...with it's lovely perfume bottle print...
...and gorgeous lace and sari silks.
Couldn't resist putting on the Mother-of-Pearl buttons...
...and the little butterfly :-)
x C
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Showing posts with label sari silks. Show all posts
Monday, 22 February 2016
Parfum
My little "Parfum" panel is now finished....
...with it's lovely perfume bottle print...
...and gorgeous lace and sari silks.
Couldn't resist putting on the Mother-of-Pearl buttons...
...and the little butterfly :-)
x C
...with it's lovely perfume bottle print...
...and gorgeous lace and sari silks.
Couldn't resist putting on the Mother-of-Pearl buttons...
...and the little butterfly :-)
x C
Wednesday, 17 February 2016
Lots and lots of goodies to play with...
I've been going through boxes and drawers...
...picking out all sorts of bits n bobs...
...to use in my "Lavender & Lace" pieces.
Gorgeous old French linens picked up on holiday...
...some dyed....some not...
A bird's nest of sari silks in glorious colours...
Empress Mills' Egyptian Cotton dyed with Colourcraft "Lavender" Procion Dye...
and my wonderful spray-booth paper covered in all sorts of Brusho colours!
(This is the paper that is underneath everything that I spray. Colours get built up one on top of another...and I end up with the most beautiful papers to play with!! :-)
Hi di Hi!!
x C
...picking out all sorts of bits n bobs...
...to use in my "Lavender & Lace" pieces.
Gorgeous old French linens picked up on holiday...
...some dyed....some not...
A bird's nest of sari silks in glorious colours...
Empress Mills' Egyptian Cotton dyed with Colourcraft "Lavender" Procion Dye...
and my wonderful spray-booth paper covered in all sorts of Brusho colours!
(This is the paper that is underneath everything that I spray. Colours get built up one on top of another...and I end up with the most beautiful papers to play with!! :-)
Hi di Hi!!
x C
Tuesday, 8 January 2013
All set....
...for whatever is going to happen in 2013!!!
The Christmas and New Year holidays were a bit of a wash-out here, to say the least.
Bloke came down with a bug and missed the last week of term....
...and then the nasty little critter hung around for the WHOLE of the two week holiday, scuppering all of our plans :-((
We didn't even have Christmas Dinner!!
The turkey is still in the freezer :-o
Ne'er mind....maybe we'll use it for Easter....
Anyways....
...the new year has started with forays into the dye pots.
Looky looky at these beauties!!
Tissue dyed in plastic beer glasses :-)
The colours are just glorious...
...and I'm now itching to get on and do some collage, printing and stitching on them.
This tissue has a high wet-strength and takes dye beautifully. It also adheres to itself when steam-ironed, and can then be folded, stitched or whatever.....
I'll be using these lovely sari-silk ribbons and Oliver Twists shiny threads too.
Ooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
And I'll be having an even BETTER time in the workroom this year.
Why?
Because when we were confined to quarters over the holiday period...
...I shifted myself and sorted out the dreadful MESS that was my workspace!
It had become so badly cluttered that I was finding it difficult to work in there. Stuff everywhere....couldn't find anything without major excavation.....get the picture?
Thank goodness for IKEA!...who do the most wonderful shelving!
...and ....Ta Da!!....organised workspace with room to move...
...for the first time in a couple of years :-o
...and I can SEE where everything is now!!
(There's still WAY TOO MUCH in there though :-))
Hope you all had a great holiday...
...and have settled down into your respective creative grooves already....
x C
The Christmas and New Year holidays were a bit of a wash-out here, to say the least.
Bloke came down with a bug and missed the last week of term....
...and then the nasty little critter hung around for the WHOLE of the two week holiday, scuppering all of our plans :-((
We didn't even have Christmas Dinner!!
The turkey is still in the freezer :-o
Ne'er mind....maybe we'll use it for Easter....
Anyways....
...the new year has started with forays into the dye pots.
Looky looky at these beauties!!
Tissue dyed in plastic beer glasses :-)
The colours are just glorious...
...and I'm now itching to get on and do some collage, printing and stitching on them.
This tissue has a high wet-strength and takes dye beautifully. It also adheres to itself when steam-ironed, and can then be folded, stitched or whatever.....
I'll be using these lovely sari-silk ribbons and Oliver Twists shiny threads too.
Ooooooooooooooooooooo!!!
And I'll be having an even BETTER time in the workroom this year.
Why?
Because when we were confined to quarters over the holiday period...
...I shifted myself and sorted out the dreadful MESS that was my workspace!
It had become so badly cluttered that I was finding it difficult to work in there. Stuff everywhere....couldn't find anything without major excavation.....get the picture?
Thank goodness for IKEA!...who do the most wonderful shelving!
...and ....Ta Da!!....organised workspace with room to move...
...for the first time in a couple of years :-o
...and I can SEE where everything is now!!
(There's still WAY TOO MUCH in there though :-))
Hope you all had a great holiday...
...and have settled down into your respective creative grooves already....
x C
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
Little French panel #1
Here's my first one....
...using some of those gorgeous sari silks...
...hand-dyed and printed fabrics...
...lace, beads, silk ribbons and rayons....
...old handwriting dipped in batik wax...
..and French flea market pearl buttons...
...done on a background of antique linen.
I'm pleased with it :-)
My 300th posting is coming up soon....
...and I'll have one of these little panels done specially to giveaway...
...using some of those gorgeous sari silks...
...hand-dyed and printed fabrics...
...lace, beads, silk ribbons and rayons....
...old handwriting dipped in batik wax...
..and French flea market pearl buttons...
...done on a background of antique linen.
I'm pleased with it :-)
My 300th posting is coming up soon....
...and I'll have one of these little panels done specially to giveaway...
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