Can you see what it is yet ?.........

Yes it's a fabric journal in my usual celebration of colour and texture .......

melted plastic and cellophane with bits and bobs inside .......

Familiar image with bonded papers and fabrics in strips machine embroidered.......

fabric collage and melted plastics .........

the detail on the front cover has been distressed using a heat gun........

Couple of pairs of beads made by melting plastics .......

DAH DAH .................Collapse in a heap .......

Well here it is in all it's glory ...FINISHED .......it has taken me the last 2 1/2 months to sew everything on ...first by hand then by machine and if you have ever tried to get a 4 metre by 2 metre piece of artwork through a domestic sewing machine then you will know it's no mean feat .....at times I have had to have the help of Jocelyn and Jim to take the weight of it .....but everything has been sewn on securely and 114 buttons sewn on by hand......and I am going to deliver it tomorrow to the school where it will be put on a frame and attached to the wall in pride of place .......now I'm back in the real/virtual world so I will be able to visit your blogs now and catch up with all you have been doing .....it's good to be back ............:)...hope you enjoy the pics ..........

Diamonds are forever..........

Still working putting together the textile mural for the Diamond Jubilee ...........last leg now I'm delivering it on Monday ......will have full reveal then .......x

Flutterby...Butterfly

We had a bit of an adventure today ..........:)

We left Southampton train station at 8.10 ......

Great mosaics on the station bridge.........

We ended up in Bath ..........

the sun was shining and the sky was as blue as it could be .......Perfect for butterflies ....

Broad Street Tattoo Parlour .......our artist of the day Fil .......and a brilliant job he did too ...Thanks Fil

Two Tortoiseshell butterflies symbolising our Love.........perfect......x

Misc......

me in the studio yesterday still sewing ...........

A mobile phone cover I made a few weeks back as an example for my feltmaking workshop

A felt cuff .........

Jim and Bob..........

Crazy Bob ......brother to Mickey but Bob seems to have a screw loose, bless him, but we still love him..........