Friday 10 June 2011

A Passion For Pink!

I love it when new supplies arrive.

These designs all started with the leaf shape in the centre of the square pendant. I had made a blue version of this in March with a cuff to match and I wanted to see how the design would look in these beautiful fuchsia shades.



Next came the heart pendant. It has a lovely puffy effect as it is two thin layers of felt stitched together.


The matching cuff is incredibly soft. It closes with two buttons layered together as I liked the shimmery effect of the top button but it wasn't big enough on it's own.


 I had a leaf shaped template in my drawer of bits and pieces from when I was making fused fabric leaf pendants last year. I had picked a beach leaf off the hedge while walking home one day and based a few designs on it. When I cut this leaf out of the felt, one of the smaller leaves that I had cut for the square pendant fell onto the big one and hey presto! another design was born.


I have made these as brooches but they could also be fitted with a jump ring and worn as pendants.

The little pink daisy on the green background in the top photo was a bit of fun. I had some felt flower shapes cut from commercial felt for me by a fellow folksy seller and she kindly gave me card board cut outs of the four different daisy shapes that I ordered. The teeniest one just happens to fit within the square pendant tray and I couldn't resist the pink on green combination. A shiny shell bead makes up the centre and matches the background green perfectly.


I also have plenty of heart shaped templates lying around and this brooch is reminiscent of the hanging hearts I used to make. Again, this heart has a lovely 3D puffiness due to the layers being stitched together.

You can find some of these new pieces in my Etsy shop and I'll be adding more as and when I get them individually photographed. Thankfully the sun is shining today so I may have to just sit outside sewing on beads and brooch bars!

10 comments:

  1. Very pretty, pink is one of my favourite colours!

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  2. Oh my! your work is so beautiful:)

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  3. I love the colour too and your works is beautiful...!

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  4. What a fantastic colour - so elegantly rich - and you've really made some wonderful pieces.

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  5. Beautiful. Love the colour and particularly like the heart at the bottom.

    Sarah x

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  6. Gorgeous new work Aileen! Sitting in the sun sewing beads and brooch bars sounds like a perfect afternoon :)

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  7. These pieces are gorgeous....You are one talented lady........

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