February Show and Tell February 15, 2007

Here’s a look at the some of the goodies that were brought to our February meeting. I think some of the snowy days in January let us get a lot of work done! Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.

 

Ruth wove these towels from a slubby cotton.

Patty will be showing us how to make these fabulous painted, textured papers at the March meeting.

Patty has been making machine-lace hearts on dissolvable stabilizer.

Mona is making fabric bowls in a fabulous variety of fabrics and colors!

Michele used a simplified kumihimo technique to make the cord for this necklace.  The heart pin used some of her stash of quilting fabrics.

Heather dyed this fine, reeled silk to explore how well Jacquard acid dyes do at capturing the iridescence of hummingbird wings.

Glenda made these purses by punching wool into a linen base.

February Meeting February 14, 2007

For our meeting this month, Heather led us in a mini-workshop on making beaded maple leaves. Using tiny beads and fine jeweler’s wire, we made a grown-up version of those pony-bead creations that were all the rage with elementary school kids a few years ago.  Above are two leaves that Heather made as examples, plus one of the kits that she put together for us to use.  Notice how she did a lovely shaded effect on the leaves by using more than one color of beads.

Here’s an example of a leaf that is almost done. All that’s left to do is trim off the excess wire. Each lobe of the leaf is made with a separate strand of wire, then the sections are “sewn” together using one end of the wire that made up one section.  The other end goes down to create the stem.

Here we are toiling away, under Heather’s expert eye. The coffee cups were pressed into service as bead holders.  This was a very fun workshop, and we all appreciated Heather sharing her expertise!

The meeting also had an outstanding variety of Show-n-Tell brought in, and that’ll be in another post.