Last Pink Ribbon : day 31

This is the last day of my Pink Ribbon challenge,

31 days 

one felted, and most of the time also embroidered, jewel.

Every few days I had to do some felting

to keep the flow of jewels going.

I remember only one day

I nearly had nothing to post,

but then I found something hidden under my threadnest

and saved the day !

I remember from last year

that the flow must really be constant.

It definitely asks some discipline.

Otherwise

you'll find yourself without anything

when something unexpected turns up

(like going somewhere for a whole day or

having a cold ...)

It took more time to embroider then expected

(and make the matching cord)

but here is my last felted jewel !

Pink Ribbon  felted jewel  31 :

A fish pendant, embroidered on both sides

with different beads and shiny rayon thread.

It hangs on a matching cord from its top fin.

Fish  ;  9 x 9 cm  (3.5 x 3.5")

cord  :  110 cm  (43")

 goldfish 

SOLD !

But : if you really really want some special felted jewel :
please let me know !
I have a few more to make on commission
so a few extra isn't such a problem
;-)

For a donation of 

€ 10, - 

to the Pink Ribbon fund

this golden jewel comes swimming all the way to you 

wherever yiu may live.

It might be for yourself, or it might be a gift

to some "golden" person.

All you need to do

is send me an e-mail at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

or leave a comment at the end of this post.

All the money will go (yes you know by now) to Pink Ribbon

for the research into new treatments and aftercare

of breast cancer patients

At five o'clock when I was only halfway finished

I made this picture with the last leaves of the ginkgo tree

and one more close-up

(ehhhhh .... don't think I will be here tomorrow   ;-) ...

though I have some more felted jewels on commission to make ! )

See you later and

THANK  YOU  SO  MUCH

for visiting here this month

and all these wonderful people who bought

a PINK RIBBON felted jewel

:-) 

day 30

Ohhhhhh ...

I'm so glad I'm feeling better than yesterday !

(no more shivering

no watery eyes,

and no dripping nose anymore :

it was fierce, but luckily didn't last very long !)

So plenty of time to finish my last but one

Pink Ribbon  felted jewel 30

A cobalt blue amulet pouch 

with a bit of purple and golden mesh on its flap

embroidered and on a matching cord

pouch  :  6 cm  ( 2.3")

cord  :  110 cm  ( 43")

lapis lazuli

Some beads in order to pull it open

SOLD !

For a donation of

€ 10, -

to the Pink Ribbon fund

this little pouch can be for you

or as a present for someone dear.

You just need to send me an e-mail at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

or you can leave a comment at the end of this post.

All the money will go to Pink Ribbon !

See you all tomorrow for my last felted jewel

of my Pink Ribbon challenge !

day 29

All of a sudden

I have a bad cold

and I'm nót feeling like felting and stitching ...

But what can I do ?

There are only three days left !

So I had to be strong and just finished today's jewel

(than, after this post, it's off to bed)

Pink Ribbon  felted jewel  29

A hollow oval felted brooch with sequins inside on the bottom,

the outside stitched beads, shiny rayon and gold thread.

8  cm  (3.1")

blue  canoe

SOLD !

For

€ 10, -

donation to the Pink Ribbon fund

this little blue boat is yours,

for yourself or as a present for someone dear.

Just send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

or leave a comment at the end of this post.

All the money will go to Pink Ribbon !

See you tomorrow with the last but one felted jewel

day 28 ... a friends-day

Ahhhhh, how I looked forward to this day

and yes, what I feared that could go "wromg" 

........

but what a wonderful day we had

with my blogging-friend Natima and her husband Tom !!!

It was a lot of  sunshine  on a rather gray and cloudy day.

Thanks my dear friends for being such lovely special guests.

We picked them up on Rotterdam Central Station

took the Metro and had some coffee/tea

before we were off

to the windmills in Kinderdijk,

had lunch at our home,

then took the Fast Ferry back to Rotterdam again

and walked around the city

and ended it all in the "Markthal"

this amazing Rotterdam variation on the "Sistine Chapel"

(yes, I know : people in R'dam think BIG !)

They went back by train to Amsterdam

and we went on the boat home.

Boy oh boy, what a marvellous day !

We'll cherish the memory of it !

(Oh yes, then I still had to stitch a bit on my jewel)

Here is 

Pink Ribbon  felted jewel 28

a flat square with a double coloured sun,

embroidered with silk and rayon thread 

and sequins and beads.

6  cm  (2.3")

sunshine

SOLD !

For a donation of

€ 10, -

to the Pink Ribbon fund

you can have this little bit of everlasting sunshine

for yourself, or as a warm gift to someone dear !

You just need to send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

or

leave a comment at the end of this post

(you can always leave a comment buying or not ...  ;-)  !)

All the money will go to Pink Ribbon !

*

Have to show you the lovely presents

Nat and her Man brought to us :

some Greek sunshine in a bottle, a little felted pouch,

some gorgeous pieces of vintage Japanese textiles

and (the best)

a lovely little sewing pouch, handmade by Natima !!!

I was glad I had something to give her in return

"Delft" / indigo  BLUE  and "autumn" / Eucalyptus  ORANGE

(a kind of merger of me and her)

*

See you tomorrow with my next fe.lted jewel

but :

only three more jewels to go !

day 27

A lot to do today :

"baby" sitting, but only half a day,

cleaning away a lot of clutter from the living room,

and in the end 

stitching of course !

Here is 

Pink Ribbon  felted jewel  27

A flat square with a felted in little ball in the center

embroidered with silk and shiny rayon thread

6  cm  (2.3")

autumn fire

SOLD !

For

€ 10, -

donation to the Pink Ribbon fund

this bit of fire is yours,

to wear yourself or to give as a present

to someone dear.

All you need to do is send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

or leave a comment at the end of this post

and I'll tell you what to do next.

All the money will go to Pink Ribbon !

*

Tomorrow we will have a wonderful busy day :

meeting my looooong-time blogging friend

from Australia Natima !!!

Ahhhh ..... looking forward to it !

So it might get a bit late

but I will definately see you tomorrow

with the next felted jewel !

day 26

The 26th of October

is a very special day for Man and me

:-)

(though today we didn't really celibrate,

that will come later)

Too much to do.

Felting ... and felting ... and more felting.

First of all I had to finish what I started on the 21st.

Now it's almost done, only some stitches

and a name tag ...

Then it's ready to be wrapped.

The rest of the felting were preparations 

for the days to come :

because on Wednesday we have some far-away visitors

and I'm really excited about that !

I sure will tell about it later.

So here is

(still a bit wet ...)

the Pink Ribbon  felted jewel  26

A turqoise amulet pouch with a lilac spiral on the flap

stitched with lilac silk thread, 

on a long matching cord

(it can be pulled open with a glass and mother-of-pearl bead)

pouch  :  6 x 5 cm  (2.3 x 1.9")

cord  :  100cm  (39")

keeper of secrets

SOLD !

For

€ 10, - 

donation to the Pink Ribbon fund

you can have this little keeper of secrets

for yourself, or as a present for someone dear.

Just let me know by email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

or you can leave a comment at the end of this post.

All the money

(you know that by now)

will go to Pink Ribbon !

See you tomorrow with my next felted jewel !

day 25

Late !

But what a day we had !

I was meeting eight of the ladies 

of this year's new felting-exchange.

We met at the fabulous studio of one of them

in Noordwijkerhout.

We had coffee/tea with delicious apple pie and muffins

and later at the "pot luck" lunch had lots of yummy things to eat as well

We talked a lot about this and that,

even had a mini Christmas tree "workshop"

some had a walk, one did some spinning

and I had brought my felted jewel to stitch.

Ohhhhhh ... and ...

I sold three more felted jewels

and have four more to make on commission !!!

So a lot more money for Pink Ribbon ! 

It was a wonderful start of our new exchange !

Thanks Margriet, for your hospitality

and all the others for their presence.

And here is

Pink Ribbon  felted jewel 25

A little fish pendant, embroidered on both sides

with sequins, beads and gold thread

on a long matching silk and cotton cord

fish : 9 cm (3.5")

cord : 100 cm (39")

green fish

SOLD  !

For 

€ 10, - 

donation to the Pink Ribbon fund

this fish comes swimming to you

(or as a gift to someone dear)

All you have to do

is sending me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

or leave a comment on this post 

and I'll tell you how to procede.

All the money will go to Pink Ribbon !

See you tomorrow with the next felted jewel.

day 24

I've so far managed 

to make a felted jewel every day

but at the moment it's getting a bit harder.

Being away all day yesterday

(and it was a wonderful day for sure !)

and having things to do today

(hmmm, it's evening here right now,

but I was in the kitchen just

making a vegitable pie to take with me tomorrow

to the meeting of our felting-exchange friends !) 

So tomorrow I've things to do again .....

But ... it's here :

the Pink Ribbon  felted jewel  24

Small many coloured discs

3 x 1 cm  (1.2 x 0.4")

saturn

SOLD !

For a donation of

€ 10, -

to the pink Ribbon fund

they can adorn your ears.

Just send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

or leave a comment at the end of this post.

All the money will go to Pink Ribbon !

See you tomorrow with a new felted jewel

day 23

A wonderful day it was !!!

(a little bit sad too, but later about that)

It was already after dinner 

before I had time to start embroidering

today's jewel,

that's why it's rather late ...

Pink Ribbon  felted jewel 23

A dubble circle, felted together in the center.

embroidered with shiny and variegated thread

and with sequins and beads

6 cm  (2.3")

double-decker

For

€ 10, -

donation to the Pink Ribbon fund

this felted jewel can be yours !

You can send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

or you can leave a comment

at the end of this post.

All the money will go to Pink Ribbon !

*

And now why I'm so late today :

I had a lovely, lovely day of felting

with my dear UK friend Jane !

And why a bit sad :

because Jane and her husband will be moving back to the UK

in a few weeks time 

:-(

Jane's first encounter with felting 

was at my house :

I gave a felting workshop for some friends ...

And after that :

Jane got hooked on felting !

Something new to express her creative urge.

She then took on-line classes

and went to different workshops 

with a lot of felting artists.

Today we tried some things she did earlier

and we talked a lot 

about all the different techniques

in felting.

Playing with bits and pieces of pre-felt,

pinning it down

A special way of wetting out the pice

The halfway through pieces :

there will be a lot of stitching when they're dry.

In the end we made one last piece together

in another colourway

We had such fun together !

THANKS  A  LOT,  JANE

I will miss you !

See you tomorrow with another felted jewel !

day 22

It was a lovely busy day

with three "little" loved ones

because of the autumn holiday

(mum was working)

There were two little hands

to hold the newest felted jewel

to take pictures.

Pink Ribbon  felted jewel  22

Snow white hollow jewel with yellow and gold inside

embroidered with silk thread

and some sequins and beads.

4,5 cm  (1.7")

 snow angel 

SOLD !

For a donation of

€ 10, -

to the Pink Ribbon fund

this little white felted jewel

comes to you by mail.

A lovely present to someone dear

or for yourself.

The only thing you have to do is sending me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

or leave a message at the "comments"

at the end of this post.

All the money will go to Pink Ribvbon !

See you tomorrow with my next felted jewel

(first I will have a wonderful felting Friday

with my dear friend Jane,

making some new felt experiments together)

ow

day 21

I'm very busy felting.

Not the small jewels

but something a lot bigger than that.

(but only sneak peeks of that one)

Pink Ribbon  felted jewel  21

A spiral, from purple to green

with a tiny purple Swarovski crystal in the center

(no embroidery for this one 

because the change in colours is so lovely)

4,5 cm  (1.7")

water

SOLD !

For 

€ 10, -

donation to the Pink Ribbon fund

this special "drop" of water

can be yours.

Just send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmailcom

or leave a comment at this post

All the money will go to Pink Ribbon !

*

The other project of today ...

Deciding how I put down the different layers 

always takes up a lot of time !

It's autumn ...

that is getting more clearly every day now

The last bursts of colour

before the leaves will fall.

See you tomorrow with the next felted jewel !