my lace teacher shared a pattern for a little pouch made with ties. i can't resist another pouch and one which is made in a unique way with old ties....i have a huge box of them. a good way to recycle them.
click on the images for close-ups.
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| i followed the directions when making the first one. added a leaf button for embellishment on the front. |
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| the back |
i made the second one with a different type handle.
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| i used my fasturn tool to make some cording with the material left over from the ties used. |
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| the back |
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| the front |
also played with paper this week inspired by Karen Ruane...
i started out just collaging some tissue paper. then decided on the teacup inspired by
Ann Wood who provided a template. i used her template but went in another direction with the embellishing.
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| it started out with tissue paper collage and then some free motion embroidery where i added the lace and then some hand embroidery. |
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| formed the cup and gave it a base |
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| and it needed a hand and a saucer which still has to be given some hand embroidery. |
i really enjoyed doing that. hope to make some more some day with some different pattern designs.
last time, i showed you the results of my black bean dyeing. i've tried it again. did it a bit differently this time and added copper pipe and wire to the liquid, hoping for a deeper blue. i'll be checking it later today and will post the results next time.
it's nice and cool here today, in the 50s, and it feels so good.
wishing you all a great weekend and a productive week ahead.
