a new year

...

is just around the corner.

When I look back it has gone by quickly

but there were a lot of wonderful days in it.

And lots of new work.

I'm hoping to keep that up

in the year to come !

What remains on this late afternoon

is wishing you all out there :

a very happy

light

joyful

healthy

and most of all creative

2020

Love to all my friends,

Els

mudskipper ...

Pfffffffft 

finally got my "samplodicus" for Pam's class finished !

I thought of a critter

that would be "real" and "not-real"

and came up with the mudskipper ...

(Saw a Star Trek episode years ago

where Captain Janeway turned into a giant one,

but it wasn't the best of episodes, haha !)

Two days ago I showed all the parts

that needed to be prepared first

BEFORE  I even could think of starting the real work.

After that

all I can say that it went rather quick then.

(just some consideration what to do first ...)

Meet the samplodicus Mudskipper ! 

several techniques (8) in one critter.

Here he is belly up ...

(and stuffed with paper towels)

The VERY fine white merino (16 mic) I used

for the biggest part of the body

gave me, like it did before, some trouble

Because the plastic template I use is also white

I can hardly see it the layers of wool

are thick enough ...

Result : a nearly hole ... 

I made a tiny piece of the flimsiest prefelt ever

and stitched it with linen thread

on the inside of the body !

SOLVED !

(pffffffft)

Not so big after all !

Mudskipper with templates used

19 - 12 - 19

December,

and this year is almost done.

Very slow starting with felting again.

Wrapping stones greatly

intrigued me.

So after my first attempt with the necklace

another stone followed.

(love this, so probably not the last either)

Now I'm busy preparing all the separate parts first

for my final task of the online class.

Most of the parts that I need for my "samplodicus"

(sample-creature)

(HA, don't know if it will all work out the way I think it will ...)

online felting class ...

December !

(and finally started

with some things of Pam de Groot's felting class,

that started in October when I was VERY busy

with something else ...)

a first one

(a lot to think about for the next one)

Making the closure

like I learned with Judit Pócs

(inspiration Anikó Boros)

*

Winter in the garden means

full bird feeders

and sometimes 

strange guests 

...

19 - 11 - 19

Q u i e t

Very quiet indeed :

reading

thinking

(about a new project)

but somehow I don't know where to start

.....

So just a few things I saw on the Textiel Plus Festival

Miep van Riessen

Nienke Smit                     Linda Lammerts

Alina Allen

Barry Passchier

Anne van de Pas 

(audience prize)

Textiel Plus Festival

Just for the readers in the Netherlands ...

Yesterday I brought my felt work

for the exhibition,

but today I had an extra day in Den Bosch

at the Textiel Plus Festival !

We had a felting demonstration,

and looked around at the festival

at the various stalls with materials ...

I met old and new friends

and saw some awesome textile artwork

in the exhibition !

I had seen pictures of all the work

but

pictures of textile art work

NEVER  EVER

do justice to the real thing !!!

(ahhhhh ... looked a lot ...

but forgot to take pictures of the ones I liked best)

If you live in Holland :

go visit the festival !!!

(I'll be there again on Saturday)

My felted work :

"birth of colours"

"The Moon Swan looked at the earth that was dull and gray.
She spread her wings and hovered through the starry night to the earth.
There she laid an egg, cold as ice.
She cherished the egg every night,
and every morning, the sun kissed it.
Until ...
one morning ...
the colours were born !"

*

the end result ... !

After the very busy

PINK RIBBON October month

it gets always quiet

a bit like a collapsed souffle

.......

but a task well done too.

(that last purple one went to the US
and the little leaf landed on my own winter coat
the very last will go to Germany)

And the best part of it all is the end result

€ 575

no ...

€ 600
(because of an extra donation !)

I'm very pleased I can send the money

so there can be more research

for new medication

and aftercare

for breast cancer patients

I did my part,

making a Textile Jewel every day

but

you out there

did the rest by donating

so generously

to PINK RIBBON !

So  THANK  YOU  so much :

Dorie, Dee, Karen

Titia, Rina, Silke, Morag

Dawn, Simone, Jolan, Sue 

Baukje, Twink

Elke, Joke, Madelon

Leonie, Lee, Caroline

Kat

You might count the names and not come to 31 jewels

but there were even 7 extra jewels made ...

but

some people just couldn't stop buying !

:-)

two left ?

I think it must be a mistake :

two of the PINK RIBBON Textile Jewels are left ...

That's probably because

one thinks that all the older ones

were already gone ...

Please look at them one more time ...

another change to get one of the Jewels

for a donation for

PINK RIBBON !

"LILAC"

SOLD

and

"GOLDEN  LEAF"

These two

deserve to be on someone's coat or dress too

Tomorrow some of the last of the envelopes will be in the mail.

I hope all the others ones have arrived safely

at their destination

(or are still on their way)

And soon I will be able to tell

how much money I can send to PINK  RIBBON !

last PINK RIBBON day : day 31

The sun is shining

and the sky is really blue

but

there is a very cold wind :

AUTUMN

(rather cold taking pictures

if you go out on your socks ...)

What better way to end this PINK RIBBON Challenge

with a    PINK   Textile Jewel ?

The Jewel for day 31 :

A wet felted hollow brooch with some gold inside

stitched with cotton (bullion knots), rayon and shiny sewing thread

 and lots of sequins and beads

( 5 cm, 2" )

A splash of pink, sweet and bold.

For a donation of at least

  € 10  

the last one :
SOLD

this last jewel can be yours.

Something to wear yourself,

or something to give away to someone dear.

You just need to send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

and we'll arrange the next steps

(Pay Pal is easy !)

And for one last time :

ALL the money is for PINK RIBBON !

  "PINK  RIBBON"  

BUT
there are still two Jewels that seem forgotten :
day 5  and  day 10 !
Please check them out ...



THANK  YOU  so much
for staying with me all month.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did
(and hope you got what you wanted ...)


(it will take a few days till I sorted out all of it
and I can tell you how much I will donate to Pink Ribbon !)

day 30

Stitching on several pieces

(yes, commission is coming on fine)

The one for today wasn't easy

.........

(that's why I don't want to knit

anything in black anymore !)

The PINK RIBBON Textile Jewel

for day 30 :

a wet felted hollow brooch with sequins inside

and many sequins and beads on the outside

stitched with metallic thread

(5.5 cm)

A very posh jewel ! 

For a donation of at least

  € 10  

SOLD

this jewel can be yours,

what a lovely present it would make !!!

You just have to send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

and all can be arranged

(Pay Pal is simple !)

ALL the money will go to the PINK RIBBON Fund !

  "BLACK  BEAUTY"   

Tomorrow will be your last chance !!!

The last PINK RIBBON Textile Jewel !!!

Hope to see you then.

day 29

The last bits

(on commission)

are felted and drying right now.

The day started with a bright blue sky !

A crisp autumn day !

The PINK RIBBON Textile Jewel

for day 29 :

a wet felted hollow brooch with a flower inside,

sequins and beads

and stitched with shiny rayon thread

(only 4.5 cm)

For a donation of at least

€ 10

SOLD

this lovely brooch

can be yours.

Will you keep it

or give it to someone you love ?

All you need to do is send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

and the rest will be arranged

(Pay Pal is possible and simple)

And you surely know by now

that ALL the money goes to PINK RIBBON !

"BLUE  STAR"

After this one

only TWO more Pink Ribbon Textile Jewels to go !!!

Hope to see you tomorrow !

day 28

I've been felting today

(the last pair and some more on commission)

But this lovely one has been ready for some time ...

now it's really time to go,

LOVE this odd shape

:-)

The PINK RIBBON Textile Jewel

for day 28 :

a wet felted (hollow) egg-shape brooch,

stitched with silk, rayon and cotton

(French knots and bullion knots)

and some seed beads.

(7  x 5 cm)

For a donation of at least

  € 10  

SOLD

this fun shape brooch can be yours

an eye catcher on your garment.

Just send me an email to tell me you want it, at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

and we'll arrange everything

(Pay Pal is possible !)

ALL the money goes to PINK RIBBON !

  "SPLASH"  

Hope to see you tomorrow :

only THREE more PINK RIBBON Textile Jewels to go !!!

day 27

(allowed to sleep a little longer

because the clock went back an hour)

Busy stitching commission things

but also a lovely light blue wet felted piece.

The colour gave me the idea for the stitching !

The PINK RIBBON Textile Jewel

for day 27 :

A wet felted hollow brooch

with many beads and some sequins,

stitched with rayon and cotton

(5 cm, 2")  

This is the colour of my garden in spring

when the forget-me-not's are in bloom.

For a donation of at least

€ 10

SOLD

this flower brooch can be yours

to keep and remember someone

or to give away as a present

You just need to send me an email that you want it at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

and everything will be arranged.

(I send it in an envelope in the mail

and Pay Pal is possible)

ALL the money goes to PINK RIBBON !

 (a little hand to hold it)

"FORGET-ME-NOT" 

(and there is one tiny pink beads somewhere !)

Hope to see you

for another PINK RIBBON Textile Jewel

tomorrow