sbrb

Sunday, June 26, 2016

Great start to the day Steam punk

Had a great day and now looking

forward to next years.

Though the day did not go as smooth all day

as within 15 minutes of the festival starting.

The smoke tunnel set off the fire alarm.

So we all ended up being evacuated

till the fire brigade turned up to give us the

OK to return to halls.

(P.S. the smoke behind us there is from the

blacksmiths not the hall LOL)

Everyone waiting for the alarm to be turned off

added to the day (BUT IT WAS COLD OUT THERE!)

Steam punk Teapot race (with winner of best decorated)

A bit of fun in the afternoon was the

teapot race.

Neal's (my husband) entry

Steam punk outfit

OK it was our first time to this type

of event and this is how we went.

(nothing like somepeople dressed WOW they all looked

FANTASTIC)

I put the gears on Neal's tie with brads

Even mt teapot from yesterdays post

wanted to be seen again

Made his jacket many years ago

And his bike helmet fit the theme of

the day

I managed at the last minute this past week to embroider a

steam punk spinning wheel from Urban threads

and make it into a jacket to wear

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Steam Punk Tea Pot

I used Svg cuts tea for two set.

and cut the teapot at just over double the size and

used tim holtz steam punk embossing folders

to emboss all the gold panels , added a few metal

gears on the lid of the teapot .

Cutting these on the force makes it all a lot quicker.

The tea pot is in black card board, with gold trims and stands 12inches tall

DON'T forget to visit all the links in

Steam punk in george town post

will show more of mine over the next week or so

STEAM PUNK on in George Town today

Here we are the SteamPunk Festival has

arrived in George Town Tasmania

and over the next few days I will show the

artwork that i have on display there , but in the

mean time I thought I would show you other work that

I am sooooooooo proud of

(not just because they are my husband's (Neal) art work

for the festival)

Steam teapot for race

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

George Gibson (Teddy tells his own story )

HELLO there my name is George Gibson

I just arrived home in Susan's and Neal's white

car. I was soo happy to be out of that second hand shop...

It was a fun trip home (well till i started to hear

Susan talking about my outcome!) Ekks don't want to

go into that house!!

OH what was I worried about this is a comfortable

computer chair I can get used to this.

HANG ON ! Susan why are you looking at my back?

She is looking at me .

What is that she has in her hand?

Scissors!

OH NO HELPPPPPP

Look what Susan did to me!

I feel deflated now.

She turned me inside out

OH NO WHAT NEXT?

Looks like I am going for another ride.

OUCH, OUCH

That ride took a lot of time and was no

fun at all!

Glad to be out of the ride .

WOW Look at me I have writing and

jewels all over me !

OH it is soo sparkly

OH that is better I am all stuffed again.

But I do feel a bit strange still .

Looking a little more like myself.

"ARE WE BEAR YET"

Susan think I am still missing something?

OH OH and a brand new bow.

Thank you !

So glad I was brought from the second hand shop

for just $3, been given a new look and will be loved.

THE END

Friday, June 10, 2016

Make a flower (embrilliance software) Video

Just been making a video for embroidery maching

enjoy

HERE

Monday, June 06, 2016

I have always liked the look of waffle weave and when I got my 4 Shaft loom I wondered if I could weave it on a 4 shaft, then I found the pattern. I was very happy and warped my loom up with 2 ply wool and wove it. I had put 5 meters of warp on the loom but only got to about 1 meter when I then cut off what I had woven. I loved it but what to do with it? So then I spent the next two days plain weaving the rest of the warp that was on the loom with a contrasting Hand spun. I soon knew that both the waffle weave and the hand spun was going to look good together. So the decision was made - I was going to cut these up to make a hand bag. First of all I took the waffle weave to the embroidery machine and embroidered a robot on the front. I used the Waffle weave with the robot for the zipped pocket and the plain weave for the main part of the bag. Lined it all with both black cotton fabric (which I used to attach to the woven pieces) and then lined the whole bag and pocket with cotton robot fabric. What I wanted to show is that using lots of techniques on one project work good together, (Weaving, spinning, embroidery and sewing).