postcard packs

As the Brunel Broderers postcards are at the printers we are making a wrap to make them into a collection. The action of wrapping paper, fabric and posting the button makes the pack a desirable object  as well as a selection of beautiful cards. Spent the afternoon stitching strips of calico to paper for our postcard packs. Now just waiting for my buttons to arrive.

More paper

Uses lots of paper. Going to try with fabric......

Paper

Playing with paper to explore gills of mushrooms, 

Ecodyed fabric & papers

Windfall leaves collected at Nature in Art, wrapped in silk noil bundles.  The start of my pieces for our exhibition INSIDE:TUO recording the seasonal changes in the garden. 

Really pleased with the results, especially the pieces dyed with birch leaves. I'll be joining them to create a long thin hanging. 

My steamed papers were even better.

Results of Eco dyeing

Unwrapped my parcels this morning, to find these lovely prints.

Summer Play Day

Unable to attend our summer play day due to illness, I thought I'd try Eco dyeing a few leaves from the garden. Using Acer, Geranium & Oak leaves placed between folds of Khadi paper, with cardboard on the outside tied with string, then steamed for an hour under a weight.

Looking forward to unwrapping my parcels later.

Festival of Quilts

Beautiful delicate paper pieces by textile artists Judith Mundwiler from Switzerland and Gabi Mett from Germany, my favourite gallery at Festival of Quilts.