Red textile collage,fabrics, lace, slow stitching, felt - ' Life and Love'.

I love showing my work on this blog but I do wonder if anyone ever looks at it as I never seem to get any messages. If you do come to read my blog here PLEASE could you let me know even if it is just I DO. Much appreciated.

 I've called this piece - 'Life and love' as the colour red is known to bring good luck, happiness and prosperity at any time of the year not just at Christmas.

My life revolves around textiles and felt of which I sell via the internet. I would much rather prepare fabrics and lace for sale or make beautiful felt pieces than sit at the computer. BUT alas it has to be done. SO now you know what I am doing all day today.

This piece is now up for sale at my 

ETSY SHOP

Embroidery art, Felt art, floral art, textile art. 2018 hot Summer

This year has been very difficult for me. To get through it all I have concentrated in the main on my art work, felting and embroidery have been my saviours.

Now that I seem to have come out to the other side I am ready to start sharing my creations.

I have called this art piece 2018 Hot Summer.

It is all handmade including the felt that the textiles and embroidery have been added to. The felt has been made using merino wool fibres and pure silk strands and felted by the wet felting method. 

I love to use antique textiles in my work and the flower above is early 19th century.

 There is lots of history in this piece as the lace and silks are very old as  well. The embroidery threads I used are either antique or vintage. I love to add something different and the little butterfly on the flower has been cut from some antique embroidered braid.

This art piece has been attached to an acid free mount board ready for framing.

If you would like to remember this years hot Summer then it can be purchased on my

FELTISSIMO ETSY PAGE.

Here are a few more detailed images og the piece.

nuMONDAY shop listings for Feltissimo

I'm trying to put lots of stock into my NuMONDAY shop this week. Yesterday I completed listing the Felted miniture wall hangings of Florence and now I have the complete collection of Garden brooches online in my

NuMONDAY feltissimo shop

Yesterday it was really hot up here in Morecambe 30 degrees. Today is going to be even hotter. I can't remember more than one hot day all the time I've lived here.

Today I am completing an embroidered floral wall hanging I've been working on for a while. I'll show it to you tomorrow. I'm also going to make some small felted pictures today, so windows open and fans on.

Here are the two collections that are in my nuMonday shop.

The Garden brooch collection.

The miniature 'Florence' wall hanging collection.

Discount for new buyers in my Etsy shop.

I have sold quite a lot of pieces in my etsy shop and have started to list new pieces.

I love it when a piece I have created is popped into the post and wings it's way to a customer so that they can appreciate and use something I have made.

New customers are always welcome and now they will get a 15% discount on their first order. In order to do that you will need to put the 
Coupon Code  - 1STTIMEBUYER 
into the shopping basket to get the discount.

MY ETSY SHOP

Everything that is in the shop would make an ideal Christmas present.

 SHIPPING WORLDWIDE. 

I always try to get items in the post straight away, either the same day or the next so that you are not waiting and waiting for your order to appear.

I would like to hear from you with regards to what you think of my creations. All comments will be welcome.

Feltissimo Christmas sale almost over in my Etsy shop NOW

20% off all of my items in the Feltissimo Etsy sale.

The sale ends on 1st of December, so not much time to get a bargain.

There are lots of handmade items for sale. Here are just a few of what you will see in my etsy shop

 A needlecase made with vintage quilt and antique fabrics.

Full of everything you need to do your sewing, scissors, needle threader, needles and pins.

 Lots of felted brooches embellished with vintage fabrics and hand embroidery.

 All so felted wall hangings.

 

A felt brooch in the shape of a wacky house - No. 6

This wacky felt brooch will make a wonderful addition to a jumper, cardigan, dress or blouse. It would also look great on a bag. Ideal for a Christmas gift.

Buy HERE

This wacky house no. 6 is pale blue with a red roof and chimney. There are six wacky houses in this series, all unique.

 Stiffened with decovil light iron on fabric and finished with 1960's vintage fabric.

Unique little Christmas gift.

Handmade, British made from pure wool fibres.

Felt brooch, fibre art brooch, wacky house shaped No. 7

Now in my etsy shop

CLICK HERE

I have made this felt wacky house brooch and embroidered it with tiny pink flowers. Machine stitching with silver coloured thread outlines the house, windows and door.

I've stiffened the back of the brooch with a decovil light fabric and added a pretty pink 1960's vintage fabric with a pin.

I always send my brooches in a box and place this in a plastic mailing bag so that the brooch is kept dry during transit.

Felt brooch, wacky house shape, fibre art brooch, No. 5

Just placed this lovely felt brooch in 

my etsy shop

I have made this felt brooch in the shape of a wacky house. The house is handmade from wool and silk fibres which have been felted together by the wet felting method. Silver coloured machine stitching has outlined the door and windows and green stitching on the roof and around the chimney. I have embroidered tiny pink roses underneath the windows.

This wacky house no. 5 is a red wine colour with a green roof and chimney. There are six wacky houses in this series, all unique.

This wacky felt brooch will make a wonderful addition to a jumper, cardigan, dress or blouse. It would also look great on a bag. Ideal for a Christmas gift.

You can find more felt brooches from this series at -


https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Feltissimo?ref=hdr_shop_menu&section_id=14861601

Felt brooch, sparkling island. Ideal Christmas gift

Just put this lovely felt brooch into my

 etsy shop

 My inspiration for this pretty felt brooch was a sparkling island and the sea as the sun shone down on them.

 I make all of my felt by hand layering wool fibres together and wet felting them so that the fibres become entangled creating a firm felt fabric. For this brooch, I have also added some silk fibres to give more texture. I machined around various areas of the island which has raised them up and added french knots in antique metallic silver thread. Running stitches in the same thread have been added to the sea.

Vintage fabric and pin on the reverse.

 

 The felt brooch will be packaged securely in a box. I will then place the box in a plastic postage bag to keep dry.

 

ONLY £6.50 and ideal little Christmas present