Wool Felt House

My latest creation.

A Wool Felt House.

This is my own design. The pattern will be available soon. (this is all part of my new plans for this year  :-) 

This house is large enough for you to put the yarn for a knitting or crochet project in as you are using it, the yarn can poke out the top of the roof, or it could be used as a cute additon to a little girls bedroom, or even better still your bedroom.

This house has a front door, embroidered sides and a backdoor. 

This is what I call 'Shabby Chic Zakka', if there is such a thing. 

I was inspired by this house after reading a Japanese book, in Japanese. I saw these mini houses in this book and this was my inpsiration.

Silk ribbon and normal embroidery basic stitches are used in this design. 

I will let you know when the pattern is available. 

Have a nice day

Altered Box

I visit Michelle's blog  ITS SEW ME. Michelle and I keep in touch over email from time to time.

It is lovely how we can get to know each other in this online crafty community. 

Michelle has a cafty group that gets together. I noticed that each month the seem to do some sort of challenge. Last months challenge was to do an Altered Box. They were going  to use a brown paper mache' box from Spotlight. I had one in my craft room to use. I decided to join the challenge for some fun.

As my lovely friend had passed away I was not really up to it but on the weekend I got to creating.

 I painted it with a paint that has paper in it.

It takes a while to dry but the effect is really great.

I sprinkled some mother of pearl glitter on the top for some prettiness - we all love a bit of prettiness don't we?

These are paper roses and rosebuds.

I did this arrangment using craft glue

My Shabby Chic picture in the background

This is a series of stitcheries that I will be bringing out in the next few months

Thanks Michelle for giving me the opportunity to join in.. it was fun!

Im in the process of moving my craft room into a new room. For my webshop I needed a studio. I place to store all the fabrics and patterns and have abit of organisation.

So while I am doing this I am finding alot of things.

This above photo is of the design that I used to teach in my classes I used to run.

A closer look.

Have a great day.

My Forte'

My Forte' is Embroidery/Stitchery.

I have been doing this craft for 36 years.... 

I was sent a linen cushion cover from England when I was a little girl

That was my first piece of work to complete. I learnt all different types of stitches.

The above ribbon embroidery is a creation I am in the process of making.

It is a Christmas Stocking meant to be finished last year... oh well, there is always this year LOL!

The fabric is an old piece of green satin from the 60's

The lace is hand dyed, the ribbons are gorgous silk Mokuba from Japan.

I used to teach embroidery.

I ran classes for around 7 years or so from my home.

I love stitching and embellishing. 

I was commissioned to embroidery a bride dress with silk ribbon and shoes to match.

It was alot of work but a compliment to be asked to do.

I have added velvet leaves to this design.

I will also be adding other embroidery stitches and crystals along the way.

Also...

One of the classes I taught was was

painting a water colour design on to fabric then embellishing with embroidery

This was one class that we really enjoyed doing.

This is an embroidered tea cosy.

The stitch used it like a blanket stitch knitted onto the needle.

Very easy and very effective done with wool.

A closer look.

I love this leaf stitch. I use it on alot of things....fly stitch it is called.

And my needlebook, I mentioned in the below post.

this is one of my designs... maybe up and coming in my new little shop.

I am a fan of crystals and silk. I love pretty things.

This is a photo of a pincushion I made a while back.

It is scented with gorgeous crystals on each corner.... and of course the dressmakers pins.

Have a great day.

Shabby Chic Puff Tassel

I have been meaning to make this for quite sometime now.

What has inspired me to make this this afternoon is that I have seen that my most popular posts are my ribbon embroidery. I am getting hits on those posts every day. So I decided to get to doing some more.

This gorgeous little Puff Tassel - as I call it...is lovely gift for Christmas. 

It is made from pure silk

with silk ribbon embroidery

pearls

and thread

I have added a lace skirt around the top

With hand made roses, made from polymer clay and velvet flowers

I made these polymer clay roses last year.

I love making these roses.

So I hope you like this little cutie

I also want to say a big Hello to the ladies visiting my blog from Snickerdoodles.

I am a feature designer on there this month.

There is a free pattern up for grabs as well as a pattern giveaway by another designer but you have to be a member to download the pattern and go into the draw. So if you are interested go to Snickerdoodles and join up click HERE to join

A gift from a friend

A gift from a friend

This is what is was

 I was so touched

My friends name is Veronicah and you can visit her blog HERE

and you can see the most gorgeous bag she made her swap partner HERE it is pink and Veronicah has sewn a heap of interesting buttons onto it.

Thank you Veronicah

Hugs to you all

Some Ribbon Embroidery

These bags are made from hand dyed organza and I have embroidered little motifs on the front and tied them up with an organza ribbon...these are gift bags for a special bracelet.





This is a class that I taught a number of years back. We painted the background with acrylic paint and then we drew the design onto the fabric.This was a good piece to learn a number of techniques and we used alot of different types of threads....all the ribbon is hand-dyed.



and this is a piece that I have embroidered for a frame.... I may make it into a cushion....the ribbon used on this is hand-dyed...I love working with silk ribbon..it is simply exquiste.

DONT FORGET TOMORROW IS THE BIG DAY TO DRAW MY MYSTERY DRAW!!!! WATCH THE SPACE !!

Until tomorrow...

Lisa

Here is a cushion I made for my mother-in-law

I made this cushion for my mother-in-law for Christmas. I used a cushion outer from a interior store. I made the ribbon roses out of Mokuba Ribbon made in Japan. The leaves are ribbon embroidered with a very large needle.The stems are embroidered with a silver thread. The daisies are ribbon embroidered and I have put swarvoski crystals in the middle.

I have made many of these types of cushions for people...a number for commission work.

My latest creations.....

I am in the middle of making a Turning Twenty Quilt with these fabrics...they are made in Japan and are so beautiful to touch...I had some fabric left over, as I have completed the quilt top. I decided to make a couple of things with the leftover fabric. Here I have used a handpainted ceramic button and Ive done a silk embroidered design on to the fabric. I designed this as I embroidered. I have done in the ditch quilting and I am now going to made it into a cushion to go with my new quilt.

The other photo is a wire heart I have made from the scraps and I have used a vintage crocheted lace around the outside...I am very pleased with the outcome of both of these. Im now going to make a doll to hang on the door handle of my wardrobe.