chiffon and buttons.

and, naturally some recycled and pin-tucked cotton.

Each page has been embellished with laces, tuile and trims.

It could be used as a keepsake for those favourite fabric samples,

precious broches, pins and needles or anything you

treasure enough to keep in it -

even special thoughts and sayings!
such as this one

Contact me by email at
suziqu@tpg.com.au
if you are interested.


"There is always, always, always something to be thankful for"
.........unknown!

Thank you all so very much for continuing to visit here
and leave such inspiring and kind
comments.

Love Suzy xxx 

Journalling in the New Year

A brand New Year brings with it -

fresh new ideas and aspirations,

new hopes and dreams,

goals to achieve

and

new pages to turn in the journal of our lives

and

speaking of pages to turn

I want to share this most exquisite and treasured gift

of a fabric and lace journal

from a very dear and talented blogging friend

in Holland, named, Yvonne,

www.yitte.blogspot.com

Yvonne, like me, is addicted to her sewing machine,

laces, fabrics, art paper etc.

and has magic in her fingers

and

I just wanted to share some of the 22 beautiful pages

in her journal here.

Pockets with pearls and

tiny tags of birds and nests

embroidered birds, fabric labels,

buttons, lace (new and vintage) sheer fabrics,

rose cotton fabrics, doilies, a bird's nest fashioned from fleece with

eggs of pearls, vintage hankerchiefs

and so very much more that

I think I will let the pages do the talking.

This "Bird" Journal is nothing short of breathtaking -

every single page!

What makes this even more precious to me is the fact that

nothing is physically easy for Yvonne

and these special projects

take many weeks to create

so

the very least I can say is

"Thank you so much Yvonne for the heartfelt hours

you have so lovingly given to creating this

masterpiece - I will really treasure it and keep it safe!"

I have a few more gifts to share but will leave for another

post when I will also share some of my new

artwork in progress.

Wishing for you all a most promising year full of

inspirational creativity to enjoy

and

share with everyone!

Thank you always for your gorgeous comments - they are

so appreciated.

Love and hugs,

Suzy xxx