Knitting and Stitching Show

This years Knitting and Stitching show seemed to be full of felting - or at least that is what I feel I was drawn to this year.  Maybe that's what I should be making?  Felt? I will think about that.  I was particularly drawn to the following pieces.....

 Then I also liked the following machine embroidered pieces...

And I also just had to buy some books - these two on felt pieces.......

 This last one, on the left, is for inspiration for later to go with the one I already have , on the right.

maybe that's anther costume in mind??  Oh I have so many ideas in my head and not enough time to do them.  I will also show you Podley in the next post as the first two pictures are done!!

Book review - part 2 - Eco Bundles

In my review of India Flint's book - Eco Colour (see here http://annanowicki.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/review-part-1.html) I mentioned that I was trying two bundles - one hot and one cold.  Well here are the results - disappointing to me because I guess I  don't have the right stuff and I was just 'having a go'.  The colour is quite nice: Top photo was the hot bundle then the next two are the cold bundle.  You can just make out the leaf impressions - not in colour but as an emboss.

I may try again another time when I have worked on the materials required.  I am part way through India's second book - Second Skin - this is fascinating so far - it really is making me think about my wardrobe.  I agree with her about not wasting money on clothing - I don't have many clothes - I buy quality rather than quantity and make sure that the clothes are classic rather than the latest fashion.  India points out just how ecologically unfriendly our clothes are.

A couple of finished projects

When I made Oberon's costume in my Mid Summer Night's Dream Fairy Costume project I had some pieces left over from his hose - these I turned into a bag and forgot to show you.... Here it is Oberon's Mischief Bag...... close up, of all the additional cording. The other project was a small 'journal' make in the style of Ro Bruhn (click HERE to visit her blog and see what I mean). It's only A6 in size (that's 4 x 6 inches) and has about 30 pages - I am quite pleased with it but know I will not 'use' it so I am popping it on Etsy - if it sells ok if not I will just add it to my collection of books. Cover. close up of various pages - a couple are fabric, some art watercolour paper, space to write in, stick stuff in etc.