Tagged: landscape
By The Seaside in St Hilary
At today’s Dyeing to paint session there was a definite feeling that many of us were yearning to be beside the sea.
Janet and Rosie were busy creating some beautiful cards
Jan was busy creating a nautical landscape
And Isobelle brought along the beautiful shells that she created for the last exhibition
Meanwhile Pat, Monica and Rosie, with some direction from Liz were busy decorating a deckchair for the exhibition – hopefully this should draw the crowds
Whilst they were all beavering away other were on a mission preparing backgrounds and experimenting with various resources
Fiona was experimenting with Indian print blocks and achieving some brilliant results
Isobelle was creating background papers for her current project
And Mary was trying out sun dyeing with some pleasing results
She even found time for a chat in the sunshine!
Mary and Liz
The usual fun packed day! Looking forward to more of the same next month when we plan to use the Procion dyes and try out marbling
Creative Use of Hand Dyed Fabric
Today at Dyeing to Paint members were invited to bring along pieces of work that they had completed using some of their own hand dyed fabric – which produced a stunning display of talent!
Pat brought along a silk scarf that she had made. She printed it with Indian wood blocks and then lined it with cotton to produce this beautiful scarf….
Corinne showed a small wall hanging that she had made from a Gillian Travis kit. The fabric at the top and bottom of the piece was hand -dyed by Corinne. She also showed a turtle (wip) which incorporated her own hand dyed fabrics and stencilling.
Keris brought along the same wall hanging which contained some of her own dyed fabric and the backing fabric was some that she had bought in Amritsar. Keris is also working on a piece (alliums) that she created at a previous session where she used a toilet roll and cotton buds to create the allium shapes.
Chris had completed her cockerel and was working on a cushion cover that she had bought. She didn’t like the two horses so she turned them into unicorns and added some stencilling – very creative!
Monica showed a couple of small pieces of work that she had completed following previous trips to India. The Indian flower panel was one of the first art quilts she had ever made. She took the design from a photograph she had taken on a trip to India back in 2009.
The indian lady was also created from a photograph that she took on her travels
Monica had also delved deep into her cupboards to find a fabric book that she started to make a couple of years ago. Sshe showed some of the pages that she had completed and plans to continue with the book over the coming months
Jan was eager to show her coat which she had dyed with a Dylon Dye a new lease of life and a beautiful colour! She spent the day experimenting with her Inktense pencils and is creating some lovely pieces of work
Janet was pleased with a stencil that she had made. A very clear print was achieved from it as well. It is good to start thiking of Christmas early Janet!
Mary brought along a the front of a greetings card that was the perfect stencil to experiment with and she aslo had a go with some new stenicls to create some lovely images
Maggie continued working on images that she had created at the screen print workshop
And we managed to capture some lovely pieces of work that Liz had secreted away in her stash. Lovely landscapes and painted bondaweb
These roses have come out particularly well…
As usual a very busy session with lots of chatter and laughter with heaps of creativity thrown in! Well done everyone
A Mix of Activity
Today’s Dyeing to Paint was, as ever busy with a variety of resources being used to try out new techniques.
Isobelle was experimenting with her gelli plate
and Glynis was creating a sunny picture – love the figures Glynis!
Others tried out the new Thermofax screen to create shell images
And there were some beautiful sea landscapes created
Meanwhile, Sally was getting ahead of herself ready for Christmas!
and Liz and Corinne were busy getting the Bosal ready for next weeks members day
Another happy day in the land of creativity. Well done folks!
Creative Stitched Pictures
Today we welcomed Alison Moger to lead us through a workshop to create pictures with scraps of fabric and machine stitch. And inspiration from seeing Alison’s work inspired those attending to produce some wonderful pieces of work which are showcased below….
Carol Evans
Marie Austin
Amanda Randall
Beti Kemp
Jaci McQuillan
Monica Dennis
Liz Price
Carol Bartlett
Chris Dobson
Sally Wood
Nia Richards
Jan Webster
A very enjoyable day which produced pieces of work to be proud of – well done everyone!
Book Cover day
Wednesday 17 June was the day that a little band of enthusiasts got together to create book covers. And… there was no end of creativity.
Some had planned in advance and came ready to go. Hence Chris motored on and by the end of the afternoon had nearly finished!
Liz had thought through her idea which was a seascape. She had a lovely blue background fabric that suggested waves, and this was cleverly enhanced with a rainbow voile.
Keris used a piece of fabric that she had previously foiled laid over a beautiful purple felt and overlaid with a laser cut piece of fabric and voile. She then started to embelish it with tiny seed beads.
Corinne used a piece of hand dyed fabric, overlaid it with a laser cut piece of fabric and some die cut shapes. After overlaying with voile she started to hand stitch into it.
Hillary used a piece or cotton fabric print, added sequins and hand cut fabric letters. She then had a go at free machine embroidery and by the end f the day her two little books were nearly complete. There are going to be some very happy grand children!
Fiona abandoned her original idea and after rummaging through all the scraps created this lovely cover. And,she incorporated a piece of block printed fabric she made at a recent Dyeing to Paint session.
Bridget was engrossed in making a landscape and by lunchtime was well on the way to completing a lovely cover. She also took lots of bits with her after being inspired with the scraps available.
And whilst keeping an eye on what was going on Monica and Hilary were busy creating in their own way.
Monica started a book cover….
And, Hilary made a dream catcher – testing out one of the proposed activities for the forthcoming Crafternoon Tea
And finally, Keris has a new little grand child and showed us a beautiful baby bag she had made
It just shows there is no end of talent in the group!
Keep an eye out on the designated book cover page to view the finished articles.
Fabric Landscape
Following the foundation piecing demonstration Hilary used the technique to make some lovely greeting cards – here is one of her creations. What a lovely landscape!
Cutting Edge 