Birds and More Birds (Mobiles)

 Indigo Birds

 

Three birds and two clouds.

Materials used: hemp and embroidery lace, two indigo blue African fabrics with different patterns, one cream coloured fabric (also African), black felt, wooden and glass beads, vintage lace, stuffing and drift wood. The birds, their wings and the clouds are stuffed. Each bird is unique and it's perfect for any room, although I'd not recommend it for a bathroom.

The mobile took about 3 days to make and will be in my Etsy shop shortly or you can contact me for details if you're in a hurry. :-)

Teal Love Birds

 

The cutest little love birds sitting on a swing facing each other.

Materials used: silk pods (2 shades of teal), wooden and glass beads, guinea fowl and teal/black coloured feathers, sequins, buttons, hemp, felt, driftwood.

The mobile took about 1 day to make and will be in my Etsy shop shortly or you can contact me for details if you're in a hurry. :-)

Sorry for the poor picture quality - it was very windy. I'll try and take some better pictures soon.

Upcoming Designs - Butterfly Heart

My latest design. I've been playing with Illustrator again, and for some reason (after years of not getting on with it at all) I've finally cracked it. I am so pleased with the two new designs.

This will be available in my Envelop shop soon:

 MCN: CAAL6-MSQNS-N4X99

MCN:C418N-W878Y-77N67

This and the Peacock Feather design are also available as t-shirts, hoodies, baby clothes and stickers on Redbubble now:

Origami Butterfly and Peacock Feather

Two new designs, available both as prints and in my new Envelop shop.

Origami Butterfly

Credits:

• Metal Texture, Mihraystock
• Silk Stock 1, Gild-a-Stock
• Wind, CKDailyplanet
• Nr 11, Angelia61-stock

All other parts are painted in Corel Painter.

 MCN:CUH3T-4MG19-XKECF

Peacock Feather

Credits:

• psychosomatic texture by Princess-of-Shadows
• Grunge Texture 04 by goodtextures
• Antique1 by SheisprettyStock

All other parts of the image were created in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

MCN: CP3FM-LUSKH-LSX3T

Here is a preview of the designs in my shop:

The Indigo Paper Linen Shrug - FINALLY!!!

Here it is finally - Le Shrug! LOL

Took me forever and a day and Caroline was getting extremely impatient to see it (so was I!).


The yarn I used is Habu Shosenshi Paper Linen yarn and the yarn looks a bit like raffia, although thinner, softer and more delicate. It's not easy to knit with but stronger than it looks and I love the way the finished product looks. The yarn (and other lovely ones) can be bought either in the UK at K1 Yarns or in the States at Habu Textiles, the latter has a far great selection being the original importer.


The pattern I used was a free pattern from Lion Brand. There are loads of free patterns if you subscribe to their mailing list. Unfortunately, the pattern required a totally different yarn (mohair which I cannot stand because it itches!) so I had to make quite a lot of alterations and resize the pattern. Part of the reason why it took so long.


Above you can see the ruffle that goes all the way round the neck and the bottom of the shrug in detail.


Above you can see the alterations I made to the sleeves. I added a crochet trim to make the sleeves flare more at the bottom. With the mohair they would have flared automatically, but with the paper linen I had to make adjustments.

Above you can see the main body in detail. I love the intricate pattern the yarn makes with a simple garter stitch. It almost looks like chain mail.

The finished shrug is incredibly light and makes a beautiful rustling sound - almost like leaves in Autumn. The indigo colour is soft and natural and like an Autumn sky.