Design a Christmas Stocking Competition

Here is your chance to have your very own Christmas Stocking made that you have designed yourself!

Starting from today I want you all to start thinking Christmas, I know its only October but you know what happens, it creeps up on you without you realising what has happened.

You have from now until the 1st of November to design your very own Christmas Stocking. When you have designed it complete with any little pointers regarding decoration you then send it to me at scissorsncloth@rocketmail.com. On the 2nd of November the lucky winner will be chosen and their design will be translated into a fabric work of art just for them! The first prize will also include a few textile type pressies in your stocking.

So get your thinking caps on and get designing! I cant wait to see your fab designs.

Velvety Goodness

I just thought I would show you some of the cotton velvet I had dyed for the Big Textiles Show. I had a wide range of colours and textures to choose from and they sold really well! Here are some of the ones I had left which, conveniently, will be available in my Etsy shop! They are only smallish pieces which are ideal for appliques where you only need a tiny bit. Larger pieces can be dyed if anybody wishes for cushions etc made from it just contact me.

Sewing club launch!!

I am launching a brand new sewing club in Wolverton, the first session begins October 7th.
Classes are every Monday from 7 - 9.30 and Tuesday 12 - 2.30

Come along and learn how to create and decorate fabulous textiles for the home and family, make new friends and learn new skills.

All ages (13+) and abilities welcome.
Learn all the basics; how to use a sewing machine, make new items or customise/alter your own. Or, try your hand at Textile Art and learn how to embellish using creative techniques such as fabric printing, free machine embroidery and appliqué.

If you would like more information please ring me on 07876140154 or take a look at my website www.scissorsncloth@rocketmail.com (will be updated soon).

Booking required due to limited places.

£10 per session all materials provided, discount given on block bookings.

Hopefully we will have lots of fun making colourful creative textiles using lots of different techniques.

A trip to the theatre

I haven't been around for a while because I have had to finish my City & Guilds course which took up a lot of time. But I have finally finished it and I am glad to see the back of it. We started the course such a long time ago it seems and I was determined not to do my usual thing of leaving it all until the last minute. I did a little bit here and there but I still managed to get way behind.

This is my final piece for the City & Guilds Patchwork and Quilting course, it is approximately 1 metre square and I didn't think I was going to get it in my car when it came to dropping it off. Its in a 6 inch deep MDF shadow box so it stands independantly. The peacock is hand sequined, the scenery is layers of hand painted and quilted trees on organza to give the illusion of depth. The fabrics are hand dyed and printed with my own lino cut. If you look closely at the side panels they are printed with the traditional sad/happy theatre masks.

 It was a lot of work, I can never take the easy route if there is a difficult one to go down!

 I have no idea what I am going to do with it when my tutor has finished with it!!

New stuff

Here is some new stuff I haven't shown you before. I have put the cushions on Etsy and I will list the pattern for the Sunny Dayz cushion tomorrow. They are all 16 inch square feather filled cushions with appliqued designs and an envelope back.
The pattern has step by step diagrams aimed at those people who are just venturing into the world of sewing and applique, its dead easy too!

Sunny Dayz

Sunny Dayz

Red Lolly Pops

Orange Lolly Pops