Tag Tuesday Lace....

well i got a bit behind with last weeks tag tuesday....well, actually a bit confused more like it...i made the heart one for this week instead and then realised last night i still had to make the lace one !
i have been dying to get back to my paint and paper so it was time for change....Blogger is being incredibly slow at posting images tonight....

anyway here tis ...

i found a green tag and gessoed over some plastic lace tablecloth, added some twinks over the top [ love how the gesso resists the twinks] and then cut out a green doily Jan sent me last week as a Thank you :)

i couldnt find anything suitable for the centre but love drawing these little trees and as everybody knows, i just want to pack up and head off ....somewhere, anywhere ..........

no knit scarves....

I love doing these , but, be warned you have to have a sewing machine thats cooperative for working with water soluble plastic and suprisingly my pfaff [the most touchy of machines] actally handled it pretty well with just the ordinary straight stitch foot. got these gorgeous fibres in one hank from spotlight and the antique colored one was just crying out for some lacy bits to be added to it.

heres how you do it. [did the red one at craft on di's lovely long kitchen bench]

youll need water soluble plastic/paper [the length of your scarf less your fringing]
spray adhesive or quilt basting spray, pins, wool/fabric.

lay out you wsp and cut lengths of wool longer than your plastic to allow for fringe.
make it slightly wider than you want and spray plastic before you start laying wool on one side.







lightly spray with adhesive, fold over plastic and pin all over.




now wildy stitch all over [i stitched bug loopy circles on the bottom of the red one to finish it off]

sorry,neglected to take pics :(

just make sure you catch everything and dont worry about being neat, itll be fine once the plastic is off.

soak your scarf according the manufacturers instructions and trim up the fringe.






these scarves are a great way to use lots of different yarns and even fabrics and lace. ive now cut up all my crocheted doilys and merry gave some of her 'vintage' lace from her bridesmaid dresses to finish off the top one which ive just glued on!!

there are quite a few different types of wsp around and it seems to me that the dearer the plastic the better it sews. one year at craft to keep costs down we even used the water soluble laundry bags that the hospitals use, so if you could get your hands on those.............

Mail....

I recieved this gorgeous atc from my friend the 'lovely les 'in Canada. I originally thought the dragonfly embellishment was a 'bought' one but on closer inspection, she made it!!

She sent me this link so you can see how its done. I have been checking my button box to see what else i can use! gotta love hot glue guns!

She also sent me some backgrounds. One of these is the bandana technique [seeing this around a lot lately] I love doodling so this looks like fun.

this next one she made using snowtex, which i think is bit like texture paste.

so i turned it into this....

using some lace scraps [sheer so you can see the background] and a bit of vintage lace from a collar across the bottom. I wanted to add some of my scrawly writing up the side but dont know if the pen will write cleanly so best to leave it as is, i guess!!!!