Mr Stitchy makes butterflies



I don't try for perfection when I sew...to me it is much more fun if you just let Mr Stitchy have his own way with the fabric




painting doesn't need to be perfect either...art should be enjoyable




don't be afraid to try a vast mix or mediums on your project...

JD was my model for this giant flutterby..,



even Miss Tilly tried it on...





smaller versions...what will become of them?



prepping for the show

I love working at shows, the atmosphere, catching up with friends, shopping, exciting people with brilliant products and techniques...but before all that comes the prep work...the playing with product, the experimenting...the discoveries. I have loved and played with the pictured products for a very long time. I use what I love and love what I use. In August I get to share some of my favorite things with the people of Western Australia...my home state!...my Mum has even told me that she is going to drop in and see me at work! I think I'm nervous, I've never thought that she would be a face in the crowd, watching me, listening to me teaching and sharing my thoughts and ideas.

If by chance you are going to the WA Craft, Quilt and Stitch Show in August, make sure you come and visit me at The Thread Studio stand, we can have a chatter, I can share some of my favorite products, you can create a lovely little "Circle Bloom" to use on a card/LO/OTP or wearable project...and you can buy lots of the wonderful things that I quite often use in my projects.

"Circle Blooms"

flying to Melbourne

I am off to Melbourne next month to teach at A Scrappe Angels Heaven to teach "Owly" and "The Seahorse Project"...I'll be there July 30-31, call the store for full details and to book in

fused

it's no secret that I love fusible films and other heat activated goodies...I love to use my heat gun and wood burning tools whenever I can.

The top photo is shards of fusible film sandwiched between sheets of a product called Magic Film, it stays pretty flexible, so it would be easy to use your sewing machine on it.

The second and third picture from the top is ff shards sandwiched between sheets of Lamifix...this product ends up quite stiff...I don't suggest using your sewing machine on it...you could burn holes and hand stitch easily though. To get yourself either of those products just pop over to The Thread Studio.

The rest of the photos are shards of ff that I fused between full sheets of ff, I heat set with my iron and then used my heat gun and woodburning tools to play around with each piece