After a very long time I'm back but I've moved here: http://meltedfabrics.blogspot.com/ as I can't longer access this account without signing out of my e-mail first.

These are the photos of the finished piece "Hera". The final piece is 60cms x 80cms. I used lots of different scraps of fabric and yarn, beads, sequins and some hat net. The piece was lightly melted and burnt in places to give an "antique" feel.

This is a sneak peek at a new piece of work called Hera ( you can see another work in progress in the previous entry). I'll post the full image once it's finished.

This a piece called Red Rabbit that's borrowed imagery from The Shins song Red Rabbits. I don't know much about what the song means but I was searching for inspiration one day when I was listening to this song. I've used a lot of embroidered stitching on the couple in this piece. I don't usually use a lot of heavy stitching but it was interesting to see the contrast between the muted colours in layered fabric and the bright colours in the thread.


















Below is a work in progress that I just started last night.

Father and Child (pictured above) won the award for Innovation at the Tiverton Art Society Summer Exhibition this year!

The exhibition is open until Sunday and is located at Tiverton High School, Devon.

These are some new bags I've just uploaded to my website, decorated with marbles.
Click to see more pics and info.

I've got a few auctions up on ebay, including the pieces above and both of my CD books.
Please click here to see.

I've finally finished my second book "Foundling"!

Foundling

More Textiles Secrets Revealed!

A Textiles Sketchbook on CD

Full of scrumptious Eye Candy!

Foundling is full of dreamy soft whimsical textiles pieces exploring ideas of secret gardens, hidden delights and tangle woods.

Join me as I create a sketchbook, jot down ideas and hunt for inspiration. This book will take you through my textiles pieces as I work on them, with step-by-step photos and my notes.

Find new ideas and new techniques not explored in Melted Fabrics.

Over 245 Full Colour Images

Over 245 pages of textiles

In Acrobat PDF Format

• New ideas and techniques
• Finding Inspiration
• Following a theme
• Step-by-step projects
• Primary source photos
• Brainstorming
• Problem solving
• Using Light
• Using Fluff

Please visit my website for more info.

Sneak peak of a new project!

Oops! It's been almost a month since my last post. I've been working hard trying to finish my new CD book. It's still not finished but hopefully soon it will be.

Above is a piece I finished recently. I'm not sure yet how I'm displaying her, whether she'll be a wallhanging or a quilt. There are work in progress photos of this piece in my new book.

Sometimes the fabrics are so beautiful half-way through the process that I wish I didn't have to sew them down!

The top piece on my last post won an Award of Merit last week at the Tiverton Art Society Exhibition!
Here are a view new pieces I've been working on recently. This one is a delicate piece available from etsy:

















This is a self-portrait that I started last year, forgot about and just finished. This project will feature in my new CD book which should be out very soon:

Landscapes.
3 More recently sewn landscapes. These pieces are being exhibited in the Tiverton Art Society Exhibition Sun 15th-Sat 21st at Tiverton High School, Bolham Road, Tiverton, Devon.

The UK etsy sale
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Melted Fabrics is offering a free Textiles gift with every purchase.

A new bag. This is a circular backpack that I finally finished after starting it sometime in Autumn last year! It features red "scribbley" roses.
For more pictures please visit my etsy store.

Forgotten Tribe
Forgotten Princess
Forgotten Girl

These are some recent pieces I made as samples for a bigger project I'm working on. It's been a long time since I actually used a sketchbook and made samples. I usually jump straight in to making the final piece so it's actually fun to experiment and make mistakes and feel free about making lots of little pieces.

Two pieces based on Kate Bush's song Hounds of Love.

"Hounds of Love"
Featuring ears eyes and noses and 2 mini textiles shoes

















"Two Steps on the Water"

It's in the trees!
It's coming!"

When I was a child:
Running in the night,
Afraid of what might be

Hiding in the dark,
Hiding in the street,
And of what was following me...

Now hounds of love are hunting
I've always been a coward,
And I don't know what's good for me.

(Well) Here I go!
It's coming for me through the trees.
Help me, someone!
Help me, please!

Take my shoes off,
And (i will) throw them in the lake,
And I'll be
Two steps on the water.

I found a fox
Caught by dogs.
He let me take him in my hands.

His little heart,
It beats so fast,
And I'm ashamed of running away

From nothing real--
I just can't deal with this,
But I'm still afraid to be there,

Among your hounds of love,
And feel your arms (surrounding) me.
I've always been a coward,
I never know what's good for me.

(well),here I go!
Don't let me go!
Hold me down!
It's coming for me through the trees.
Help me, darling
Help me, please!

Take my shoes off
And throw them in the lake,
And I'll be
Two steps on the water.

I don't know what's good for me.
I don't know what's good for me.
I need your love love love love love, yeah!
Your love!

Take your shoes off
And throw them in the lake!

Do you know what I really need?
Do you know what I really need?
I need love love love love love, yeah!

This is my first "proper" traditional style landscape. It was an experiment to see if I could use my techniques to tackle a well-used subject. I'm thinking of making some much larger pieces now as it's often easier for me to work big and this piece was fairly small for me- around A3 size. I don't know why I've never sewn any landscapes before as I live in a beautiful part of the countryside.
This was based on a photo I took from a boat on the River Dart in Dartmouth, Devon.
There are more images and info on this piece in my etsy store.

"Feather Fetish"
New piece available from my etsy store

"Protectors of the Nest"

This is a piece I started sometime last year and finished on wednesday. It started out life as a bag but I decided it was much better as a wall hanging.
More photos can be seen on my website here: http://www.meltedfabrics.com/Textilepages/Protectors%20of%20the%20Nest.htm