Pie and Peas

Collage - as you can see I used a few unused complimentary tickets in this collage.

Crazy Patchwork Apron 2

Another crazy patchwork apron made from vintage scraps. This time I stitched the pieces onto a used white apron which was probably a mistake as the apron shape is not perfect and there were extra problems with the straps already being fixed. Still it's done even if it is wonky in places.

Purple Rabbit

Letraset Flex Markers

A Girl and Chickens

A page from my sketchbook - Letraset aquamarkers and blender

The Worm Fight

Crazy Patchwork Apron

I've been in the vintage fabric scraps drawer again, this time I made an apron. I just used whatever I picked up rather than using any colour coordination resulting in a very multi coloured apron.

Organza Flower

Layers of organza, cut in circles and snipped, then burnt with a candle flame [carefully]. Sequins and beads stitched in the centre.

Everyone's a Winner

A page from my sketchbook

Cubist Cats

Another contest at Spoonflower is coming up soon and we have to create a Cubist cat themed fabric design. I've created two but I can't make my mind up which to enter. Although looking at them now I think I have decided. Which would you choose?

Book with Blue Cover

I've had a stack of pages ready for book binding since November and now I've actually bound them at last. For the cover I used a hand painted, stamped and embroidered piece of fabric.

I had done a little hand embroidery but it was so stiff to stitch I decided to use the machine instead. The tension wasn't right but I quite liked the effect so I stuck with it.

I put pages together in groups of three before stitching.

The pages are a mixture of hand painted, printed art work, music, envelopes, maps etc

This was the book before covering with the fabric. I used the cover of an old hard backed diary for the end pieces.

Altered Card - Happy Valentine

With Love

Altered postcard

Doodle and Ditsy Sheep

A doodle in my sketchbook, I started colouring in with pens but I got bored so I finished it with brusho inks another time. I think it looks slightly better in the sketchbook but not a lot.

The contest at Spoonflower this week is ditsy sheep and this is the design I've entered. You can vote in their competition by going to the connect page.

Penguins and Flamingoes

More drawing practice with the help of  '20 ways to draw a cat'

Bears and Lions

Drawing practice, ideas from the book '20 ways to draw a cat'.

Peas and Beans

A page from my sketchbook. Inktense pencils and aquamarkers.

Trumpets

The Illustration Friday challenge this week is Noise.

Collage, brusho inks, pen

Handmade Shopping Bags

I've had a piece of upholstery fabric in a drawer for years and I thought it was time I did something with it so I've made three bags all slightly different.

I used small pieces of velvet ribbon to hold the straps in place on the top one.

I turned the corner piece to the outside as a design feature instead of to the inside [and cutting off] and stitched on buttons with cross stitch to keep in place.

Bird Sketches

Another one from my sketchbook. I think I used inktense crayons to colour.

Three Mice

I used the inside of a used envelope for the mice, if you look closely you will see the pattern is of winged lions.

Leather Rabbit Family

Another picture I recently finished. I painted the background on canvas fabric then embellished with machine embroidery. The rabbits were made from faux leather with black patches also in faux leather which were appliqued onto the fabric. The eyes were drawn on with pens. The fabric was wrapped around a canvas frame.