Vicki's Pink Scarf Project Finished

Firstly, I would like to thank every single person that

has visited here and left so many wonderful comments about

my Giveaway.  I welcome all of my new followers - 

I will try to visit all of you who have a blog

and

wish each and everyone the very best of luck!

♥♥♥♥♥♥

You may recall just a couple of posts back

that I had started to create some dyed wool for a wrap

for the "Pink Scarf Project" which Vicki

so very generously set up for people to create a pink scarf or wrap

choosing any medium they desired whether is was

knitted, crocheted or sewn and this item

would be donated to women with breast cancer.

 I just love to spin and knit or crochet and saw this

as a wonderful opportunity to contribute something

useful and creative.  So I went ahead with some

of my hand spun mohair (from our own Angora goats),

dyed it to achieve a soft shade of washed out pink.

I approached LaShell of

www.etsy.com/shop/designtalentedone

(where I had previously purchased recycled sari silk ribbon)

who very generously donated this beautiful  sari silk

as a way of contributing to this amazing project also

for my project which I dyed with the same dye

to blend with the hand spun mohair

and 

Wow! I was really delighted to achieve,

what I thought was, a perfect match!

Well you all know me quite well by now to guess that I

wouldn't be able to help myself if

I didn't include some lace or doilies 

So I also dyed some of these as well

and embellished it with a hand fashioned rose

which I also dyed to blend in with the pinks.

It pleases me greatly to know that there is some

very beautiful woman out there who may receive

some comfort and heartfelt warmth as she

travels this difficult journey

all thanks to Vicki

in setting up

this very inspirational project

So if you are interested in pursuing this project and would

like to support Vicki then

I suggest you pop over to her blog and view 

some of the scarves that have already been

so kindly donated.

(Her button is on my sidebar at the top!)

www.vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.com

A quick reminder too about my Giveaway which

is still open to enter.

If you would like to enter go to my previous post and

add your name there and please don't be shy

as these opportunities don't come all 

that often!!!

The date for the draw is Wed. 5th Dec.

Wishing for you all a joy filled weekend with continued

"Thanksgiving".

Love and hugs, Suzy xxx

In Deep Water

Now you may ask

What am I going to be doing with these Sari  ribbons?

Well I decided to jump into the deep end and learn

a completely new skill

and take a course in Diane Cooks on-line Workshop

"Heart Strings"

You can read all about it here

and also at

Artful Gathering Workshops where Diane will be

running this course.

Now you all know that I am a textile, fabric and fibre artist

primarily and so to take this on has put me in the

raw beginner category but, hey

what have I got to lose?

and

I casually mentioned this to a couple of friends

and the next thing I started receiving

bits and pieces that I could

incorporate into my

new venture

such as

this

little parcel all the way from Bornholm

from my dear friend, Dorthe,

including this most gorgeous card made by her

and

a dear little package containing medals, beads, crucifixes,

keys etc. etc.

and just have a look what else was included?

One of her handcrafted angels

with the most beautiful face!

Isn't she just so sweet?

Also

and all the way from the U.K.

came this box, wrapped so beautifully in a hand knitted doiley

(not shown - oops - sorry!)

from another dear friend, Liz of Lululizinlalaland

and these amazing little boot buttons

as well as

more sari ribbon in a beautiful soft mossy shade of green

and last, but not least, some very fine narrow vintage laces

 


which can be added to the sari Heart Strings
.

Such a delicious combination of colours called

"Pebble"

with a touch of pink added.

Thank you both dear friends for your kindness and encouragement!

It is rather nice to know that you have those

friends that believe in

what you do!!!

Now I have to say so far I am keeping my head above water
and hopefully very soon I will be able to show you
my very first attempt at jewellery making
including some 
of the materials which I am just so at home with.


It feels very strange holding jewellery tools instead of
sewing threads, fabrics and sitting at my
trusty sewing machine!


Hope some of you too are stretching your wings 
and venturing into new fields of creativity -
I know this will be fun!!!


Thank you everyone for coming to visit me - 
I so love hearing your comments -
Each one is so appreciated!
and I will endeavour to reciprocate as best I can.


xxxxSuzy

For the Shabby Chic Romantics

On the weekend I have been busy

making more items for

my Etsy shop.

Firstly

this little fabric journal featuring a favourite

pre-raphaelite print adorned with

printed silk, dyed doilies and laces.

The edges of the felted pages have been embellished

with more vintage laces and silk.

And secondly,

is another needlekeep

(or for that matter, a small booklet

with plain felted pages which could be used to

store photos or scrap booking ephemera).

Detail of closure shown here and

back page.

These items will appear in my Etsy shop as soon as I

can organize this.

For all of you who just can't go past beautiful old lace

I thought I would show you some that I

purchased at a local Flea Market

on the weekend.

Most of the lace shown in these images has been completely
hand made, crocheted or tattered.
I purchased them from a woman who used to make
period costumes
so she was very pleased to see them being used for keepsake items!

Wishing you all a wonderfully productive week

of creativity as well as some fun in the sun!!

Love to you all, Suzy xxx

Vintage Lace Needlebooks

OK so we have all been given a bit of grief

with Blogger in the last 24 hours

but hey life goes on

and no one has 

died

so

lets hope  we can now post articles and photos again!!!

I have been busy making a number of small needlebooks

for a shop in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

I have used some images from some vintage postcards in my collection

as well as vintage printed cotton, damask

and scrim

Remnants of an old embroidered tablecloth.

and the centre of this one below came as a gift from Pat Winter

one of our very best crazy quilters and who

publishes the most beautiful magazine called

Crazy Quilt Gatherings.

Check out Pats blog for details about the magazine at

http://www.gatherings100.blogspot.com/

Showing you here both front and back pages.

And finally here

Some gold organza, green velvet, printed cotton,

a silk suffolk puff, tied together with

a piece of torn gold sari ribbon.



I was also toying with the idea of putting some of these in my Etsy Shop!!!

Hope your weekend is going well, especially now that

Blogger is back.

Yeh!!!

A very big "thank you" to all my new blogging friends

too - I do hope that you find something inspiring

here to try.

Love and good wishes, Suzy.