Cosy Pebbles

I had a fantastic weekend, as I got to spend two days making things and still managed to spend a day with my fella. Perfect, I love bank holidays, if only I could have 3 days off every week.

I have been busy making more things for my Pebble collection, I have loads of ideas, so its been really easy to get stuck in and make.

My main problem at the weekend was running out of materials, I am now completely out of white felting fibres, wadding and organic cotton and could do with stocking up, again!

I am really pleased with what I have been making and have loads more ideas to develop. I think my main problem is my photo's, it always seems to be dull when I am ready to take photo's, so I think I need to re-take some of these.

In fact I have a big box of work that needs to be photographed and then listed on Folksy.

Pebbles

I have been working on some new ideas, based on my afternoon sketching whilst sitting on a pebble beach in Suffolk. At the weekend I did some samples using handmade felt and machine embroidery.

I was really please with the initial ideas, so made a cushion cover. This is now available in my Folksy shop. I am in the process of making another pebble cushion cover which is slightly different, I will let you have a peak when I have finished.

I have lots more ideas based on this theme so need to do some more samples. Its nice to do something a bit different, I love doing my bright flower pieces, but for a while have been wanted to do something more muted and adult. I can't wait to get back on my machine and do some more.

3 down 6 to go...

Here is a sneaky peak at some of the pieces I have produced for an exhibition in June. Sorry about the quality of the photo's, I probably should have removed the glass from the frames.

I am planning to produce six more, which will be mounted in the same way, but will be in a different medium. Its always nice to have some finished pieces and I hope to have the next three finished by the end of the week.

Screen printing

Screen print on paper.

I've been wanting to do some screen printing for a while now. I brought a kit ages ago but have never quite got round to it. I decided as I don't have much spare time at the moment I would cheat slightly and get some screens made.

I used a company called Thermofax. I'm really please with them and they arrived really quickly. I have has 3 screens made and they are based on some black and white flower doodles I did a few weeks ago.

Screenprint on red fabric

I've only had a quick play , so the prints I am showing you are just tests really. But I have loads of ideas and things I want to try, so hopefully I should be able to show how I have developed these ideas over the next few weeks.

Screen print on fabric

Screen printed cards

Screen print on red fabric with machine embroidery