Quick Dresden Plate

I am teaching The Dresden Plate this month as part of circles, curves and puffs inspiration. This video is so good in explaining how to use the 'Easy Dresden Ruler'.

See my dresden plate HERE

Folded Hearts

I just love these folded woven hearts and have always wanted to know how to make them!
Perfect for Valentines day decorations and can hold a small gift.
So here's how and enjoy.

Genetics

Something to think about, 'Inheritance' in more ways than one!

Exploding Box

I made my Exploding Box Card with Kim @The Gallery Dereham, you can make one too by following similar instructions on this You Tube Video.

See each of my card sections on my daily blog HERE

Embellishing

I took along the Embellisher Machines this week to 'Textile Tuesday and several new students had a play and created an ATC of Embellished Felt. It re- inspired me again and I looked on the internet for more creative ideas on how to mix fabrics and techniques using the machine and found, 'Double Trouble'.
This has given me lots more ideas. Enjoy watching this video with Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn.

Ceramic Corsets

Ceramic Corsets! What can I say! These just show what you can do with different medias.

Corsets

I am teaching many textile techniques on a Tuesday @The Gallery, one of which is costume and corsetry. I am using this fashion item and its elements of design as inspiration for many different projects. See my daily blog for the other projects and some of the experiences I have as an artist.

The surgical corset or under garment has been around for centuries and this video which is astonishing in some respects of how women choose to adapt their lives to fashion.

You can visit my daily blog at www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Steampunk Fashion

This video is very inspirational!

I have just brought a Steampunk outfit and another corset pattern.

I especially love the coat in the video and

the a similar one which I hope to make.

See the pattern on my daily blog at

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Textile Fabric Book

I found this wonderful Fabric Journal made by keeponscraping on You Tube and was really inspired. As some of you may know I have been collecting Dress Forms and items that I could make a scrap book journal but decided that this was far more interesting to start my creativity off for 2012.
See my post of my Fabric Journal Pages on my Blog site
www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

Origami Paper Stars

I have been making and demonstrating how to make these origami stars out of

Christmas Wrapping Paper over the last couple of weeks.

I gave them away to the students who popped into

The Gallery Open Day Session on the 13th of December and sold some for Charity too!

See my blog posts about this on my daily blog below.

Instead of using money I used good quality Christmas Wrapping Paper

and cut the five rectangles, 4" by 7" which made them easier to handle by most

makers.

It was lovely to see people apprehensive at first because of the thought of the star

but as they repeated the points , the star started to come together and when they were holding

their own finished star, they were smiling and appreciating what they could make out of five bits of paper!

Origami can be a daunting skill for some if not made into easy steps and fun!

Enjoy making and sharing these as I have done.

Thank you to all that post wonderful makes and share their creativity on You Tube!

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Night Circus

I have just started reading 'The Night Circus' by Erin Morgaenstern.
I would highly recommend it. Erin's book has sparked off many new ideas for artworks.
Enjoy watching the trailer and reading.

Venice Inspiration

I am working on a new piece of work, a column based on Architecture and buildings decay.

See the column sculpture, 'Jeannetta Sculpiturio' on my art portfolio site

www.art2inspire.co.uk

I saw these wonderful videos on the Venetian Carnival and Experience and it led me down new ways and techniques within the art piece.

Hope it inspires you too!

How to make a Fascinator

I have been making Hats and Fascinators with some of my students on a Textile Tuesday.

I found this video and was 'fascinated' and transferred some of the techniques into our

creations.

See the post on my Quilters Cottage Blog

www.quilterscottagenorfolk.blogspot.com

How to make a Christmas Bauble

I have been making Christmas Ornaments for many years now and I got the opportunity

to make Christmas baubles this month at our Weeting Quilters Group. Enjoy the video and then visit my post at Quilters Cottage to see the wonderful fabrics, trimmings and finished baubles.

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November 5th

I didn't go out this November the 5th but enjoyed viewing some

of the fireworks from a near by display from the our conservatory

as it was raining hard.

Then Stewart and I watched ' V for Vendetta'.

A controversial film about 'The Gun Powder Plot'

and how it may relate to our, "Future".

Enjoy the videos and then you may want to consider the implications of this future!