Caught My Eye

These are machine embroidered bracelets made by another favorite textile artist Karen Howse. I love how you can display buttons you love as jewelery.
Next piece is felted brooch with silk cocoon by Annie Huntly from Room for Threads.




Annie from Room For Threads has a small business in Palm Beach, QLD. She teaches felting, embroidery and both combined and regularly inspires me. She sells my wool but it's what she does with it that gobsmacks me. Her felt is so soft and beautifully made. I'm glad she is doing kits. I don't think anyone has ever told her what she can't do with felt so she just does it with lovely results. Still not doing anything this week except recovering.

Man flu

Yes, this time I think we all have man flu- the kind the men get. So, to provide inspiration and eye candy, I've trundled off on the web to a few of my favorite artists. Margaret Roberts is one from the U.K. The horse is one D and I used to drive past when we lived in the U.K. It's huge, and completely amazing. This piece from Margaret just reminded me. She dyes her own supplies and uses sketches of local parts to start her off.

Enough is enough

Colettesheart shop on etsy. Ilove this!



This brooch is by Hen's Teeth. She has just opened a store in the U.K, lucky Brits.
Ok, this is silly. I seem to have caught a 'mancold'. Still sick and blogging from my bed. The Blond is cleaning the kitchen for me- being the only member of the family not currently down with the bug. Husband is kidding himself that he will be well enough to fly back to work tomorrow, little blond hopefully will finally make it back to school after being sick for 3 weeks, and the Brunette wont come home to visit until the 'centre for disease control' deems us safe and out of quarantine.
I am desperate to get creating but as always I think you work full on for a while and as soon as the pressure is off, you fall in a heap. Anyway, thinking of Dale and Ian working hard in Perth at the show this weekend and am glad it's not me. So, some pics of what other people are doing at the moment- as always, I LOVE FLICKR!

Back Home

Bag with dyed battenburg lace doiley, polyester ladies shirt from op shop, silk fibre and mohair yarn.

Hi all, I've been at the stitching show for the last few days in Melbourne and fighting a nasty cold. the youngest girl has been sick with it for about three weeks and off school for about that long too.
Before I can get back into my studio though, I have to mail stock off to The Thread Studio for their big show this weekend in Perth at the showgrounds. After that it's finally playtime for me.

Happy Birthday Blond.

Yep, 16 years ago today, the Blond arrived. She had a monk's hair do, came two weeks early and gave me high blood pressure, mastitis and post natal depression. She woke every couple of hours, had a right royal attitude and wrapped her father so tight around her pudgy finger that he is still there. Threw epic tantrums, bit all of her sister's fingers off, ate the dog's food, and screamed her guts out on public transport, especially planes, trains and automobiles.
Was it worth it? Every minute. A beautiful young lady with a heart of gold and a killer smile. A little piece of sunshine that these days keep me sane. Happy sweet sixteen beautiful Blond.

In love with Colour.

I have been dyeing new silk carrier rods which are thicker and firmer than the old ones I had. I get them from Dale and they take dye really well. Now that they are not so labour intensive I have decided that I really should start using them, so have a look back over the next week or so.
A note to self- silver or grey when mixed with red just makes PINK! You would think I would know this but last night I managed to felt a bag using Poppy and instead of keeping the silver separate from the red, I just blended them all so well- I NOW HAVE PINK!!!!!
Nadine and her husband Mark attempted to cheer me with the words- (pause) ......it is a lovely pink......
I'm not proud, I'll take a pic and put it up, just have to finish banging my head in the door.

RED, RED and more RED.

A few months ago, I over rinsed a batch of red wool which I couldn't sell. So whenever I want to try something, I pull out that batch of red. Here is the weekends play. A vessel I like but is not firm enough. Either I need to felt it down further or do more layers next time. And, a beginnings of a book cover.