Wedding Shawls- Done!

I have loved every minute of making these. I loved working with Lisa (the Bride, in Australia- via email),  the dyeing, colour mixing, testing, making the prototypes and working out all the design aspects ...last week they were packaged and posted, today they got there.

Wedding Shawls for Bridesmaids

We deliberately made something that would pick up from all the colours from the bridesmaids dresses, but also that would be a lovely gift that they can have as a keepsake for many years to come. I hope they enjoy wearing these as much as I enjoyed making them.

Plum, purple, blue, green, teal.

Can you see all the rivers of silk, they remind me of the waterfall I saw in a picture of the Blue Mountains where the wedding will be held.

Wishing L&L a fabulous day!

Mess!

I am writing this post for myself, I am not including photographs because quite frankly I am embarrassed ;-)

I cannot see the floor or table in my studio. There are piles of fibre everywhere, templates everywhere, I have lost 4 cups and a notebook.

I have been working like mad, in a space that is getting smaller and smaller, fibre is crawling up all around me - soon I will be in a fibre cave.

I think I need to tidy up

...and then start again....

Gift for Local School

Recently I was asked to make a hat for a school. They wanted to be able to use it to put names in of all the children who did well with their work or contributed in some way. The aim is to collect all the names and then randomly select at the end of term, the names that are selected will get a prize or recognition. I wanted to make something fun. I decided a sorting hat would be perfect.

School Sorting Hat

It's hard to see the colours, it's a royal blue and looks much lighter because of all the sparkles, I think it must be all the magic ;-)

I hope they like it!

A Little Bit of Fun!

I was asked to make a cupcake for a competition - I decided to make one out of felt.

My first little bit of needle felting....a cupcake with strawberry on top.

This was the second attempt, much happier with this one.

This was the first attempt....which wasn't so good. I found the proportions all wrong, the base of the 'sponge' looked more like a muffin and it all looked a bit like a wobbly tower.

This is the tea cosy I made to keeep it company. I've given this to a friend who loves tea. I have one at home and it keeps the tea hot for over 2 hours...nice but a bit stewed!

Tea and cake...lovely!

Nuno Felt Scarf Workshop

I just want to share this lovely nuno scarf that was made in a felt nuno workshop with Patricia. This was the first time she has done any felting, what a great final piece!

The silk was hand-dyed, a lovely bright orange and we selected lime green and purple fibre to give a strong colour contrast.

Patricia was looking for a silk background and dreads, it appeals to her wild side! Here she is laying out the fibre where she wanted the dreads to be.

Lots of rolling later here's the finished article.