What have I been doing??

Sorry I have not blogged for a few days but I am still excited and nervous following my announcement.  I go on Monday to set them up and I hope they will be well received!! In the meantime - in what have I been up to?

Well I had a great day last Saturday with Maggie Harris (click HERE to go to Maggie's blog), playing with collographs and the Big Shot. I did just a couple of prints... very subtle,  and I have been stitching on some of the previous ones (will show you another time).

This one was stronger but its second print was delicious.

 

QUEEN OF HEARTS

I have started a new idea for the Queen of Hearts costume.  I needed first to create a back ground fabric. i need 3.5 metres of black cotton - so I dyed my own and for once it actually came out black!! (Sorry photo is sideways - I hate this new Blogger post writing thing!!)

PIECED QUILT

 I have finally put this quilt together.  The photo does not give it justice - look at the photos HERE for the correct colour way. 

SARI SILK BODICE

I purchased two bundles of recycled sari silk.  

Spent a whole day ironing the stuff - that was an exciting exercise as several of the pieces looked boring until ironed.... see this tangle ...

became.......

 This tangle was

  really exciting when ironed....

  

 Then I stitched the strips to a backing fabric 

and added some sari threads....

Today I cut out a bodice but there is nothing much to show just at the moment. So that's up to date.  I have loads of ideas and not enough time to work on them!!

Peaseblossom is Complete !

See having a couple of days on my own gives me time to work - Peaseblossom covered in the 283 leaves - the flowers ready for adding and the finished costume. More pics on the Body of work blog. Now on to continuing with Oberon and Mustardseed

Vote

As usual I am working on several projects at once. I am planning another corset. I recently dip dyed some of my horrid lace - in turqoise/green/yellow colours and have tried it against six different colour backgrounds. Now I need your votes as to which background looks the best.

There is white, black, redgold, mauve or turquoise. Which do you think looks best? I can't decide - I like them all. I need your help and suggestions.

Titania is finished - at least for now!

My Titania costume is complete. At least as far as I want it to go. I may tweak it later (I had an idea about a wire bustle) but for now it's done. Here are some rather dark, quick photos. I will take more against the black background for my other blog as soon as I get organised and when the light is better. However, for now (sorry they are not too clear esp the back view) - here is the front view, the side view and the back view. Now I am off to work on Peaseblossom - the ideas have been developing nicely in my head!!

Rust Corset Complete

So the rust corset is now complete.. Front view... back view.. What next??

Next Corset - and another sneak peak

So here it is - the next corset - green/gold. It is simple but I think rather lovely (even if I say so myself!!) Front view, back view, close up. And a sneak peak at the next one - already well under construction!!