sew party saturday...

yesterday was the sewing party for work and we had demos going for bags, block of the month, kids jammy pants and also the kids could make a no sew scarf or no sew tutu...

i demo'd art journal covers and self mitering bunny rugs.

when i went away on the Bacchus retreat, i made two bunny rugs for charlies friend who was having a baby......i thought she had told me it would be boy so picked boy fabrics... as you do...i must have dreamt it but as luck would have it she DID have a boy :)

see i just knew all along :)

these are the ones i demo'd ....
i found this video tutorial here...






i then made these two journal covers using a really simple construction method from these beautiful new fabrics at work.

front cover


back cover


front cover

ive bought more fabric so i can make some more covers for the market in june...it is such a beautiful vintagy range....

ill be back later with my next face :)

Art Journal covers

a couple of months ago, i was lucky enough to get to work with another group of koori students, teaching something textile based. we dyed up silk scarves one week and then made a4 journal covers for their art journal. they could make their own design or copy mine.....some of them did really funky lettering and went to town with the stitching....

we used fabric that they had been practicing their tye dying on ...they ripped and then glue sticked to stiffened calico with some some random sewing.
i was really happy with how they turned out.......and i think they really enjoyed it...

these are my two class ones...

and heres a few photos of the students work.........

front....i showed them how to make fabric beads for the ribbon .....

back....

small a3 cover wip, believe it or not this was black dye but it came out this beautiful indigo color. i intend to free motion over it when i can find my foot :(
this was done with rubber bands....

and this with pebbles....

ONE WORLD ONE HEART......:)

So its that time again .......... ONE WORLD ONE HEART 2011

What a fantastic event, i had so much fun last year visiting tons of blogs and meeting new people.

It was also sooooo exciting checking in each day and seeing how many bloggers had visited me :)

So what is OWOH 2011? [you can click the link above for more information]

Well its a coming together of the blog community run by Lisa Swifka from a whimsical bohemian., a chance to meet new bloggers and make new friends.
All the blogs are hosting a giveaway or door prize and it runs from the 30th Jan until 14th February....so keep checking in as new blogs are added daily.....
This years is the last event having run for 5 years, I can only imagine what a ton of work this is to organise so THANK YOU Lisa for all your wonderful effort :)

So i welcome you to my little corner of bloggyland in Australia :)
I like making mixed media in my spare time which is not as often as i like as i work part time...insert nearly full time :(
I love to get my hands dirty with glue and paint... but also love getting the sewing machine out and playing around. I'm into bright colors, layers and lots of texture and will have a go at any technique, sometimes with success, sometimes not! i love to share and often have tutorials, something im hoping to do more of this year.
My family are arty crafty so there is usually something messy going on in our teeny house !

I have 3 door prizes this year to give you more of a chance to win :)


3 A5 covered art journals.

They have blank pages with painted and sewn pattern tissue paper covers from Roben-Maries wonderful tutorial.

I really enjoyed making these and have so many ideas for making heaps more, just need to get some more old paper patterns...






I'm opening my blog prize to bloggers and non bloggers as i often receive comments from people who don't have blogs. They contribute to the blogging community too, so you are very welcome here :)

I will anounce three winners on the 18th February my time and winners one and two get to choose...:)

So i look forward to meeting you and i'll also try really hard to get around to visit your blogs as well as the the other owoh participants.....

have a good OWOH :))) oh and spread the word.....