Miscellaneous
Mini Handbag fabric weights. Made from scraps of leather, fishing weights, card stuffing, cotton and jewellery fittings. Apr 2018 special project blog.
Butterfly new made from spare net fabric, a telescopic handle and some garden wire. July 2018 blog.
A kneeling mat I made for my mum for her birthday, made with heavy cotton and foam. June 2018.
A quilted liner for a small shopping basket. Made with denim, cotton, bias binding and pieces of blanket for wadding. Apr 2018.
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Vintage style pin cushion made from velvet embroidered with flowers. Christmas 2017
A Diary Cover depicting some of the recipients favourite things. Silk applique detailed with fabric pens and stitched to denim.
Miniature Book tree decorations. Made with bundles of sewn pages bound in covered card. Christmas 2017
Covered in vintage leather and decorated with a jewellery charm and gold stitching. The pages are vintage maps found online.
Honey drizzler hand carved from Olive Ash wood, sanded and sealed with walnut oil. Christmas 2017
It's trimmed with leather for a more hard wearing edge. Christmas 2017
Covered with red silk, decorated with a button with the shank cut off and tiny silver beads. The pages are cut from graphic novels.
Covered with leather and decorated with necklace fittings and gold stitching. The pages are shrunk vintage botanical paintings found online.
Covered in vintage leather and decorated with a jewellery charm and gold stitching. The pages are Christmas carol sheet music found online.
A jewellery box made from pink fish leather and lined with silk, there's a pearl stitched under each frill on the lid. 2008
A case for my DS made from leather lined with silk, and lace from an old bra. 2008
A DS case for a friend made from stiff black leather and lined with hand dyed silk and lace. Inspired by Emily the strange. 2008
A wallet made for a friend made from leather off cuts and lined with silk. 2008
I made this wallet for a friend out of more hard wearing fish leather and polyester lining. It has an added change pocket too. 2011
A leather backed handbag mirror with applique flowers. 2012
Roses made from heavy leather. I made some hair clips from them. 2013
This in an oyster card holder, I got sick of getting it out and putting it back all the time so I made this to buckle around my bag strap. Made from leather off cuts. 2015
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The box was made to keep a pendant I made in the shape of an ammonite from silver clay. 2008
An applique leather piece I made into a diary cover for someone leaving work. 2009
A notepad folder for a friend who was at university made with denim coloured leather lined with denim. 2014
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A jewellery wrap made from felt with needle felting decoration. It was for a bat necklace. 2016
This was an embroidery I started for a competition with the theme India. I might finish it one day. 2014
A dragon toy made from a kit I got off ETSY for my friends baby. 2016
I did this for an embroidered butterfly competition. The butterflies were all sewn individually then stitched to the background. The background was layers of sheer fabrics and silk leaves. The frame was sewn and added over the top. I was really pleased with it but I didn't win. 2015
Lavender bags I made for my mum for mothers day from sari fabric and scraps. 2013
Christmas decorations for friends made from felt with embroidery and beading. 2013
A beaded bookmark I made for my friends birthday, she likes bugs and reading. Its made on a loom. 2016
I got some lava stone beads, I rubbed silver clay into the holes in some and fired them then strung them with plain ones and pearls. 2009
A bookmark I made for someone leaving work. Made in peyote stitch. 2007
A scarf pin I carved from lime wood. 2004
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A bookmark made for another friends who loves owls and reading. Also done on a loom. 2016
This is a pendant I made for myself with silver clay set with a rough sapphire. 2008
This is carved bone, I made it at a workshop when I was travelling in New Zealand. 2004
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A Barbie I altered for a friend. I re-wigged her hair with my friends hair, made all the clothes, the boot and the goggles and I cut her leg off and made her a prosthesis. It took nearly a year. 2017
I made my mum some passion fruit gin for her birthday and designed the label. 2016
I saw one online and wanted to make one for halloween. Turned out lovely. 2014
Spoons I carved for a friend from spalted beech wood. 2014
I made some redcurrant gin for my friend for her birthday and designed a label for it. 2013
Coasters I made from layered mount board and collages of images from comic books. (front) 2012
I got a cheap lamp and made a shade for it from slides I got online, a mixture of art and vintage glamour images. It was a gift for a friend, one of my faves. 2012
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A mirror made for a friend, mount board with collage images from Tank Girl. 2011
A paper mache gift box I made for a friend. It's covered with the map of an area we went to on holiday. 2011
Some of my fave drawings from a life class I went to. 2009
A snow sculpture I made in the garden, I was never a massive fan of snowmen. 2009
A sculpture I made at sculpture class, inspired by my travels in New Zealand. A wire structure covered in plaster bandage then sealed, and silver gilded. 2007
One of the pots I made at pottery class about 20 years ago.