heavenly images

ome more textile art!

fashion drawing

o be fair I ought to dedicate this whole blog to my wonderful Francesca who manages so effortlessly to produce wonder with the sewing machine and a couple of spools of thread. while I struggle on in a vain attempt to produce anything that I might not be embarrassed to show a close friend!!
Here are some pics from 2 projects hat she has recently completed on her fashion and textiles foundation course.....

pumpkin

nbelievably beautiful and very large pumpkin that Nicky - my all on her own on the allotment partner brought round for me last night. I had a mixture of guilt for not having been down to the mudbound oasis we call our allotment for weeks and a feeling of wonder that something so lovely had grown when we were not looking!

erfection is not an ambition! Have finished 2 of the dolls but they are not quite what I wanted them to be....the faces came out so stern and middle aged looking! but there you go, the fun thing about making is not knowing how they will turn out!

papier mache dolls

papier mache dolls

olls waiting to be made into pretty girls! These poor armless bodies have been hiding in a box for about 3 years waiting to be made up....

toy museum

Another trip to the fabulous toy museum in Bethnal Green for inspiration....love all the strange and miserable faces on these dolls. Love also the beautiful little felt flowers on the little girl's dress.The sindy dolls are the ones that I had!!