My Wedding Banner

Been awhile .. I know.

All the designing work for FB profile has been really draining - felt like my brain is overheating ... ugh!
I've been itching to create something real with my hands, something that I can touch and not only see .. you know the feeling.

Well, inspired (again) by Salley Mavor's wedding banner, I wanted to make my own. Heyy, come to think of it, this would make a great anniversary gift also!

So here's what I did for my banner:

I randomly chose purple cotton yarn for our names since I only have 6 colors to choose from anyway (eek!) ... and I don't have the green florist wire as well so I used whatever wire I have from my beading supplies ... Why I chose green and purple felt? I didn't.  Those two were sitting on top of my felt stack (talk about uncomplicated).

For the wedding date I used my green colored cotton yarn and burnt orange thread for contrast ...

 I don't have the cool celtic accessories made of bones like Salley either (great stuff!), so I came up with these from my stash ...

Very fitting, as the four red stones represent our four children (yep, they're ALL ours .. lol!)

And VOILA! Here's what it looks like ... still unfinished though :(

I'm thinking of putting more embellishment around the wedding date area .. more sparklies maybe?
Dunno.  But I know I'll come up with something .. :)

Meet My Idol --> Salley Mavor

No, I don't know her personally.
But yes, I super admire her amazing skills at making fabric relief (blush blush) - if you never heard of her or had not seen her marvelous work, then you must 'meet' her here (click the link below):

Meet the illustrator of 'Pocketful of Posies' --> Salley Mavor

Her works are very inspiring - well, she did inspired me to do a simple fabric relief series called the 'Red Riding Hood Series' an adaptation to Lila Prapp's illustration in '1001 Stories'.  Here they are:

They're not as intricate as Salley's work (yet!) but they're my first darlings (and will be on their way soon to grace the studio of a very talented lady, the owner of Sew Stories. ^O^)

More on Salley Mavor's exhibitions:

July 15, 2011- March 4, 2012, Salley Mavor – Sewn Stories, an exhibit of Salley Mavor’s fabric relief artwork ( including 9 original illustrations from Pocketful of Posies) at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, Vermont
Oct. 10- Dec. 16, 2011 at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut  (26 or more pieces will be shown). Salley Mavor will give a presentation at UConn, during the Connecticut Children’s Book Fair, Nov. 12th, 2011.
July- August, 2012 at the Mahopac Public Library, Mahopac, New York (25 pieces), Talk by Salley Mavor- Wed., Aug. 29th, 7:00pm
Oct. – Dec. 2012 at the New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts (25 pieces will be shown)
Feb. 23rd – May 5th, 2013 at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon, Illinois (25 pieces)
July 13- August 11, 2013 at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, Massachusetts (25 pieces will be shown)
Sept. - Oct. , 2013  at Historic Highfield Hall, Falmouth Massachusetts  (all 51 pieces will be shown)

Stay tuned for my next fabric relief project!

Hand Embroidery Tutorials

Morniinnnng ~ hope your day is bright and sunny and filled with happiness, amen.

Today I'm sharing with you a link to the awesome world of hand embroidery. These video tutorials by one of world's widely honored expert had changed my world forever!

Check it out (it's FREE!) Yay!

Click on the link below and pay attention ... :))

Don't thank me, thank Mary Corbet & the internet! :)