Wedding Garter

Did you guess what I was making?

It's been a long time since I made my first. I had to have a bit of practice with my bullion roses.

Now for the difficult bit...

 Embroidering bullions through gathered and elasticated silk...

 A little on the tricksy side...

 But I think it worked out....

 Beautifully!

 Let's hope the bride thinks so!
Fingers crossed!

Till next time
love Fi x

Foxy Fowler II

Hello or maybe it's time I said Merry Christmas! 

 Tis mighty dark and stormy here in the hills tonight. The tops of the fells have a dusting of snow...brrr.

Sneaky dog is curled up on the sofa next to me and I'm trying to resist my 3rd mincepie of the day.

 So... Let me introduce you to Foxy Fowler made with love and fluff.

 He's been designed for the lovely Rowena, to remind her of her Nan and a childhood memory of 'Foxy Fowler' a moth eaten fur stole! I'm sure you'd love the story but it's not my tale to tell unfortunately.

 He's not only a felted wool 'painting', I snipped and sewed him into a unique shoulder bag too. Lovely long handles as requested.

 And Autumnal shapes and colours.

Hmm I think he's spotted something interesting...

Maybe it's my Christmas cake, unwrapped for it's final 'feed' before the festivities!

Merry Christmas 

and

I look forward to seeing you all for a look back at 2013.

love Fi x

Violets and Pansies

 Hello my lovelies, I'm playing catch up with my posts again. I'm having trouble keeping up with life at the moment. It's travelling way too fast for me!

 This piece of felt (shown here at the start of the felting process) was a commission for the lovely Alison. She requested a small bag with a flap and a long strap to go across the body. And the theme was violets, pansies and anemones.

 So that's what I made her! 

 I have to admit I was stumped for a long time. 

Inspiration eventually came while out in the car one weekend. We passed a couple hill walking (not unusual here in the hills) and the lady was wearing a purple fleece and the gent was wearing bright blue trousers and there swinging back and forth between the two of them was a bright green plastic carrier bag (probably had their butties in it.) Any way that was all I needed, PING! 

Thank you Alison for being so patient with me and giving me room to wait for the creativity to flow.

 I think it was worth it.

Till next time

love Fi x