Archive for November 2013

Tutorials for Christmas No.6 ... Bauble

Felt Bauble, using a polystyrene ball, felt, and embroidery

The Bauble, all made around a polystyrene ball. satisfying in extreme to push pins into polystyrene! All instructions, templates, and stitch guides available on the website http://www.modernvintageembroiderydress.blogspot.com/baubletut.html

Tutorials for Christmas No.5 ... Toadstool

Felt Toadstool decoration made with felt and hand embroidery

Well you know how I like fungus! Very easy little project and you could make it in lots of different sizes.
All instruction, templates, and stitch guides available on website http://www.modernvintageembroiderydress.blogspot.com/toadstooltut.html

Tutorials for Christmas No 4 ... Heart

Heart made with felt, sequins and beads, and hand embroidery

And here is the heart, easy to make for friends and family. Instructions, stitch guides and templates all available on the website http://www.modernvintageembroiderydress.blogspot.com/hearttut.html

Tutorials for Christmas No3 ... Little House

Felt christmas decoration using hand embroidery

Little house decoration, very simple to make. All templates, instructions and stitch guides available on the website http://www.modernvintageembroiderydress.blogspot.com/housetut.html

Tutorials for Christmas No2 ... DRUM

Felt christmas decoration with hand embroidery

The Drum, made using a milk bottle cap! Templates, instructions and stitch guides all available on the website http://www.modernvintageembroiderydress.blogspot.com/drumtut.html

Tutorials for Christmas No1. ... BIRD

Here they are, hope you enjoy making them. Templates, embroidery stitch guides and instructions available on the website http://www.modernvintageembroiderydress.blogspot.com/birdtut.html

Giant Puff Ball

Sliced just after picking

preparation with good butter salt and pepper

Frying with the bacon

Consumption ... satisfaction

I found these photos on the camera today ... completely forgot to post them though the event was quite spectacular! We almost fell over this giant on a walk down a familiar route one weekend in late September. It was as big, no bigger than a football and weirdly attached to the soil by the smallest of stalks. looking rather like it had been blown up from the earth ... I was very excited to scoop it up and made a sling for it out of my jumper, which smelt heavenly all the way home. It squeaks when it is cut like cutting polystyrene ... and the aroma is indescribably delicious. Butter, bacon, salt and pepper great slices of it on good bread ... we had risotto too, and stuffed a squash with it. It was handed out to friends and kept me in food for a week. A huge soft cloud of a thing. Delicious.

More Teaching ...

The Christmas decorations course at Hoop ... tea, sewing, chatter, happiness.

The Advent calendar course at Hoop. Is it too late to give you all an online tutorial?

The Bauble making class!

Teaching ... Christmas decorations

Here are some pictures of the teaching I have been doing recently at ... The Sewing Place and at Hoop, where the course continues each week (6 in all, two more to go)
It has been great to work with everyone and we have had lots of laughter and creativity. The Christmas decorations will be available on the website to download, next week. The crowdfunding has begun with 5 backers so far! I can't wait to begin The Thread club in the new year ... if we reach the target it will make everything speed ahead!
http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/nancy-nicholson-design/

The little felt bird decoration and all the variables made by students ...

The Toadstool decoration and a the Kit bag embroidered using thread spun by the student, wound onto a beautiful old wooden spool

The original designs for the classes ... patterns coming soon