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!

Curved Flat Bag with Some Shine

... and sew it seams that there is no end to the ways one can embellish a bag ...

This is NicoleM's Curved Flat Bag - stylish and simple in denim and ...

Angelina (Fusible) Film and Lamifix ..... this is fun ..... get some online from The Thread Studio in Perth....

The films are fusible -just cut and fuse - I popped a few little bits of fabric in between some of the layers, and then stitched them on with 2 embroidery variegated threads on the top of my machine. The colours in the Angelina Film range are wonderful .... and they reflect the light beautifully ....

Magnetic catches keep the whole thing together when required.... plenty of room inside....

I just hand stitched the flap to the lining on the inside - quite firmly - rather then stitching through all layers and having the stitching show on the right side - sew far sew good ....

Want to learn to make one???? If you live within kooee of me (Newcastle, Central Coast - a great day out for Sydney siders) check my website for my current teaching timetable ....