A Victorian Seaside Story - Hand crochet ladies hat with seaside accents and embellishments

http://www.etsy.com/listing/74906031/a-victorian-seaside-story-hand-crochet

Its been a while again

What with the amazing weather, someone stealing our chickens, fairs, fetes and summer coming too early my blogging has gone into hibernation again.

I have however a nice summery piece to reflects the summer skies.


China Girl - broken assemblage bracelet with wire wrapped china.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/74061386/china-girl-broken-assemblage-bracelet?ref=pr_shop

Felt Art Dolls

I've been having a craze on art dolls and stuffies lately. I think its the cold nights making me want to snuggle up to something and its so nice to spend the evening quietly stitching. This is a selection of little goddess style felt art dolls that I've been working on in the last couple of days and they will be available in my Etsy shop from tomorrow.

All dolls are made from felt, stuffed with jacob wool and decorated with a mixture of needle felting, beading, stitch,fabric dye and buttons

Woad

Inspired by Celtic body art Wildwood.

Inspired by a new friend Tribal
Inspired by a book on the dances of Africa

Hippy

Inspired by 60's art

Paris

Inspired by the grey and pink of a ladies boudoir
Untitled

Inspired by modern folk art dolls and natural fibers

Labyrinth

Inspired by the art of the circle

Homemaker

Inspire by a love of home and hand work

Odyssey Textile Art at Woodstock museum

Saturday was the opening day the Oxford museum at Woodstock. On display were some wonderful pieces of work, from a felted saddle blanket, a huge collection of mixed media inchies, remodelled china tea sets, a three part set of organza green man pictures and a wonderful set made from cardboard, beads and twine.

Cardboard and bead pieces

this one makes me think of corset bones

and this one is a perfect spine

Green Man 1

Green Man 2

Painted whitework with gold tints

Paper Mache Tea Set

Inchies

Recycled Tea Set

You can see more of their work at

http://www.odysseytextileart.co.uk/

'The Unspoken Word' - 12th March to 10th April 2011

Oxfordshire Museum, Park Street, Woodstock OX20 1SN. Tel: 01993 811456.
Open Tues to Sat 10-5 and Sun 2-5.

The exhibition is on for a month and if you go into the second room there is a lovely exhibition of paintings by autistic and learning troubled teenages based on English traditional folk art. Both are well worth a look

New Website

Well our new website is up and running with a shop section and paypal shopping cart. We've gone for a simple look, a white background with light green pear leaves and black font with the occasional addition of a sketch of The Lady on the index and homepages.

shop closure

We regret to announce the closure of our bricks and mortar shop. Due to rising costs and the economic situation we have decided to concentrate on online services. We will still be selling many of our original brands and will have an online shop for swift and easy purchases. We have a new website that will launch mid January so we look forward to seeing you then.

Oxford Times

Here's a link to our article in the Oxford Times business magazine a couple of weeks ago.

I'm on the left and my sister is on the right
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/business/8438808.Accessories_online/

Tree decorations

We've got a new selection of hanging decorations available in the shop.
I know you may think it a little early to start thinking about Christmas but it is mid November and before you know it you'll only have a couple of weeks to beat the dreaded rush and hububble of the high street

We have mini wreaths wrapped in raffia, pinecones,buttons and handmade paper

We have hearts made from handmade paper, lace, buttons, hessian, old books, fine art photographs,raffia, stitch and stamps that are a truly original start to the festive season

We have limited edition stuffed birds made from mixed fabrics from Morris prints to folk art polka dots. Perfect for tucking inbetween branches

Also we have mini crackers to brighten up your dinner table or to tuck under the tree, Hostess cones for you to fill with fancies for the lady of the house, bright and colourful felt and sequin shapes to enchant the young at heart and lots, lots more....

Sewing Seasonal Pics

At last, I have eventually got around to taking the photographs off my camera to post here

Allotment quilt

The Four Seasons mixed media paintings

Machine stitched wheat painting

A beautiful mixed media nature goddess doll with felted accessories (fruit and veg)

Felted balls with mixed stitch embroidery (must have a go at this)

Mixed Media collage

Silver and bead nature jewellery

Beaded wire wheelbarrow

Beautiful sectioned felt waistcoat with embroidery

Wantage Museum - Sewing Seasonal Exhibition

There's a beautiful exhibition going on at Wantage museum. The show is put on by the Oxfordshire textile group with the theme of Allotments and Nature. We visited it the other day and were delighted by the range of pieces shown, from a beautiful nature doll with hand painted feature to mixed media nature wall hangings, a video installation, needle felting and mixed media painting.

Pics from the exhibition coming soon.......