journaled my tea and spice samples !

I have spent the day recording all my information for my tea and spice dyeing class in a 8.5 x 11 journal.
I added all my class information plus my samples and my findings and what a wonderful reference book it has made !!  now to finish lesson three !! here are a couple of sample pages to see what i did !

Tea and spice dyeing lesson 2

I have been experimenting more with my online class and this week was using spices and juice loved the results !!

A Creative Week !

I am so pleased with myself this week, i have been creating almost every day and thought i would share a little of what i have been doing.  I mentioned about my online classes i signed up for and i started the Tea and Spice dyeing class at quilt university and after lesson one  i achieved some interesting results.

I also managed to work on my crazy patch using some of the tast stitches and a little silk ribbon embroidery  which was fun.

I managed a few  journal pages as well so yes all in all a very creative week !!

crazy quilting and classes

Hi everyone, back from my trip and missing the sunshine,  i did get my first crazy patch made up from my embroidery guild class and i have just started stitching.  Our next class is learning some silk ribbon flowers looking forward to that !  I want to do all creams and gold and i will be adding more lace etc as i get going.

I have also just signed up for three quilt university classes i got my first lesson today on my first class which is Dyeing with tea and spices with Marjie  McWilliams looks like a lot of fun it's a three week class, so i will post some of my work once i get started making my samples.

The second class which starts on feb 17th is Artist Toolbox with Lyric Kinard a four week class excited for this one ! and the third one is Darned quilts with Dena Crain which is also a four week class and starts on feb 24th so i guess i will be busy for the next few weeks with all these projects on the go.

my crazy patch

leaving for the caribbean !

Happy new year to all !!  i have done a little stitching but i will share more when i return from my vacation.
I am leaving very early thursday morning to fly to ST Maarten with my three girlfriends.  I can't wait it will be so much fun (hopefully). So i am busy deciding what to take and making sure my housework is all done etc.
I start a new class tomorrow at my embroidery guild it's crazy quilting really looking forward to it so i can start my tast 2012 stitches on it.   Well i will post more on my return happy stitching everyone !! x

merry christmas everyone !

Well look how time flies ! i had a great time in Jamaica and since i got back it's been such a busy time.  I did finish one piece and i started a couple of new pieces, i know i said i was going to finish up the others first. but just couldn't find the inspiration for those yet !

I hope you all have a wonderful christmas and i wish you peace and joy and much health for the new year happy crafting my friends

much love

michelle xx

my finished little gem stitched piece....

A new one started........

A small felted piece i still have to add some stitching and embellishments !!

Off to Jamaica !

Just finished packing now off to bed for a couple of hours sleep, should be sat on the beach with cocktail in hand by about 2pm Jamaica time on friday 25th ! have a great week everyone ! xxx

Take a stitch Tuesday 2012

Hi folks, i have decided to sign up for Sharon B's take a stitch tuesday 2012 on her web site pintangle. Anyone can join in and i hope to learn some new stitches and hopefully keep up with it.  It's open to anyone so if you need a challenge or just want to improve your stitching then pop on over and sign up !

Pics of my little studio !

Finally i can share some pics of my new small studio, my camera was misbehaving and now it's fixed.  I love how i have a home for everything now, i feel quite organized i wonder how long that will last lol !!

 I am working on three projects at the moment and i will be starting a fourth which is from the embroidery guild. I hope i get them all finished by the end of the year.

I want to start the new year with new projects !  you can see a small peep of two projects i am working on by my sewing machine.

I'm a bad blogger ! sorry

Hello my friends, i just have been so busy.  I decided to redo my little studio room and i can't believe how much stuff i accumulated well yes i can lol !  Anyhow took me over a week to empty it and now my spare room kitchen and hall is housing all my treasures.

 I found it a little dark to sew in and the carpet was a nightmare for thread and dropped pins, so i ripped out the carpet and have painted it moonlight white looks so bright ! I just have to paint the trim and then i have to wait for the hardwood floor to be installed.

I can't wait to get it all back together and organised. will post some pics tomorrow my camera needs recharging !

A quick update ! gifts and altered book

I know i have been a a bad blogger of late, but i have been so busy with life in general.  It was my birthday last thursday and i had a fabulous day and i got lots of pressies !! books money earings a coat and giftcards i felt so spoilt !  some of my gifts !

I did a little on my altered book not sure if i am enjoying this class or if my mojo has taken a running jump somewhere else.  I have started a couple of the pages but not feeling inspired by it.

works in progress........

I Won woohoo !

I was so excited to receive the email from Vicki Welsh from 3creative studios, they were having a give away for a gift certificate for the quilt show and Vicki generously also offered a  certificate for the quilt show from her own blog which I won you can find Vicki's blog HERE .   I am excited to view some of the shows and lessons !  doing the happy dance !
If you have not visited 3 creative studios do so now it's a wonderful site with tons of free projects and lots of opportunities to play along with different projects and ideas !

Still learning my new machine! going for my second lesson tomorrow i am loving it ! Just treated myself to a few feet for it hopefully i will get to use them very soon.

Have a great weekend ! x

My calligraphy class pic's

Well i have finally got around to sharing some of my work from my beginner calligraphy class ! The teacher Susan Nelson was such a sweetheart and had loads of patience.  It was harder than i thought it would be but i see you really need to practice to perfect the strokes.  I had fun though and thats all that matters right ??  Hoping to apply some of my new writing skills to my journalling and who knows what else !
 Here are some of the little projects i made and some of my practice sheets.
The splattered piece in the background was fun to make we used acrylic paints splodged on and then combed around so thick grooves remained, when dry we heat foiled over the top so the foil adhered to all the raised bits, so cool !  We then started to cut up our sheet to make cards or bookmarks etc.

Calligraphy !!

Hi everyone, it's been a while ! my family has left and it took me a little while to get over the sadness of saying good bye we had so much fun !

I have been doing a calligraphy course all week and it's my last day tomorrow it was so intense but fun at the same time and the teacher Susan Nelson has been simply wonderful !  i will get some pics together of what i have been learning over the weekend !  Hope you are all having a wonderful summer i know i am but it is still very busy so not much time for creating !

I am going to try and catch up with my altered book i have done a little work so again i will post pics soon ! for now thanks for dropping by and happy creating !! x

Family visiting !

Hi everyone, just a quick post why i am not blogging, my family are here from England visiting and we are having a blast ! We are out touring most days or laying by the pool but keeping very busy ! I will catch up soon ! hope you are all enjoying the summer !