Fat Inchies, Heart Pins, Gift Tags & Embellishments...

Here are a few of things I made as a result of an attempt to clear out the contents of my "box" of handmade fabrics, soy silk, painted canvas, etc.

I've been working on a big quilt for Sal and when I get bored with that, it's fun to take a break and work on some smaller things.

Almost everything here is made from fabric that I made myself using water the water soluble stabilizer method, hand felted fabric or soy silk fabric that I learned to make in a workshop last summer.

Making fabric with water soluble stabilizer is so easy and it really makes for some interesting projects. Let me know if you're interested in a tutorial and I'll think about putting one up.

These are all small pieces (the fat inchies measure about 1.5" and the hearts are about 3" across) that will be used as jacket and/or tote pins, gift tags (they make really pretty gift tags) and embellishments for journals, etc.

I've also been visiting your blogs quite a bit lately and there is some really great stuff going on out there. I have you guys linked over on my beside bar under "Feeds my Soul" because that's exactly what you do - feed my soul with your vision and your writing and your spirit: Carolyn and her artistic take on the world and its beauty, Katie and her watercolors, Acey's stitching, stories and wisdom, Lisa and her stunning beading, Mary and her humor (and stitching when she gets around to it!), Andrea and her Parisian characters and adventures, Jude and her Spirit Cloths and Jeanne with her stories and beautiful quilting -- you girls continue to inspire and enlighten me every day!

Thanks for That! Really.

XO

Sunday's Stitches....

I decided that for Sunday's Stitches this week I would dig deep into the bowels of my "box" - you know, the box I mentioned last post - experiments gone wrong - experiments gone right - and try to use only stuff out of there. So I dumped my box out onto the floor and sifted through two years worth of experimentation to come up with these:



Painted Dryer Sheet
Handmade Soy Silk Fabric
Lumiere Painted Canvas
Turqoise Embellishment
(gifted by Teresa)
Perle Cotton

Painted Dryer Sheet

Organza

Acetate

Perle Cotton

Glass Bead

Painted Dryer Sheet

Dyed Cheesecloth

Organza

Melted Acetate

Beautiful Sequin

(gifted by Acey:)

Glass Beads

Painted Dryer Sheets

Fused Angelina Fibers

Hand Dyed Fabric

Acetate

Embroidery Floss

Painted Dryer Sheet

Dyed Cheesecloth

Lumiere Painted Canvas

Glass Beads

Painted Dryer Sheet

Fused Angelina Fibers

Wooded Heart Button

Embroidery Floss

I haven't made a dent in the contents of my "box," but it was fun digging through it and coming up with these little squares.

Notes to Self:

1. I absolutely need a "bigger" box (as this one is over flowing and it's hard to easily see what is in there); and

2. I need to go through my "box" more often. There's all kinds of cool stuff in there!

What am I going to do with these squares? I don't know. But I think now that I've decided I need to buy a bigger "box" for my experiments, perhaps I will use this box, for stuff that I've made out of the experiment box!

Carolyn knows where I coming from, as she so aptly put it in one of her recent comments-

"...chill, enjoy the processes and the learning curves, and those bits in the box will be the exact piece of "treasure" you need to finish off something one day!"

Thanks Carolyn - I think I'll do JUST that!!

Hey - What's in YOUR box???