back again!

Hi folks! Thought it was about time for me to come back to blogland.

I've have been keeping myself busy but never managed to blog about it. Tisk, tisk. I aim to add to this more often from now on. It may be a bit random as to the subject matter but I will try to continue to post about my stitching bits and pieces as I go along. Of course to start me off again you'll see that it's not stitched pieces at all but a little bit of printing. Just because I like it!

 

A bit of rollering and stamping here and there.

 I treated myself to some alphabet blocks recently which need a bit more experimenting with. I do like a bit of text in textiles!

We can't forget good old monoprinting. I love it!

Here I've tried a little fish print in positive and negative.

You can just see the negative image in the photo above. The top one is done by carefully laying the fabric down onto the inked surface, then drawing the image onto the back of the fabric. I'm sure most people will know how to do it. I don't use ink, I use acrylic paint straight from the tube. If you do that you must work quickly before it dries. It's probably worth while getting a medium that delays the drying process it would make a big difference. 

Having a play with my alphabet stamps and I liked the colours that were on the paintbrush at the time.

I'm not sure if my printed fabric piece worked all that well. It may be better when it's cut up into smaller pieces.

I'm a lot happier about the little fish prints and can see myself working on them. Eventually! I'll keep you posted.

That's all for now.

Byee!

x

Ah,ha!

I can always do more than one post at a time! These are another four!!!

You know when you did dressmaking... you always tested the machine to see if it was stitching correctly before you embarked on seam sewing etc. Well...I obviously completely forgot about that stage... evidence in the photos!

I have to say that I do rather like the loopy stitches all the same. Gives a bit more texture don't you think?

This is the front of the piece. You wouldn't really know how much dodgy stitching there was at the back from the look of it!
Yes you've guessed it. Scrunched gold tissue paper bonded onto calico, stamped design (homemade, of course!), free machining.
You know, I think I do like the other side better!
Think I'll go now....

Demise of a roller...

... a much loved roller came to an end on my last little project.

I really like using these foam rollers they work especially well painting Bondaweb as long as you don't press too hard.

Anyway, I thought that I would share a few last images of the roller ... Bye...

...and along came the bus!...

Explanation - I wanted to send a special thank you to a friend who is mad about books. She also likes altered books but can't bring herself to deface a book. Thou shalt not draw on a book! I seem to recall from the past....Anyway I decided to start her off, gently of course , on a kids board book bought from a charity shop.

So here, by way of an altered board book, is her thank you...

Starting with all the pages being sanded back then a light layer of gesso painted on.

A layer of thicker paint with scrunched cling film placed on top whilst wet. Allowed to dry then the cling film removed leaving a lovely surface.

Sponge roller used to apply acrylic paint to foam letters. Some printed more than once to give paler letters and some overprinted.

( I know that this might sound all a bit too obvious but I think it's good to record the techniques used ) .

A few punched shapes from pre-painted papers glued down with some diluted PVA glue.

Some more shapes with a little metallic rub-ons, like treasure gold.

Yummy tissue paper, I love the kind you get from Paperchase. This, of course, is one of them.

This one is not but I liked the idea of the text, not that you can see it after all the scrunching up!

...some more punched shapes...

Then the reason for the whole thing...the thank you!

...That's all folks!...

Other than to say that I've given my friend instructions that it is her book now to do with as she pleases, alter it in any way including covering up all or some of what I've done, including the "Thank you".

From her response I think she was pleased.

OK, that's it for now,

Byee.....