My Class "Peaceful and Pondering" Fabric Lace Book/Journal is now OPEN

For those of you who are keen to join in

my new class

where you will learn how to create your very own

Fabric Lace Book/Journal

 

 

bookings are now open over at Creative Workshops

 and you can enrol by clicking on this link below

http://store.creativeworkshops.me/Peaceful-Pondering-Fabric-Lace-Book--Suzy-Quaife_p_172.html

If you love collecting vintage laces, doilies

 textured fabrics - old and new along with

embellishments such as sari ribbons, millinery flowers,

 fibres, vintage jewellery, rusty items and paper ephemera

etc. etc.

 

 

then here is a chance where you can use

them to create a book which

is a reflection

of you and your own art style. 

In saying this

This style of book can be created with materials of your own choosing

e.g. new or old, bright or muted colours,

modern or contemporary, steampunk etc. 

You choose your own theme and your own images

to suit the style of book you desire.

 

(Lots of delicious lace layers!)

I will show you what sort of fabrics and laces to choose,

how to build a fabric collage and pockets,

how to prepare and arrange pages

into signatures, create a spine and covers

for your book and finally a way to 

tie it together. 

There is a complete

 Class Description and a Supply List

over at Creative Workshops with much more detail.

It commences on:

 Monday, 14th September

so you have a few weeks now

to gather everything

you need

to create your book.  

I would like to thank Gail Schmidt over at Creative Workshops

for helping me pull this all together

and also

Jesse Rowan 

(Lace Age Girl Blog)

for her amazing work, expertise and fortitude 

 in videoing this class for me.

I am ever grateful to her for her dedication in completing

this exercise.

I do hope you are going to have lots of fun with this

and along the way very soon I will be sharing

a  Giveaway or two.

xox Suzy 

Teaching my First Online Class and Journal pages - "The Dream of Dance"

My Dear Blog readers
today I have some very exciting news to share
with you and that is
I will be teaching my first on-line Fabric Lace Book/Journal class
very soon!!!!
In fact, I even have a date for you to remember
and that is:
Monday, 14th Sept
and 

 

This is the front of the journal

 

and one of the inside pages.

The online class will be through
www.creativeworkshopstypepad.com 
with Gail Schmidt 
and in just a few days I will be able to provide you with the
direct link so you may enrol then.

The link is not up yet but will be available
in just a few days.
This will be a step-by-step guide in creating
your very own journal in my style
and I will have all the details
soon.  
♥♥♥

In the meantime I promised to
share my latest journal 
so here is  
my newly completed Journal - "The Dream of Dance"

I can now share with you

after waiting for some beautiful light from outside

to take these photos for you!

 

 This journal is also a story book as it tells the story

of a little girl who dreams of becoming

a Ballerina one day

 

 

 

 

 and it talks about the various stages

she goes through

to make that dream come true.

 

 

 

 

 The richness of all the fabrics accentuate

the journey.

 

 

 

 

 Eventually on stage - she has arrived

surrounded by the exotic

costumes

 

 experiencing the splendor of it all!

 

 

and then the memory is what remains

but the experience

can make the Teacher -

 

The Teacher of Dreams!

 

 The End!

 Now I hope this journal brings a little inspiration to your heart.

You know we all need inspiration to create

and

some of the inspiration for me to create this piece

came from

Nellie Wortman (Early Morning Thoughts)

 whose artwork excites me.

Nelly has a growing number of videos where you can learn

to create one of your own books too.

This journal has sold already 

before it made it to my Etsy 

so I am sorry for anyone intending to purchase -

I trust there will be more coming. 

"Sometimes life is about risking

Everything for a Dream

No one can see

but you!".

Have faith!

 

Love and hugs, Suzy

An Antique Lace and Tapestry Keepsake

 

 Remember me showing you this image in my last post

where I was pulling out some of my most precious

pieces of antique lace as well as some vintage tapestry fabric?

Well

I have turned some of them into this sweet

keepsake!

 

 Some of these laces pieces have been in my collection

 

 for quite a long time and some other pieces

I have recently purchased from

Terri at www.etsy.com/shop/junqueseeker

(You just never know what little vintage or antique 

pieces you're going to come across there!!!).

The tapestry fabric comes from some recycled purses.

 

 

 I wanted to create something kind of special with these little

fragments of old cotton lace

which a lace lover would be able to treasure

 

 as a keepsake in itself.

 

 This image shows the original press studs which

were on this piece - possibly a child's 

or a doll's dress

and

the broderie anglais on the front 

has been so beautifully hand embroidered

with tiny flowers with very fine

cotton thread.

Every piece of lace has been dyed by me -

even the soft cotton lining.

  

It truly is a special and delicate

piece to treasure and it is available in my Etsy shop.

(Sold!)

♥♥♥ ♥♥♥

My new journal "TheDream of Dance"

is almost finished

but

 

unfortunately with the fading of the day and

 the light here at present

 with heavy clouds

and misty rain

doesn't really do any justice to my photographs

 

 

 so I've decided to show them possibly

in my next post.

Sorry about that folks!!!

 

See my shadow in the foreground?

Anyway you can certainly know what it is all about

from these images!

"It will cost you nothing to dream

and everything not to". 

Thanks for your most appreciated visits!

 xox Suzy

Do you Love to Create in Shades of Blues and Turquoise?

We all have our favorite colors that we love

to create with and coming from

a background of crazy quilting I have tried

many different combinations

and

you know there is just no end to how you can combine different

colors, shades, textures and embellishments.

Here is one combination I have put together from my stash

to spark a little inspiration

in blues, turquoise, greens and shades of blue/grey.

 

 

 I really do enjoy making up kits for people to create with

and these images above I have used,

along with a number of

complementary laces, doilies and embellishments

to gather into some new kits.

 

 

 

 Fabrics include brocades, cottons, dupion and dyed silks,

 

 

some beautiful lace fabrics, rich vintage velvet ribbons

 

 gold embellished and beaded ribbon

and some two toned bullion fringing which would look

rather neat in a collage or a boho bag.

The choice is yours as they are available now in my 

Etsy shop.

Clicking on this link will take you there.

I've also been working on a new Journal

 

and creating with some gorgeous antique laces

 

both of which I will be sharing with you very soon! 

Wishing you much joy in your days of creating!

xox Suzy