Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Working with Textiles and Crazy Quilting

Textiles have always been a very big part of my creative life 
ever since I first began quilting and patchwork
some 40 years ago!
So I have gathered quite a collection of
amazing fabrics and embellishments
over the years!

So recently I stepped back from my usual creativity
where I create more with mixed media
 and 
delved into my stash to complete some
projects using these and
some crazy quilting techniques!


 I have made many bags and totes over the years
and here are just a few!
Firstly these two Boho shoulder bags

 



 






using quite exotic fabrics such as silk velvets,
embroidered silks and brocades
along with gorgeous Indian beaded motives
and lace pieces
plus this next one basically
using cotton and vintage textural fabrics.



 The next one is a clutch which I hand stitched

 





using some textiles from Rajasthan
and some very old hand embroidered braid!
 

 

and the second one here is a larger clutch
created from a number of textiles
and embellished with fringing and vintage buttons!
 

 







This last item is a rather unusual but sweet
hand sewing carry-all for your needles and pins
with pockets for measuring tape, scissors, etc.










 This sits beautifully over your lounge arm rest
and is easily accessible
and
what an enjoyable little treasure to have
at your side whilst sewing!
♥♥♥♥♥
 These items are now available for sale in 
if this suits your fancy.

Thanks so very much for coming to visit me here.
It is so appreciated by me.
Enjoy your day!

Xxx Suzy
 
 

 

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Three Small Journals

Dear Friends
I am a very fortunate artist being able
to draw on a large amount of
mixed media supplies in the form of textiles,
vintage laces and fabrics as well as
handmade paper and
wonderful vintage images!

So from these I have just completed a set of three small journals
incorporating all of these with

lovely
sentiments of music!

 

 The books have been compiled with several pages
of hand made paper waiting for you
to write your thoughts from the heart, 
lines you wish to remember or
to store your secrets 
between yourself or your God!


 

 These images convey a sampling of the
pages in the book with vintage women,

 

stamping and stenciling

 embroidered patches of antique silk fabrics,
printed cottons and tapestry fabrics


layered on top of each other
with pockets sitting opposite for tags.
 
 



 



 



 

 Images have been embellished with
pieces of old lace, dyed cheesecloth, eco-paper and buttons.


 Oh and then there are these pieces of
silk organza roses - just perfectly blending
into the pages.








 

These little books which measure about 7 inches x 5 inches
are now available in my Etsy shop
and
at the time of posting this there are still 2 available.

Many thanks for looking today and hope you are all
having a very fruitful week!
xox Suzy  
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