Altered Apron!

I've made a crafting apron! I loved playing with some fabric scraps I had, and an apron is a great blank canvas to have a go at. I chose some bits and bobs (a couple of stamps, pictures etc) and laid them on my printer/copier. I taped some fabric to a piece of card and fed it through on 'copy'. It printed really well. I am not sure it will be waterproof, but that's OK, I am not planning to wash it. I cut out each item, backed it with wadding and a backing fabric and stitched around the edges. My favourite bit is the little brown stamp. It looks so cute padded out :-) For the 'create' part, I used Tim Holtz masks on plain fabric and sprayed dyes over the top. When it was dry I sent it through the printer taped onto card, having put the word 'create' on a word document. My little brooch was from 7 Gypsies, I added the pearls, letter beads, and pin.

Don't forget the crop tomorrow. Fun with angelina fibres .

YaY! CrOp TiMe

It's our Cannock crop tomorrow. Love it when we get together. I always get so much inspiration and go home with renewed enthusiasm. Ellie is bringing the shop and doing a fab demo on the Tim Holtz dies using leather (hhmmnnnn. Interesting!) . Can't wait for that. At the last Friday night crop I did a demo on using polymer clay to make buttons. It's easy and enjoyable. Above is a picture of the ones I made.

Hobbycraft Inspiration

I had a brilliant day at the NEC Hobbycraft show. There was tons of inspiration. I LOVED the Artist Trading Post stand! I didn't realise they were so close - near Buxton. Anneliese Bates was the demonstrator, and she great. So many good ideas, so check out her blog. I bought a fantastic old printers tray for £10 from them, after seeing what Annaliese had done with hers. This picture was from her blog. I will post mine when it's done.

Friday night crop and demo

Get excited! It's our friday crop this week. It's free! It's friendly, it's fun! I have a demo ready on how to use polymer clay to make embellishments and buttons. I have loved playing and have made some samples to show you. See you there 6 till 9.

Friday night crop

Hey! We have our first evening blog, courtesy of our funding from community education. It's tomorrow night, 6 till 9 pm. There will be a demo, come and enjoy the fun for free!

Evening Crops

I have confirmed the dates for our three evening crops. The last friday in September was not available, so I went for Friday 1st October. The other two are fine, 29th October, 26th November. We have the hall from 6pm till 9pm. Admission is free :D Put it in your diaries.

Shire Hall Exhibition

I called in to the Shire Hall Gallery in Stafford town centre yesterday and fell in love with the exhibition they have on at the moment, called 'A sense of place'. I couldn't take my eyes off of Rachel Grant's collaged pictures of houses and a huge quilt type piece of a map depicting the local area. You must go and see it if you want to be inspired. She has a web site too. www.rachel-grant.com
I have been preparing for my crop class. We are on holiday next Saturday for a week, so I needed to get it done this week. Those who want to do the class will be using embossing as a resist, painting, and making wax embellishments. I loved playing and hope you will too!