"Silken Treasures" finished!

I've had a really good few days on this book...

...and am very, VERY pleased with the results :-)

It is a celebration of silk...

...in muted shades of purples/mauves/dusky pinks ....

...and some metal leaf for sheer decadence!

Enjoy the picture show......

Front cover with a nine-patch of yo-yos (or Suffolk Puffs for those English readers)

Back panel with Hmong print and painted triangles....

Inside back panel with silk strips and machine stitching...

Inside Page 1

Page 2

Small inserted book cover

Inside small book...

various silk fabric and textured abaca tissue pages...

Page 3

Inside back flap

Outside back flap...

Finished book sitting on my desk.

It is so lovely to turn over in your hand............

Thanks again to Roxanne and her "Thread That Weaves" online workshops....

...and to Colouricious and Colourcraft for selling such delicious products for folk to play with!!

x C

New workshop on the horizon...

Getting ready for my stint at Fashion, Embroidery & Stitch at the NEC next week.

I'm on Demo Stand ZP34...

...and will be showing "Magic" pieces...

...and...

...exciting new workshop and book work based on holiday or other experiences.

I'll be rolling out this new workshop in 2015, and the book will appear around about the same time.

The workshop title is...

"FROM SKETCHBOOK TO ART BOOK - MAKING MIXED-MEDIA MEMORIES"

My samples will be based on recent travels - with sketchbook pages worked from photos....

...tri-fold mixed-media art books containing drawings, copied photos and gathered bits...

...plus stitched pieces based on sketchbook pages.

Some pictures of pages and stitched pieces have been shown on the blog already...

...but here are some of the tri-fold book I've been working on this week...

(thanks to Roxanne for her online workshop "The Thread that Weaves" that gave me a push!)

ALL THAT I'VE DONE SO FAR WILL BE ON SHOW ON MY STAND...

.....and I'll be working on things throughout the four days too...

...SO COME ALONG AND HAVE A LOOK!!!

See you there

x C

(I'm taking bookings for 2015 already - so if you want to reserve a workshop slot email me ASAP!)