A little more work with lace

I´ve decided to take a break from the bearmaking.

20 little ones are ready for Hugglets in September

and that´s quite good with still a month to go.

I only need a few more.

So now it´s time for something else

 

photo taken with Instagram

Today was my day off

so I started to play with my vintage lace finds

and a roll of burlap

cut into rectangles with

vintage linen on the back

and decorated with the lace pieces

and some sweet fabric images

[i do hope you´re not tired

of seing work with fabric images.....]

sewed a drawstring hem

on top

and made them into a pretty banner

This is how it looks like

when hanged.

This is my cupboard in my living room.

Wishing you all a beautiful day

Tina ♥♥♥

A Little Lace Book

This is a little book I´ve made

all handsewn from my collection of vintage

lace and fabric.

The cover is a piece from an old quilt

a little view of the pages from the side

all pages are fabric and lace too

with little pockets

for little secrets

and lots of sweet fabric images too

here´s the back cover

You can see more of the old quilt here

This little book is

listed in my shop

Summer have arrived over here.

86 degrees - no a/c

I have the fan on

trying to work still

I hope you all is having

a beautiful day whereever you are :-)

Tina ♥♥♥

A Few New Bears - Finally

I´ve finally managed to make

a few new bears for my website.

Long overdued.

This little one is Leon

he´s only 4.5 inch.

I made him from a very fragile vintage

mohair - infact I didn´t had to

do anything to achieve the old worn look

instead I had trouble not tearing the mohair

while in the making.

Isn´t he a cute little handful.

This little one is Faye

this peach colored mini bear fabric

is so soft and lovely.

I´ll definitely have too see

if I can get more like this one.

She´s only 3.5 inch

I made her a sweet little collar

from silk ribbon and gave her a teeny tiny

rusty bell too

Both have already found

new homes and are on their way in the mail.

I´m so grateful for that.

Thank you SO much.

14 little ones are ready

for Hugglets so far.

Still a little ahead of shedule - yeahh

Wishing you all a wonerful day

Tina ♥♥♥

My Finished Piece

I´ve finished my piece from my worktable.

This is how it looks like.

 

you can see there´s a wire on top

so it can be hanged on the wall.

The base is a canvas.

Here´s a close up of the front

or should I say cover....

this is actually also a book - how cool is that

A look at the spine

I added some lace and a safety pin

If you look closely you can see

the signatures in this photo

inside my book

with some fabric and lace

I´m so happy with the look of this.

I made it so it would be able to stand too.

Here it is on my shelf.

This book is from the workshop

'Not you ordinary photoalbum'

at Artful Gathering with

Nellie Wortman

I love the tecnique used in this workshop

and will definitaly make more books

like this - I have already bought

several canvases in different sizes and

can´t wait to create more.

The class is right now

until August 25th

Back to the studio now ....   :-)

Tina ♥♥♥

ps: A few new bears will be available soon

On My Worktable

at the moment

an ongoing workshop at Artful Gathering

trying out new techniques

What are you up to at the moment?

Wishing you all a dreamy day

Tina ♥♥♥

A Wonderful BookSwap

Hello

Some time ago my long time blogging friend

Sandy and I decided to do a book swap.

I´ve showed you a few sneak peeks in a previous post,

but the books have reach their destinations, so

now I´m able to show you everything.

I must warn you

there´s lots and lots of photos in this post.

This is Sandy´s book for me

The parcel arrived yesterday, and I was so excited.

This is the front page - the first thing I saw when opening.

An original drawing with a natures theme.

How cool is that - and I just knew it would be.

Sandy is SO talented.

Photos of the pages from top and side.

They are all so detailed.

This is the fist page.

A beautiful tree with the cutest little handmade nest.

Love the texture and the text.

pearls and sea shells

and the most beautiful leaf.

It´s edged with a metal thread.

I have no idea how she makes these - so cool

here a little close up for some of the details

a beautiful little bird with wings

and leafs made the same way

another close up

every second page has space for notes

so I can use this as a journal

embroidered text

and the most beautiful embroidered flower

I have ever seen.

had to show ypu a close up

of the flower too

twig. feather. stone. leaf

sign....

eggs in different shapes

and this is the spine.

How brilliant is this - made from branched.

I´ve never seen anything like this

Sandy also included some extras in the parcel

Lots of suppliers for journal making

I can´t wait to use it all

in a future journal.

A little bag with feathers

a little bird

and beautiful natures tags

some of her very special papers with handmade natures prints

and this beautiful handmade fabric pieces overloaded with details.

If you don´t know Sandy - make sure på pop over

for a visit and see for yourself how talented this lady is.

******

This is the book I made for Sandy

A cover made from a vintage quilt

with a sweet little image on the front

tied with a silk ribbon

and removeable

This is the front cover of the book.

I experimented with dried hydrangeas,

gesso and wax on this.

Here´s the pages inside.

some twigs

some metal

some lace

some fabric

little drift wood pieces in the pocket

found objects

watch parts

an old coin purse

velvet leafes

old book pages

more wax

Thank you SO much to Sandy

for doing this wonderful book swap with me.

I hope you enjoyed the photos

Tina ♥♥♥