Next up--Swap #3

Now, this swap is a little different. While it looks like I did 14 fabric ATC's, that is not the case.

These will go to the hostess who will combine 14 different little art pieces on an apron front--presenting each participant with a finished apron on Swap Night. Pretty sweet, right?

This is called the Inspiration Apron Swap:


I incorporated wool felt, sweater felt, pieces of brocade, vintage lace, old pearls, beads, buttons, and a whole lot of free form embroidery.

Carol

Anniversary Plaque

For the 25th anniversary of the florist shop of my friend, there was an open house. One could not go without creating a tribute of some kind.

Here, I used a wooden base/tag shape (from Michael's), covered with my favorite paper from foof-a-la ; and then, layered on top an embroidered heart.

I'm loving to do these right now.

Fair warning, if I'm doing any projects in the near future, they will probably have some sort of embroidery like this.

The backside is covered with a vintage catalog page and a cut out Mary Englebreit calendar image.
Then, wrapped it up (my favorite part) with this embossed kraft paper, white paper lace, and buttons strung onto yarn.

Carol

Silver Bella Projects

Looking forward to Silver Bella in November, I'm in the midst of creating, designing, and creating favors, gifts, and swaps. It's a real mess around here. Threads, pins, and needles dropped into carpets, felts, fabrics, bags of this, that, and the other cover every available surface.

Last night, Gretel, my cat, came flying around the corner of my chair and crashed into a pile of "stuff" I had just put down on the floor so that I could get up. Ha! She just sat there with the most confused expression. Then, started to lick herself furiously in case I misunderstood and thought she had made a mistake.

Trays of cut out felted wools and embroidery threads, seam binding ribbons--

And always, lots of buttons--

And these are some of the results....I'll post some swap completions later on (I guess they should be surprises.) These little bitsys are just for favors--to give to friends at Silver Bella.

These are not large--maybe 8" to 10". They made me happy as I was making them, using all kinds of buttons and trims. There is no pressure when designing for oneself, just pleasure

thinking about the recipiant's reaction.

Anyway, I hope everyone likes them.

Carol