PINK RIBBON, day 1 (and anniversary)

The first day of October
means the first day of my Pink Ribbon Challenge :
a Textile Jewel for every single day of this month,
selling it to support the Pink Ribbon Foundation that needs money
for research into new healing methods for breast cancer patients
and good aftercare.
One in every seven women has a chance to get breast cancer
and there are also men diagnosed with it.
That's a lot of people !

So here is my first PINK  RIBBON  Textile Jewel
for day 1 :

a little felt fish brooch, stitched with cotton, rayon
and sequins and seed beads

(8 cm,  3.2")

For a donation of

 € 20 

SOLD !

this "golden" beauty
comes swimming your way !

A splash of colour on your garment
or a lovely present to someone dear.

You just need to send me an email at
 fiberrainbow@gmail.com 

(or you can tell me in the comments below this post)
and we will arrange the next steps
Bank or Paypal
(+ postage)

ALL THE MONEY goes to PINK RIBBON !

 "GOLDFISH" 

Tomorrow there will be a new Textile Jewel

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For the 15th anniversary of
FIBERRAINBOW
there is a Giveaway in the making
so keep track on that too
I'll let you know later how you can participate

:-)

almost a new start . . .

This last day of September
is the silence before the storm :
the PINKTOBER storm !

Many of you out there know what that means :
a new Textile Jewel
on every new day in October
that I will sell for at least
€ 20,-
donation for Pink Ribbon

Though my own experience with breast cancer
lies more than 27 years back now,
it still bothers me that so many women 
ánd men (!) receive the same diagnosis
that turns their life upside down.

So, as long as my hands are able to felt and stitch
I will continue making Textile Jewels,
one each day.

But the felt must be dry before stitching
so some preparations were needed.

Waiting for my choice for tomorrow
. . . . .

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After my last Art Market in Amerongen

I had time to start on a

GIVEAWAY

for the 15th anniversary of this blog
on the first of October !
Not finished yet, so a bit of patience for that too.

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And with no more hassle for an Art market
I could go to the special slavery-project where I was assisting

on both Sundays.
It is just amazing how much is already achieved
(and how much still needs to be done !!!)

Many little pieces ans many lengths of cord

Making felted chains that will hang from the tapestry
and lie on the floor.

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Maybe the best part in these past two weeks
was the visit of an "Internet-friend" !!!
We "met" through an online workshop
with Sara Lechner many years ago
and kept in touch through FB or INSTA.
But, I was over the moon
when Catherina told us she and her husband

would visit family and friends in Holland
(where she was born and lived till after she married)
and asked if we could meet . . .

A very special day it was when they visited us !!!

THANK  YOU so much Catherina and John !

Art market : GRIETMARKT

 I've been so busy felting that I didn't have time
to tell about the succes the Art market in Warmond was !
Many lovely people to talk to and to explain
how I make my gouache paintings.
Hmmmm, there are many steps to take before a painting is ready to put in a frame !
Three paintings were sold and also two of my older pieces
made on the embellisher.

THANK YOU
dear customers
I hope you will enjoy them for years to come

But these last two weeks were not for painting,
because to the GRIET MARKT I always take my textle art too.

Can you have a favorite Art Market ???
Well the GRIETMARKT
certainly is mine !

A lovely organisation
a warm welcome in the morning,

music, fun things to do for the kids
and the art is combined
with a ecological food market !

Here is one of the bags I just made.
(you can wear it as a belt pouch or as a shoulder bag)

(I'm having a bit of a  problem with my photos
because of the new PC : it works differently from the old one
but that will be solved soon, I hope !)

So, I would love to see you in AMERONGEN

this Saturday !!!

ART market in Warmond

My upcoming Art Market is on Sunday

August  31

in Warmond
(that is just north of Leiden)

11.00 - 16.00

This market will be a bit different from the ones I usually go to
because I take only my paintings this time
and only a few textile pieces.

The "Fire Bird" above is a brand new painting
that I will take with me.
(acrylic on canvas,  40 x 50 cm)

There will be some funny narrative ones and also
some with flowers, both are gouache on paper.

So why not add some textile flowers too
. . .

So if you love to see (and buy) some art
please visit the market next Sunday !
My stall will be near Herenweg 75.

Hope to see you there !

Colibri coruscans

A big name for a tiny bird !
"Sparkling Violetear" defines more clearly
what this hummingbird looks like.
They are sparkling green and turquoise little jewels
with some patches of bright cobalt blue (violet)
And noooo, they have no (outside) ears, but
a fun wisps of blue feathers behind the eye.

They live mainly in the north western part of South America in humid habitats.
They live solitary and defend fiercely their own territory, by singing !
They feed on honey but they also hunt insects.

Stitching the flowers (front and back !)

All the little parts are there before assembling the bird
based on the example of a paper bird,
with a photo as reference and thin pencil lines on the background.

Ready for the seam allowance to turn under and place it
on a painted 20 x 20 cm canvas.

Yes, happy with it !

August is here

Oh my, really ?
They say time flies
so use it well !

I finally started with the background I had ready for my next bird :
the hummingbird.

I would looove to see these little fellas
in real life but they don't live here
at this side of the ocean.
(you can't win them all . . . )

For the bird I used some snippets
that I had backed with "Vliesofix" ("Wonder under")
because the silk bits can so easily fray.
For the leaves and flowers I just cut out the shapes
and I started to tack them down along the edge,
a lot of work, but I love it.

And, maybe because I'm a restless person,
I've started with another, and also bigger piece too.

Not sure yet what to do with it next,
let's wait and see

. . .

25 - 7 - '25 . . . and another bird

For us
25 - 7
is a special day :
our first grandchild was born !
And today that moment is 24 years ago, how time flies !

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Though
Stitch Club had a fun but "dark"workshop these last two weeks
by Ruth Norbury
I kept working on a new bird-piece
(for which I started the background during a zoom session of SC)
The bird I chose this time was the song thrush

Nowadays, finding a good photo of the animal you want to portray
isn't very difficult : so many lovely pictures on the net !

I liked this one especially 
because in our small front garden there is a rowan tree
which is visited by many birds when the berries (right now !) are ripe.
 

It starts with building up the bird with tiny scraps.

Stitching in the garden in summer is such FUN !

Though I don't do that always,
I backed these very small berry-bits with "vliesofix"
to stop fraying.

VERY fiddly leaves to stitch onto the background

The last step will be folding the excess bits on the side
so it fits on a 30 x 30 cm (painted) canvas

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(and now it is time for Ruth Norbury )

:-)