In The Merry Merry Month of May

This is what we did:-

Jo kindly showed us how to do the 'journal' cotton reels.  Elaine brought her beautiful organza flowers project (she'd done a workshop but unfortunately the name of the lady who ran the workshop escapes me at the moment).

These are some of the beautiful wooden reels

some members brought along.

We got talking about making our own stamps from funky foam using the Bigz dies.  I'll bring my BigShot to the June meeting and some dies; I think Pauline said she would bring some dies too?  If you have some funky foam bring it with you if you want to make your own stamps.

Next Meeting Sunday 16th June.

May Meeting

House Project
The houses should be completed by June.  Embellishments/adornments may be added, such as: weathervane; chimney; wildlife; conservatory; gardent furniture; trellis; drainpipes; swing etc.  The next stage will be to make a person/figure; this doesn't necessarily need to fit in the house.

Old 'Person' Who Swallowed a Fly
A bird and cat needs to be completed by June.  These should be  in the style of the fly and spider - eg 2D, 3D, knitted, etc

In May we did a surface treatment technique.  This involved painting Bondaweb, ironing it onto fabric and adding transfer foil, threads, pieces of organza.

Chris and Shirley had done a batik workshop and brought their work in to show us

Click on the images for a larger view.

 
Here are some pics taken in March which I forgot to show.  A fabulous frog from Pauline (sorry I've forgotten what it's called), quilting and a wonderful stump figure from Chris and a sample of a scissor keeper (I think) which Judith is producing as a kit for the Embroider's Guild for something or other - apologies, this shows I should write things down!

 

Someone made a comment that they love coming to the Dollybirds group as it makes them feel normal haha.

Next Meeting - Sunday 17th June, when we will be making the bird from a lightbulb.  Refer to last month for a list of items to bring.