In a Nutshell

Here's a rundown of what I've been up to ....... Had a couple of days in Sydney ....

Here is Sydney's favourite little one (only 106kg of pure CUTE!)

In the shot of me in Sydney, I'm wearing a Clothkits skirt ....

The pattern is printed on the fabric - the print is designed especially for the skirt shape - just cut and sew ....

Applying glue ready for foils ...

Dyeing ... This was from one of my workshops during the holidays ....

I played with a new product - "Texture Magic" it shrinks up by 30% with steam ..

It gives a puffy wrinkly effect ....

This is Angelina Film with some Angelina Fibres and bits and pieces added ...

This is a corset made from Angelina Fibres ...

From one extreme to the other ... here is Dobbert .....

Here is a favourite of mine - it's a Curved Flat Bag made using real wool felt with Needle Punched wool and silk bits added using the Needle Punch attachment on my Bernina ...

Lined with hand dyed fabric ..

I covered a small journal and have been playing around with some simple tote shapes and fabric combinations ...

Some with drawstrings ....

Who loves Lucy?

I printed this via the inkjet printer .....

This is a Belle bag - except the plastic handles are all wrong - too large for this bag ...

This City Bag used a textured panel - a piece of Kimono fabric attached to Texture Magic and shrunk up ...

I really need to work on a better way to photograph bags .... I could have at least Brasso -ed the tap!

More funny shaped bags ...

I also made a belt - printed the design via the inkjet, and fused on some Lamifix Gloss ...

And that's about it!

Who Needs A Vacation?

Looks like Betty does!.. but before Betty leaves us, here's a brief round up from my clever students ...

Nicole made a great Swing Bag in Sewing Basics 2 ...

Denim and Betty Boop doin the do .....

Here is Cherin's BEFORE ...

And AFTER!

Chop off the hem, put a few pleats in the base - seam it up, make a strap ... and it's UPCYCLING at it's best ... lovely soft leather ......

She's certainly a Kool Kat!

Now ..... the Scottish lassies came back for a Beginners Bag from NicoleM's range ... here is Anne's super glam Day Bag ...

Just marvel at that posh lining!

And here is Alison's super fab Beach Bag .... strictly speaking this is not a Beginners bag, but Alison IS very gifted!

Complete with Purse Feet of course ....

It's a great print - well done Girls!

Speaking of holidays, the NSW school holidays are soon upon us .... why not come along to one of my workshops? Not just for kids .... check out the timetable on my website ......