Artwork and garments made from or incorporating fibre and textile.
DOUBLE TRI-FOLD JUNK MAIL FOLIO PART 7 - DECORATING THE SECOND FOLIO I have now completed the decoration of the inside of the second folio of this project. I am continuing the vintage theme, with red as the focal colour, but in this case with the addition of a little bit of green…
MESSING WITH MESH - PLASTIC DECO MESH Shoshi the Mad Scientist has been at work again... Some time ago, I bought a set of four rolls of a kind of plastic mesh which is used for forming Christmas wreaths and other decorative items. (This is Amazon's picture.) The main reason for this was…
POUCHES FROM EMBOSSED TOILET PAPER ROLLS - ADDING THE EMBELLISHMENTS This is a follow-up to my earlier post on how to make little pouches and hidden paperclips from toilet paper rolls. Here are the pouches after I had finished constructing them. Time to have some fun with embellishments! These are the fronts of…
2025 - END OF YEAR REVIEW It's been a relatively quiet year, all told. Not a great deal to report on our normal activities. Most of my activity this year has been art-related. Studio changes I got some great new shelving units for the studio and reorganised things to make life a lot…
TEA-DYEING FABRIC After our recent shopping trip to Newton Abbot, when I raided the charity shops and haberdashery shop for fabrics and trims etc. for my art work, I have now done a bit of tea dyeing. I wasn't sure how well some of the fabrics would take the tea stain, especially the…
FABRIC HAUL FROM SHOPPING TRIP Last week we had a shopping trip in Newton Abbot and my hubby persuaded me to go to the haberdashery shop. I have resisted in the past because I knew what would happen! The shop is stacked to the ceiling with shelves with rolls of fabric and trimmings,…
CLUSTERS AND ALTERED PAPERS I am currently working on producing some embellishments for my "Make a Joyful Noise" junk journal as it approaches completion. Rather than making one-offs, it makes more sense to bulk-create, and generate some ready-made stash for future projects in the process. I recently made some butterfly clusters, following Luise…
RIBBON BEAD DANGLES The other day I watched a YouTube video from HappyBird's Glitter Nest on how to make sparkly ribbon beads. I was intrigued by this as I am currently making some more charms and embellishments, after recently organising my charms. These beads are quite easy to make, and very lightweight. You…
SHOPPING TRIP TO NEWTON ABBOT - NEW ART STASH Yesterday I had my annual appointment at the bank to discuss my finances. We always combine this with a shopping trip and lunch out at our favourite restaurant - the Pizza Cafe, which has been run by the same family for 38 years! This…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 16 Continuing to work on the second signature of the album. The second folio I've bundled together three smaller pieces to form the second folio rather than treating them as individual ones. The dark translucent page forming the outer layer of this series is a…
