Mini Mannequin Powertex Workshop

Yesterday I had a lovely afternoon at Purple Meadows Crafts taking part in a powertex workshop.  They have just moved and their new place has soooo much space, the shop layout is fabulous.  

These are three of the pieces that were made, no prizes for guessing which one is mine!

And here it is in daylight this morning.

And from the back.

And the left side.

And finally the right side.

Close up of the fabrics and dry brushing.

And I picked these up from the fabric shop just further on down the road.

It felt good to get my hands back into some powertex products.

BOHO Themed Fabric Book

 

After watching an Andrea (Artymaze) youtube about creating a fabric book from scraps, I decided to have ago.  The first thing to do was cut 9 strips of fabric for a base.  Then using scraps of different types of fabrics, I completely covered them.

Next I made the cover using two of the strips from above as a background, then I added other fabrics, frills and ribbons.

This is the fabric which I used for the inside which you won't see eventually.

Once I'd sewn all the pages in I added more bling to the cover and also one of the boho tassels that I made ages ago.

This is the inside cover and the first page, with a pocket.

This is the tag that was in the pocket, with another tag inside it.

These are the next two pages.  I printed some images, quotes and words onto a cream coloured fabric by running it through the printer.

The next couple of pages both have scraps of Indian sari fabrics and the right page has a side pocket.

And this is the tag from this pocket.

The next set of pages and on the right a pocket made from another piece of Indian sari fabric.

And this is the tag that was in the pocket.

These are the centre pages and each one has a pocket and a tag.

And these are the tags.

The next set of pages and printed images.

Another piece of jewelled Indian fabric on the left page and a pocket on the right.

And the tag, a printed quote.

This is the last double page, the right hand side has a side pocket made from lace.

This is the tag, with a layer of sequin lace over the top of the quote.

Finally the back page, with a pocket using another piece of Indian sari fabric.

And the tag with lace and a printed word.

And this is the back of the cover. I haven't added anything else to it as I want it to sit flat.

It stands up well and this is from the back with the tassel.

And this is the view from the top.

I'm really please with how it's turned out and it's a lovely size. 

Paper Bag Boho Book

Using large brown paper bags, fabric, patterned papers, trims and things, I created this Boho journal.

The tags are a mixture from the #fabtag30days challenge and some I had previously made. 

I painted the pages first.

Then added the patterned papers.

And bits of trims and ribbons to compliment the colours.

I added fabrics to some of the pages.

Lace and crocheted doilies.

This is the back page and I didn't want anything that could get caught or rip on it. Then I found the perfect thing. Remember the masterboard I made for RRR, well I didn't do anything with it and it fitted perfectly.

I picked up these little plastic wallets last week on my trip to Hull and they have made perfect pockets.  They are much sturdier than the A4 plastic wallets and I didn't have to do any sewing either.

I also created some pouches in the tops of the pages to insert more tags.

This is the view from the top.

And this is the bottom, I added some trims and frills between the pages.

I'm toying with the idea of adding ribbons to the right hand sides of the pages too.

More Atc's

Created a masterboard using Dina Wakely paints and randomly embossed flourishes in gold and purple on the sheet

I placed images on the Atc sized pieces

Decorated with ribbons, trim and bling

ATC's

I created a couple of masterboards, the backgrounds are distressed oxides and I stencilled with stazon.

Then I chopped them into ATC sized pieces and decorated them using images in the style of india.  I also used lots of bling, trim and sparkles.