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More fungi……

More fungi……

I made some more variations on my Fungi beadweaving tutorial, so though I ought to share! This trio are based on the Ink Cap mushroom, and there are charts and instructions for using the tutorial methods to make these on p47. They’re mounted on a lovely wet felted pebble. This little one is actually not […]

Fungi Tutorial

Fungi Tutorial

Last Autumn I visited the Knitting & Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace, and spent some time talking to the lovely Bev Caleno, a textile artist. I came away with a kit for a rock pool, which I’ve since made, but some of Bev’s other works with fabric fungi also intrigued me. When I made my […]

NEW TUTORIAL – Orbit

NEW TUTORIAL – Orbit

Orbit is a new tutorial, born from a pack of amazing intricately faceted hexagonal crystals from my regular supplier – I can’t resist trying new sparklies and a pack fell into my basket whilst I was restocking other lines. Absolute whoppers at 18mm across (21mm point to point) the colours and finishes were amazing, but […]

Knit & Stitch at Ally Pally 2024

Knit & Stitch at Ally Pally 2024

I had a lovely sunny day for a trip up to Ally Pally yesterday for the Knitting & Stitching Show.  It was mainly an inspiration trip, so I was pretty well behaved on the shopping front – getting there early allowed me to walk around all of the stands freely and make a list of […]

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The story so far - good progress I’d say. Lutrador hand painted and heat manipulated, torn and stitched onto hard felt. Hand dyed yarn from @hopejacare and then drop beads from Miyuki and Rutkovsky. #beadembroidery #beadwork #beads #handembroidery #mossportrait Beginnings……… #embroidery #beadwork All three Waterlily Boxes together. I've really enjoyed making these - the fun of the bead embroidery, without the slog of my usual fabric covered bases (which I love the look of but are jolly hard work to do and not as much fun as actual beading), and I think a more interesting box overall than using a pre-made wooden base which is my usual alternative to building my own. I'm really pleased with the addition of the top lip, making the beadwork nestle into the box and avoiding the sometimes awkward beaded edge - it's something I've had in mind for a while which hasn't worked for other options (other than my giant round box, which came with a lip I've being trying to recreate ever since). I have some more learning and refining to do on the 3d printed boxes themselves, but it's been lovely to test the concept and see that it's something which could work. I'm going to be a good girl though and pop back to my beadwoven fungi to finish some UFOs there whilst I learn a bit more about the 3d printing on the side. I've finished my Waterlily Box - this was the first 3D printed box base which I designed, with the other two I've shown you being 75% of this size, and having a shortened lid in comparison. The 3 colour PLA means a different view from different angles, and was perfect for realising this idea, with the box shape based on the giant waterlilies at Kew Gardens and extended vertically, and the embroidery inspried by Monet's famous paintings. Remembered to snap some photos of Box 2 this morning (although it seemed lighter than my camera thinks it was - apologies but the sight of the sun clearly overexcited me - it is still February). I'm pleased with this - the set crystals were a gamble but I've had them for ages, the colours were perfect and I'm trying to get better at using rather than saving things in my stash! So, Box 2, bead embroidery and hand embroidery mounted on a 3D printed box base. Hand dyed threads were from the lovely @kates_kloths , PLA filament is Sunlu silk pink/gold and is alarmingly Sarah, and (because someone always asks) the funny green beads are Teacup beads. What more could you possibly need today? #beads #beading #beadwork Nowhere does grey weather like the UK, but even a damp journey home can’t spoil a lovely me day in London. Man attraction was the Cosprop exhibition at the Fashion and Textiles Museum which was amazing - which characters do you recognise? Then I popped into London Glassblowing to drool briefly and ended up staying for nearly an hour to watch Louis Thompson and his team wrestle and nurture a huge piece - it was quite nerve wracking and I felt too invested to leave until it was in the annealer. #londonglassblowing #glassart #cosprop #daysoutinlondon #londonfashionandtextilemuseum Slight back and forth on this one - the fuchsia column was wrong left of centre so had to unpick two columns and swap. Now I have a nasty cold (thanks to germy youngest child) and can't really concentrate in the evening to bead well, so it will be a few more days before the last couple of columns are in place - if I do them tonight I'll make more dodgy decisions and end up with more backwards beading so I am watching the Winter Olympics instead. Box number 3 is underway - I forgot to take pictures of the finished Box 2 so that’s a job for the weekend. Once they’re done I need to do some more work on refining the boxes themselves, and really I ought to finish the fungi I started in November…….. #beadembroidery #beadwork #handembroidery #frenchknots #handdyedthreads

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