From fabric painting to house painting...........

Is it only a week since our lovely break in Scotland and The Lakes? 

How time flies!

 We are now completely back to normal again and can be found painting the outside of the house!!  The weather has been spectacular and it has be great have an excuse for being outside!  Exhausting though!!

I have decided to leave last weeks Challenge 2018 un-finished, complete with tacking stitches and papers in place.  At a later point I intend to make a larger version that will be completed!!

So, to this weeks Challenge........I really enjoyed making the samples for my latest workshops and so decided to use a few snippets in a small collage.  It is of course in my favourite colour!!  

Challenge 2018 - Week 20

Before we went away I had the Collage workshop at St Eval and now that we are settled back I thought that I would include a couple photos from our day.  It was a super, very cosy with just a couple of us, but nevertheless it was lovely.  

Younique Collage Workshop

 One of my ladies had been to all 3 workshops and so was able to use samples from them.  The master stroke was to over-lay a transfer dyed sheer which just added an extra dimension.   

Adding Finishing Touches

My other lady found a small twig on her way to the workshop which was the perfect addition to her piece of art.  It included the fabric paper that she created at the previous workshop.

 

Perfect Hanging

I am looking forward to running this course again in a few weeks, and seeing what stunning pieces of work will be produced then.  For now though it is back to a slightly larger paint brush and finish the house!!

Thank you for popping by. 

Carolyn

   

Workout and Workshops

My Challenge 2018 for the week we were away had to be something that I could take with me and easily pick up and do.  So, I drew a quick sketch (I'm no artist) of Mawgan Porth and took a selection of hand dyed fabrics away with me to work with.
  

Week 19 - work in progress 

It just needs a few decorative stitches to bring it to life and complete it.

In the meantime back to our Northern Adventures

After a few days in Scotland we treated ourselves to a 'Break the Journey' overnight stay at Ings by Windermere, which turned into two!!

A long way up!

 A stunning walk up to Stickle Tarn along Stickle Ghylls which was a workout for the heart and knees, but I'm pleased to say both behaved and were up to the challenge.  

Stickle Ghyll

I could have found a new outlet for my affections and need to have a strong word with my 10 year old self that prevented me venturing back to the Lakes in the past!!

My Flickr page will have more photos from Scotland and The Lakes.  If you would like to take a look please click on 'My Inspiration' at the side of this blog  .

Getting back to all things textile, I am excited to say that following a meeting with Stacey & Darius I will shortly be running some workshops at The Sewing Studio Redruth.  

The first one will be '5 metres of Hemp' on Friday 10th August.  

Snap-shot of '5 metres of Hemp'

This is a collage using purchased fabric with a design that can be extended with stitch.

Other dates are:

Friday 7 September Vintage Wall Hanging. 

Snap-shot of Vintage Wall Hanging

Following a pattern make a personalised wall-hanging with photo fabric, lace and buttons

Friday 26 October Christmas Collage.  

Snap-shot of Christmas Collage

Using your own creativity make a seasonal wall art collage using scraps of purchased Christmas fabric, decorated with hand and machine stitch.

Friday 23 November Angus Cushion.  

Snap-shot of Angus

A very popular workshop that I am delighted to run again. The cushion mixes wool, linen and various weights of cotton together with a photo of your choice on photo fabric. 

Also at the Catalina room St Eval I will be re-running the 3 part Collage workshop for those of you that missed it first time and have had your appetite whetted.  There will be plenty of hands on practise as well as demonstrations of each technique.  All you need to bring is an apron, some fabric scraps and a little free spirit, the rest including all paints, dyes and papers will be available each day.  If nothing else the coffee and biscuits are pretty good!

Thursday 14 June - Day 1 - Transfer Dyes, Stencils & Mark Making #1

Thursday 28th June - Day 2 - Fabric Paper, Painting Fabric & Mark Making #2

Thursday 12 July - Day 3 - Create your own Collage

I will be adding to these dates shortly with new workshops trying out different techniques.  

The details for all my workshops can be found on my website.  

Bookings for the Catalina Room are via my website but for The Sewing Studio or Coast and Country they are via their websites, thank you.

Thank you again for popping by.  

Carolyn

From Fabric Paper to the Isle of Arran........

Again a little delay in my blogging..........this time due to a rather lovely break in Scotland followed by a couple nights in the Lake District!

 

But before we get to that...............Day Two of the Collage Workshop at 

St Eval, was a fabulous day, thank you Ladies.

Inktense Blocks

We had a great time adding colour to fabric with my favourite medium - Inktense Blocks 

Fabric Paper

Making some beautiful pieces of Fabric Paper! 

First Free Machining

And also investigating 'mark-making' with Free Machining and another spot of Hand Stitching. 

It was great to see my enthusiasm for these techniques rubbing off.....

Artist at work!

  I'm looking forward to seeing which of these new and 'younique' fabrics will be used in the collages at this weeks Workshop.  Photos will of course follow. 

  

Not wanting to miss out on any opportunity, I couldn't resist showing the ladies the effect of heat (in the form of an iron) being applied to a beautifully painted plastic bag which had been used to protect the table! The resulting texture will most likely become part of my Challenge 2018 at some point!

Talking of my Challenge, I seem to have a little catching up to do, so here are the latest two that I have finished.

Challenge 2018 - Week 17

 Week 17 is another weave.  While I was getting samples ready for last workshop I used a small piece of muslin to 'mop-up' the excess paint.  

The resulting fabric was rather lovely and so I used it for the challenge. 

Challenge 2018 - Week 18

Challenge 2018 - Week 18 is a study of stitches on a piece of Inktense painted fabric.  I have been making samples up for the workshops and loved the simplicity of the stitches, so decided to use them to add texture to the fabric.   

Now back to our northern adventures.....

Arran in the Sunset

Every now and then we all need to step away from the norm and take a little time out. 

This was us, so a trip to Scotland was called for to visit our oldest and dearest Friends. 

Corsewall Point

The weather was very kind and showed Ayrshire off at its very best. 

Brodick - Isle of Arran

We also had a long a-waited trip to the Isle of Arran, which was planned to perfection with flat calm seas for both the out-going and home-coming ferry crossings. We whiled away several hours beach combing in the glorious sunshine and came home with some rather lovely 'finds'.  

Brodick Beach - Isle of Arran

The Gorgeous Girl was a superstar and had the greatest fun with her oldest pal. 

I was very spoilt, while we where there and was treated to a 'school loom' from WeftBlown, which I am so excited about using.  

I love doing a bit of weaving, (you may have noticed if you follow my blog) and have wanted a loom for a while now.  

It will be an adventure experimenting so please watch this space for my attempts. 

Thank you again for popping by, there will be more on our adventures in the north in my next blog......

Carolyn