My Doll finely finished

I have finely finished my Doll. It is a Priscilla McDonald doll. I really enjoyed making her. She is called Celerbration.

She is the same doll as the other girls that I posted a couple of weeks ago.

Mum's mother's day quilt

This is the quilt I made for Mum and she loves Elvis so now she can sleep with him... It will make her day.

My little dog finished. He looks so sweet. Also a little Asian doll I made for my granddaughter for when she comes down in June.

It has been a very cold week here. The nights very cold but the days are lovely and you can sit and feel the sun going into your body. I love this time of the year and early spring.

Until next time

Delia

May is here already

This is the wonderful bark of a leopard tree. A friend has two in her yard and I could not believe the colour in the bark.
This is a little dog I made still have to put his mouth and nose on but he is so cute.

Hi again
Well Easter over. We were very lucky to leave on the Monday morning as that night the river flooded and where we were camped was covered with water. It was nice but was a bit wet.
The last two weeks have been busy for me organising classes for our quilting group and getting ready to teach again.
I still have not finished my doll as I have decided I want to have smaller hands on her. I think the others are to big.
I have made Mum a quilt for Mothers day and an Oriental Doll for my grand daughter.
I will post when I take pic of them.

HAPPY EASTER

My husband is telling me it is time to go so have not time to change these to the right way up. Will do when I get home

Hi All

We are off to spend Easter on the river band of the Mary River on a property near Gympie. There has not been to much rain up there in the last couple of weeks so we are hoping it will stay clear. We decided not to go last year as the weather was wet on the Sunshine Coast and it was beautiful up there so taking the chance and going.

I have a couple of picture of a doll two girls made and mine will hopefully be finished over Easter and I will post mine then.

I wish you all a safe and happy Easter.

Delia

Blue Wren stump work

Blue Wren stump work that a friend made for me. It is just beautiful.

Anzac weekend 8 of us girls are going to one of the girls unit in Caloundra from Friday to Sunday. 3 of us have decided to do this bird or one that free stands on a branch. Can't wait to see how we go with this.

There has been so much rain on the Coast the last few days and flooding in places. We live in land on a property and it poured cats and dogs last night and our drive way is starting to wash out. My husband is down trying to fix it up as there is a lot more rain expected tomorrow.

Ideas I tried out with a couple of friends

Hi there
I would like to share with you the techniques I discovered the other day.
These samples are from the day three of us got together to see what we could come up with.
I think you could use these techniques in art quits, post cards, trading cards, inches whatever.
When I do some I will post them.
All the pieces are soft enough to sew through.


This is Magic Film which I have painted then sewed threads all over it before I ironed the piece. When you iron it the plastic film dissolves but really it is still there where the treads are holding it together but on the edges it dissolves with the heat of the iron. The second one I put in some Angelina threads.

This piece is a piece of Cellophane from a bunch of flowers that I distorted with the iron and then rubbed some Treasure Gold over.

These two pieces are Tyvek painted with Lumiere paint and then hit with the heat gun. I think the Lumiere paint is by far the best to use on Tyvek.

This one is Irise Film and I have used the heat gun on it. Hovering the iron over did not do anything. It would be nice over a piece of coloured material.

Again Irise Film with some Angelina on top and folded over. I then put the heat gun to it as you can see I got a hole.lol Added to the look of the piece. I thought it looked like a butterfly.

Iris Film again with some Angelina and a piece of glitzy material with the film folded over and heated together.

These are Textiva heated with the heat gun. Hovering an iron over the top did not really do much so out came the gun. You can see a plain yellow sheet behind the piece in the second picture. The longer the heat is on the piece the darker it becomes.

Until next time have fun and try out some new ideas.

I am now off to the studio to hopefully finish my little dog, (a change from a bear) a scene and a glitz quilt. Maybe even do some work on the doll I am making.

I have a really bad shoulder so I am hoping it will hold up to a few hours sewing.

Delia

Hello again

Hello again. We have had a lot of rain this last week but no excuse for me not working in the studio. I think I am just being a bit lazy the last few months so time to get stuck into things.


The new items I tried out last week did not turn out when I took pictures of them so when it is a nice day I will take more in the sun.

I have been finishing a few things and will share with you now. Still working on some art work but it is not ready to have a picture taken as yet.

These dolls I made last year but have just put the finishing touchese to them this week. I can't remember who's patterns that are but if you would like to know ask me.

Cermenics I love but I think this will be the last that I do.