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You can still see all the previous posts (if the mood takes you!) via the 'Previous Address' link (under 'Archives') to the old blog, but from now on this is the place to be!
And so, without further ado, here's what I've been up to in the studio this week...
You can still see all the previous posts (if the mood takes you!) via the 'Previous Address' link (under 'Archives') to the old blog, but from now on this is the place to be!
And so, without further ado, here's what I've been up to in the studio this week...
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With just under two weeks to go until the Ladies' Night do, I've added another two pieces to the new collection - just a couple more to go and I think I'm done!
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Hoopla: Black sinamay hattinator
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Orbital: Nude sinamay percher with nude silk dupion edging and sphere,
nude and chocolate silk dupion rouleaux
nude and chocolate silk dupion rouleaux
Pheasant Pleasantries
After some more internet research (including several visits to variously weird and wonderful taximdermy sites!), I managed to gather everything I required to clean and shape pheasant feathers - hardware included a freezer and hair straighteners(!?) - to adorn this fab tweed perching topper. It's already been claimed by one of my Ascot Girls, and will hopefully be spending a couple of weeks in Linda Harper's window in the meantime! I think Lady Rachael has some serious adventures coming her way! :)
  | Lady Rachael: Scottish tweed topper on canvas foundation with pheasant feathers and chocolate merry widow veiling |   |
elton Done !
Lesson Number Three for those who have followed Elton's story so far and want to have a crack at thread doodling yourselves - do not (I repeat do not) use permanent marker to draw your template onto the aqua film: turns out that when the film dissolves the ink is left to its own devices...! >_< Luckily it wasn't too disastrous - I touched up the offending keys with a teeny tiny paint brush and fabric paint, which has actually been a success in itself because it really made the keys pop against the black piano body! I'm putting this one down to fate ;) (And three cheers for Shrek the Sewing Machine!)
| Elton: Free motion machine embriodery black and gunmetal grey piano on sinamay base |   |   |
Handmade Monday
Don't worry, we're still linking up through Handmade Harbour! Pop over here and see what my fellow creative types have been up to this week.
Have lovely sunny days in the meantime - I'm off to see Rose to learn how to work with straw, frankly beyond excited! There'll be some sneaky peak pictures on Twitter and Facebook in the interim, and I'll catch you back here in a couple of weeks!
Have lovely sunny days in the meantime - I'm off to see Rose to learn how to work with straw, frankly beyond excited! There'll be some sneaky peak pictures on Twitter and Facebook in the interim, and I'll catch you back here in a couple of weeks!
