Kirigami craze...

I came across this lovely Kirigami (origami and paper cutting) kit in a local toy shop, Playful, and was drawn to the beautiful paper and shape of the paper balls.

I'm very in love with the paper and wish the designs were on fabric too.

Dreaming of this on fabric....

Can't contemplate using this yet....too gorgeous!

Because I want to fuss over the beautiful paper for a while I copied the template and made up, with the help of Craft Club members & my daughter and her friends, the following paper balls using paper from IKEA.

With thanks to Emma, Nina & Hettie

With thanks to the Craft Clubbers!

Aren't they 









gorgeous?

Flower power @ Craft Club

Here's something to make with the ribbons you've collected from gifts, stashed away in a drawer.


This project is from a book called Fabric Flowers by Kate Haxell. Cutting, twisting and stitching. Rather sweet, we think. Mr J come along and made a flower! 

On display....in AG7!

Red bias binding & the path comes out of the picture -
nice touch

Craft Club - Hockney piece finished!

I'm proud to reveal the finished piece here and now all we need to do is work out how and where to display it at school. More sticking than sewing but lots of creative energy went into this one - a big well done to my lovely Year 7 crafters!

Amazing what you can do with a bunch of suffolk puffs and a stash of goodies from the Scrap Store!

What next?

Craft Club Hockney inspired fabric creation...

I stitched background fabric together, added a grid of squares to represent the canvases and created a felt path.


Stitchers got busy making more Suffolk Puffs, cut out leaves for the path and arranged the flowers. Our time is so limited, so at home I glued the leaves to the path, glued the stems and leaves down.


Puffs now need stitching on and on Tuesday group can make decisions about the rest of the construction.


A great team effort!

Copyright Hockney

Mixed media course 2 - Resin work

I've collected images, scraps and kept birthday and christmas cards just for this event! Tonight we created mini-collages, used paper cutters to create small and large discs to cover with resin....F.U.N. , as my daughter would say!

Vicky from Paper Village shared her top tips and guided us through the process. I've left my creations at the shop and will think about what to do with them when I can touch them. The resin creates bevelled domes over the images.

Here's what I made - I'm thinking jewellery, badges, brooches...endless! Personalised goodies...

Christmas cards are a good source of images

I like the Easter bunny scrap image & something
for the 'Geographer' too..

There had to be birds somewhere - this one is
from some wrapping paper

Craft club - Hockney inspired fabric creation

Suffolk puffs, a heap of gorgeous fabric from the scrap store & a bit of inspiration from my recent visit to the Hockney exhibition at The Royal Academy has prompted the collective project for the craft club.

I was wowed by this image and so were year 7 when I showed them.

Ours may be titled

THE ARRIVAL OF SPRING IN KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL IN 2012 (TWENTY TWELVE)

The beginnings....

Some fiddling with the composition 

My job is to stitch the green background fabric together and do a bit of free-machining on it. 

Watch this space as the project blooms!

Alli

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Stuffing hearts at Craft club

Finished hearts. Proud pupils!

The crafters, who come to the club I run at work, have been busy stitching these wonderful hearts by hand and stuffing them with lavender. It's great to see their smiling and happy faces leaving with their finished projects. Watch this space for more creations.