Gloria's Blog

Genie in a Bottle

2011-03-01T09:26:00.000-08:00

Genie in a Bottle

2011-03-01T09:25:00.001-08:00

Have also finished my Shelagh Folgate challenge Genie in a Bottle, So another piece of work to go on the wall, Brian please build me a new wall.!!!!!

Chocolates

2011-03-01T09:17:00.000-08:00

Chocolates

2011-03-01T09:16:00.001-08:00

I have had a great time making chocolates, No not edible ones, fabric ones. I saw the idea in Stitch magazine, so it just had to be done. Hope you enjoy.

Trees

2011-03-01T09:11:00.000-08:00

Trees

2011-03-01T09:10:00.000-08:00

I painted a landscape on some silk last year and never did anything more, but finally I have now embellished it, using fabric and wools and embroidery threads. It was great fun to do.

Toran Toran

2011-02-20T13:48:00.000-08:00

Toran Toran

2011-02-20T13:46:00.000-08:00

Well I have been working on the latest project from Shelagh Folgate it was to make a set of bunting, It used lots of techniques which were fun to do and I used my favourite word DREAM on the pennants. I made it double sided and it is hanging in the doorway between my studio and sewing room.

Embellished Stitched Landscape

2011-02-08T09:07:00.000-08:00

I have been having fun making this landscape wallhanging, I chose the fabrics first, some I had dyed and a couple I had rusted. I then embellished scrim, threads and lace onto it, then embroidered more threads and then beaded it all. Feel quite sad it is finished now.

Embellished Stitched Landscape

2011-02-08T09:05:00.001-08:00

Dry Felted Nine Patch wallhanging

2011-01-30T08:22:00.000-08:00

Dry Felted Nine Patch Wallhanging

2011-01-30T08:20:00.000-08:00

Well I am taking Dale Rollerson's Hot Needles and Cool Stitches Workshop and our first lesson is on dry felting, , I made nine samples and then made them into a wallhanging. It was very addictive and shall have to make further samples, Great fun.

Felted picture frame

2011-01-27T05:36:00.001-08:00

Picture Frame

2011-01-27T05:33:00.001-08:00

I then decided to add a picture frame to a piece of work I did about 6 years ago, it was using a Japanese programme to turn a photo into an embroidery. I used soft merino wool toppings and dry felted them using Dale Rollersons method of rolling it in bubble wrap. Then embellished it with the babylock and added some felted leaves and beads. Another project done. All part of my New years Resolution to get things finished.

"Passionata"

2011-01-27T05:32:00.001-08:00

Passionata

2011-01-27T05:29:00.000-08:00

Well the second challenge for Shelagh was to make a doll - a muse- so here is my idea of my muse, She is called " Passionata" as I am passionate about mixed media artistry. I loved making her and am going to have a go at making other types of dolls. I had dyed all the fabric and have dry needle felted her skirt.

2011-01-27T05:27:00.000-08:00

Lollipop Lane

2011-01-27T05:23:00.000-08:00

This was Shelagh Folgate's Smashees Workshop, one every month. This is the December project, it is a folder cover for an A4 folder, Lots of different techniques and great fun to do.

Rosey Rosey

2011-01-27T05:22:00.000-08:00

I have been busy this week trying to finish projects and also to catch up with Internet Challenges.
This one is Rosey Rosey by Shelagh Folgate and was from last year. Well its finished now.

Rosey Rosey

2011-01-27T05:19:00.000-08:00

Snowflakes

2011-01-18T01:47:00.001-08:00

Snowflakes

2011-01-18T01:44:00.001-08:00

Well I know its not Christmas any more, but lots of people still have snow, so I finished my snowflake tree, stitched out on my Husqvarna and hung on tortured willow from my garden.

Freeform Knitting

2011-01-14T11:50:00.000-08:00

A close up of the various knitted sections.

2011-01-14T11:49:00.000-08:00

Freeform Knitting

2011-01-14T10:08:00.000-08:00

This is my first attempt at Freeform Knitting. I started with a diamond shape and then just picked up stitches from the shape and knitted off in all directions, Very addictive. I used all odds of wool and incorporated gold embroidery threads. I then backed it with some dyed cheescloth and embellished it on my BabyLock. It is very soft and very warm, just right for this cold winter.

2011-01-14T10:06:00.000-08:00

2011-01-13T04:03:00.000-08:00

Nativity Creche

2011-01-13T03:59:00.000-08:00

Before Christmas I was invited to make and display a Nativity Creche at an exhibition in our nearby City. Brian helped me to make the shape from wood and I embossed and painted copper shim and then cut into shapes and machine embroidered these onto felt covered with organza.
The Icons on the back inside walls were printed onto tissue paper and then laid over gold card. The Rose window was printed on to acetate. The figures were made using wire frames and then covered in Paverpol soaked fabric, the faces were Model Magic in moulds. I was very pleased with the end result and hope you like it too!

2011-01-13T03:45:00.000-08:00

New Year 2011

2011-01-07T21:56:00.000-08:00

Hi Everybody, I have been very remiss and have not blogged for nearly a year. I had two major operations last summer and just haven't had the inclination to Blog, but now it is 2011 and I promise to Blog every week starting now!!!!
I am going to hibernate, like a Butterfly for the next three months and really do some serious art things. Starting with Dale Rollerson's Hot Needles, Cool Stitches Workshop and Shelagh Folgate's Smashees. So watch out for some new work to appear. Happy New year to you ALL.

Watercolour wallhanging

2010-05-30T05:34:00.001-07:00

Watercolour wallhanging

2010-05-30T05:33:00.000-07:00

Managed to fit this small wallhanging in amongst other art projects. Its was great fun matching the fabrics.

Organza challenge

2010-05-30T05:30:00.000-07:00

Shelagh Folgate Challenge

2010-05-30T05:29:00.000-07:00

Well, I have at last finished my Shelagh Folgate challenge, it was not too artistic but its finished and looks good against a window with the sun shining through. Just need the sun to shine now!!!
Enjoy

Jelly Roll Tryptich

2010-05-26T08:26:00.000-07:00

Jelly Roll Tryptich

2010-05-26T08:21:00.000-07:00

Last year at the Malvern Show I bought a Jelly Roll and joined the strips together whilst away in our caravan, I finally got around to making something with the strips this Easter, I added some cor-ordinating fabrics and decided to use the templates from Louise L. Smith's book Strips and Curves, I designed the layout myself and used two different size blocks, Thats why the centre panel is shorter than the two outside panels. I am very pleased with the finished wall hanging and brian has hung it in our salle du jour. (day room) Enjoy

2010-05-26T08:15:00.000-07:00

Flower Pounding

2010-05-26T08:12:00.000-07:00

Well , there is a new craze around, its called Flower Pounding and its great fun, I book the book at the Nantes expo and went to stay with my great friend Wendy, near Toulouse and we both had a great time Flower Pounding, its just collecting fresh petals from the garden and laying them on to calico or silk and covering either with more calico or masking tape and using a wooden mallet, pounding the petals until the dye comes into the fabric, it give the shape of the petal and the colours are gorgeous, leaves are brilliant too. Well worth a try!

Table Centre

2010-03-31T09:07:00.000-07:00

I made this table centre at my Patchwork Group here in Benet, all done by hand which is very unusual for me. The fabric doesnt look very black in the photo, sorry.

Table Centre

2010-03-31T09:06:00.000-07:00

2010-03-31T09:02:00.000-07:00

Lutrador Boxes

2010-03-31T09:01:00.000-07:00

I had greatfun with Di my friend from Paris making these little Lutrador Boxes as articled in Stitch magazine,

Maggie Grey Tutorials

2010-03-09T07:35:00.000-08:00

Maggie Grey Tutorials

2010-03-09T07:31:00.000-08:00

I have been having immense fun working my way through the Internet tutorials from Maggie,
one lesson was to use Moulding Paste and Scrim and make a mould and insert it in the scrim and make it into a piece of work. Here is my interpretation.

Textured Wallhanging, Dream Love and Enjoy

2010-03-09T07:29:00.000-08:00

Dream, Love and Enjoy

2010-03-09T07:26:00.000-08:00

I have had such fun making a wallhanging using a Jacqueline Sullivan technique and Golden Acrylics. I prepared an Art Board using textures such as aluminuim foil, modling paste, lace , scrim etc. then these were overpainted using Golden acrylics and Interference colours, What fun it was to do. I cut the text out using my Cricut Expression. I am not sure the photo gives it full justice, but I am very pleased with it. Enjoy

Shelagh Folgate Challenge

2010-03-09T07:23:00.000-08:00

Shelagh Folgate Challenge

2010-03-09T07:21:00.000-08:00

Ages ago I did a challenge with Shelagh Folgate but never managed to finish it, so with this really cold weather I have been staying in and finishing UFO,s I stressed over how to finish it and then suddenly one day Bingo, I got an idea and here it is, hope you like it Shelagh

2010-03-09T07:20:00.000-08:00

Golden acyrlics on Aluminium

2010-03-09T07:19:00.000-08:00

I have already made a small vessel using acrylics on aluminium and decided to make a tall vessel, I was really pleased with the way this one turned out.

2010-03-09T07:18:00.000-08:00

Covered Spiral Bound Book

2010-03-09T07:17:00.001-08:00

Well I wasnt happy with my spiral bound book cover so redid the tissue on the front cover and am very happy withit now.

2010-02-14T08:25:00.000-08:00

Today is Valentines Day and I decided to surprise Brian with a gift and a card.
I made some fabric paper using the Beryl Taylor method and then cut out lettering using my Cricut Expression and the new programme I have bought, Make The Cut, is was very good and very easy to use, I made an extra heart in more red rose fabric and made a papercard box to house it, all embellished in tru Valentine fashion. He loved them both and then made ME tea in bed. Cool hey.

2010-02-14T08:24:00.000-08:00

2010-02-14T08:22:00.000-08:00

I was lucky enough on my trip to the UK in October to visit
Ally Pally and to see Steffi Francis, I bought her Silk Carrier Rod Necklace Kit and here it is finished, It is very pretty

2010-02-14T08:20:00.000-08:00

Sorry for amount of new entries

2010-02-09T08:56:00.000-08:00

Well, at last I am caught up with my Blogging, I am sorry there are so many entries, but please take the time to scroll down to the Textured Sampler wallhanging I posted in September and come back up from there. Enjoy!!!

Friendship Hugs

2010-02-09T08:18:00.000-08:00

I then decided to make little paper boxes to put the Friendship Hug Heart in and give them as gifts. I hope you like all the new projects I have had such fun in making, Watch this space for more soon!!!

2010-02-09T08:17:00.000-08:00

Friendship Hugs

2010-02-09T08:16:00.000-08:00

I then saw an idea which I thought would be fun and made some of these hearts for Valentines Day but I used rose fabrics, instead of Red fabrics.

2010-02-09T08:15:00.000-08:00

2010-02-09T08:14:00.000-08:00

Golden acyrlics on Aluminium

2010-02-09T08:12:00.001-08:00

2010-02-09T08:09:00.000-08:00

Silk Carrier Rod Box

2010-02-09T08:08:00.001-08:00

We then made a Silk Carrier Rod Box from the December issue of Stitch magazine, We unravelled the carrier rods and laid them vertically onto pelmet vilene and overstitched using a heavy thread in the bobbin, This was lined in a dyed felt. This was a lovely project to make.

Covered Spiral Bound Book

2010-02-09T08:06:00.000-08:00

This project we used a spiral bound notebook and recovered the back and front covers with tissue paper and then sprayed these with Moonglow sprays, We then made a felt spine cover and embellished it with transfoiling and machine embroidered pipe cleaners.

2010-02-09T08:05:00.000-08:00

2010-02-09T08:03:00.000-08:00

Baby wipe book cover

2010-02-09T08:02:00.000-08:00

This little notebook had a cover which had been made from procion dyed baby wipes, the effect was like silk, We made signatures to go inside and handstitched them in place.

2010-02-09T08:00:00.000-08:00

Three day retreat

2010-02-09T07:58:00.000-08:00

The next exciting thing to happen was that my friend Diana from paris came to stay for four days, a sort of retreat, we had a truly great time, played and made art for three solid days. Here are some pictures of our fun.

2010-02-09T07:56:00.000-08:00

2010-02-09T07:54:00.000-08:00

I then found time to finish a project I had started before taking our trip, a pink on black velvet handbag, foiled, embroidered and beaded. This proved to be quite a challenge, but Yo! its done.

Snowbabes

2010-02-09T07:52:00.000-08:00

Snowbabes

2010-02-09T07:51:00.000-08:00

My Patchwork group here in Benet had a Christmas Fayre and I made Snowbabes to sell on our stall, they were a huge success and great fun to make, Here is a picture

2010-02-09T07:36:00.000-08:00

Starting my Blog up again

2010-02-09T07:30:00.000-08:00

Hello everybody,
Gosh where has the time gone, Brian and I went off for three months travelling across France and over the Alps into Italy then up the foothills of the Alps to the North Coast of France and over to England and then off to New York for Brian's 65th Birthday Bash and to see my youngest son and his wife and our two grandchildren, then back to England for a month to catch up with all our friends before Christmas. We dashed home just in time for all our family to arrive for Christmas and we had the best Christmas we have had for years.
Then I caught a cold, which became flu and then bronchitus, then an abycss in my throat, Oh dear another 6 weeks gone by.
So at last I am feeling better and ready to start blogging again.
I have done some small projects during this time, the first being some whacky Angels for the Christmas tree, I made many of these and gave them as gifts to my girlfriends for Christmas.

Textured Surfaces Sampler

2009-09-11T09:12:00.000-07:00

Textured Surfaces Sampler

2009-09-11T09:09:00.000-07:00

Hello, well at last I have finished my textured surfaces wallhanging, each block is a different technique in creating a textured surface. I used moulding paste for the first time and loved it, I also experimented with a brand of paints , Golden Fluid Acrylics and Interference Paints, they brought a wonderful colour and sheen to the work. Enjoy

2009-09-11T09:08:00.000-07:00

Killed Catalogue

2009-09-11T09:03:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody,
Well I have added a new photo of the Killed Catalogue as I have added a small addition to it, see if you can find it.

Killed Catalogue

2009-09-02T23:01:00.001-07:00

Killed Catalogue

2009-09-02T22:57:00.000-07:00

Hi, Well at last I have finished my Killed Catalogue, an Internet project from Maggie Grey, We had to leave a slashed crumpled mail order catalogue, mine was a Patchwork catalogue from Cotton Patch, my favourite Quilting shop in Birmingham UK. out in the winter elements for 3 or 4 months, it blew away and got muddy and soggy and then dried and then Dessie the dog took it on a visit of the garden. Finally it came indoors and then I set to, to paint, embellish and generally have a great deal of fun making it into this wonderous piece of ART, Heheheh. So hope you Enjoy!!!

2009-08-18T03:31:00.000-07:00

Enjoying the summer

2009-08-18T03:29:00.000-07:00

Hi everybody, sorry I have been absent for so long but have been enjoying a wonderful summer in the Vendee, the best we have had for years. The Pool has been fantastic and a terrific place to cool off. But at last I have made something, it is a Blades box from Workshopontheweb by Angie Hughes, I just love her work and really enjoyed making it. Hope you enjoy too!

2009-06-28T12:33:00.000-07:00

We were cutting down a tree damaged by recent storms on Wednesday when suddenly we found this nest with baby birds in, we covered up the nest with branches and luckily the mummy bird understood and kept feeding them, sorry but the photo is a little blurred , but they were sleep and I moved a leaf which was in the way and suddenly all four beaks were open and I just snapped without checking the focus. I checked them Saturday evening and all were well, I checked this evening (Sunday) and they have all flown the nest, well I hope that is what has happened!!!

Lutrador

2009-06-28T12:30:00.001-07:00

This piece of work but done to try out the product Lutrador, the background was tissue glued onto watercolour paper with pva and then painted and stamped. Then Lutrador was painted and cut into petals and then wool threads were stitched with machine stitching to create a centre vein, they were then beaded. The stamen centres were pellon cut into heaxagonals and stitched and beaded.
I was very sad when this piece was finished as I really enjoyed the process.

Lutrador

2009-06-28T12:27:00.001-07:00

Handbags

2009-06-28T12:22:00.001-07:00

Hi Here is my latest handbag, the base is black velvet and that has been transfoiled and then embellished with glitzy fabric and wool pieces and then overlaid with organza and zapped with the heat gun, then beaded. Enjoy

2009-06-12T01:31:00.000-07:00

Sundial

2009-06-12T01:30:00.000-07:00

This is another project from the Angie Hughes Book, I love this article, especially the textures it includes. This is the sundial open and I will then post a picture of the outside when it is closed.

2009-06-12T01:28:00.000-07:00

Book Cover

2009-06-12T01:26:00.000-07:00

I made this book cover from the Angie Hughes Book, Stitch, Cloth, Paper and Paint, it includes stitching to create texture, and is then painted and coated with Acrylic Wax.

2009-06-12T00:19:00.000-07:00

Indian Bird Mobile

2009-06-12T00:18:00.000-07:00

Well at last I have found time to do some more art projects. Just started playing with these indian birds and they are quite addictive.

2009-06-12T00:07:00.000-07:00

Back in France

2009-06-06T06:13:00.000-07:00

Well we are now back home for the summer, and today its raining, have opened the pool but too cold to swim. Oh dear I shall just have to go into my studio and do some art. How difficult can that be!!!!
Tomorrrow I have a friend coming for one whole week, we are going to play art all week.

So will post some pictures as soon as I can.
Have a good week
Gloria

Where does the time go!!

2009-05-20T03:56:00.000-07:00

Hi Everybody, Sorry I havent posted for a month or so, been very busy travelling to and fro to the UK. Went for two weeks, then back to France for two weeks, and now back again for 4 weeks. Having a great visiting with the grandchildren, trying to see as much of them as I can before they leave to live in New York for 6 months. So have little time for arting, but have started working on a couple of projects, So watch this space as they say.

2009-04-09T07:40:00.001-07:00

I made this wall hanging last year, but I shall take it to the Fayre as an example of the type of mixed media work I do.

2009-04-09T07:39:00.000-07:00