3 ufos bite the dust

finished last night – needlefelted and embroidered panels appliquéd onto wool journal covers; machine and hand stitched edges (ufos = unfinished objects)

journal cover series continues

stitched layers of hand-coloured organza, dyed lace, fabric scraps and thread snippings; background is Japanese fabric fused onto thin wadding (mini journals are moleskines)

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funky felted bags

so much fun at the gallery recently when textile artist june hope came to teach us felting; very pleased with my orange and green bag (note the amount of shrinkage compared to the original template)

origami cards

in between making books – some christmas cards featuring trees made from the pages of a damaged hymnal

still more handmade books

three more editions of this sub-series, featuring altered drink coasters for covers, upcycled brown paper for pages and hand stitched coptic binding; total of 5 now completed