What am I up to at the moment?

I've been busy recently creating lovely little things to sell at a craft fair I have booked in August.  Sadly that hasn't left me much time for creating my textile art.

However, I am very pleased with the things I have made which include several items using cover buttons using vintage and vintage-style fabrics.   There are buttons, hair clips and bookmarks.

 



There are also some brooches, some made from felt - both needle made and wet made - and some from fabric.

I've also made some heart hangings which incorporate a lightly stuffed heart mounted on a decopatch covered board and include a 'heart' saying such as "Home is where the heart is" and  "A heart that loves is always young".

I also have some textile art that I have previously made so I will also be including them.

 

 

Many of these items can be found on my Folksy shop, Created  by Lynn.   I also have a page on Facebook under the same name.

Birthday postcards

Had to take a break from the EmbellishStitchEnrich work this weekend as i had to get some Postcards made for some upcoming birthdays. I suppose it wasn't much of a break as I embellished sari silk for the background and added hand stitching and buttons to finish.

Icicle Postcards

Following on from my previous post, I've used the photos of icicles around my house to make some postcards for a Trading Fabric Postcard swap.

I used the photos which I printed on to fabric. My original intention was to just use the photo and add highlights in some way but I found the actual icicles too small to be able to add anything without it looking a mess. I therefore decided to just use strips of the photo and added strips of angelina fibres, fabric with added foil 'hot spots' and toning fabric.

Although they aren't quite as I had originally imagined, I am pleased with the way they come out so I home the recipiants will enjoy them. Two are bound for the UK, one for USA and one for Australia.

I have been busy!

So long since my last blog but I have been busy with various projects. I've made loads of fabrics postcards, may of which have been sent without me taking photos! Here are a few though which did get last minute photos taken. They both look very similar in the photos but in reality they were different. Yet again I've used by Needle Felt machine to incorporate fabric, felt, fibres and threads and added buttons for embellishments. These were sent to my friends Jacquie and Jayne for their birthdays.

I'm also taking part in a Birthday Card Swap with Yahoo group Trading Fabric Postcards and these are two that I sent recently. They were collages of different lace and shiny fabrics all kept in place with netting with buttons added.

Also been busy working on christmas cards and finishing a mystery quilt for my quilt group so as soon as I have photos, I will add them.