These decorations are quite glamourous, even though I say so myself! They're made from velvet which has script printed onto it that I have decorated each side of the decoration with guipure lace, beads, a glass diamond, and vintage mother of pearl buttons. I added a little stuffing to give the decorations some body.
You can use these decorations on your Christmas tree etc, but I also use them to decorate Christmas presents, so the recipient gets a lovely looking gift and an extra present in one!
I've completely hand-stitched these and due to the print of the velvet each one is slightly different. I used a broken necklace for the glass diamonds and the beads from my stash of, mostly broken, jewellery. My favourite charity shop now saves me any broken jewellery rather then binning it now too!
If you'd like these decorations, I have a couple sets of two for sale in my Etsy store.
I'll be back again on Saturday.
TTFN
Louise
The body of this brooch, a Christmas gift for a family friend, was made from green and beige tweed fabric, with a green velvet heart appliqued to it. The velvet heart was then decorated with french knots and glass beads. I also added a little trail of beads from the bottom of the heart. I used a kilt pin-style brooch pin.
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Louise
The run up to Christmas is always busy for a maker as there's so many things to make, be it for my shops, cards or presents. This lavender pillow is for a Christmas present.
It's made from a dull pink linen napkin with a strip of vintage Japanese silk appliquéd to it and it is decorated with silk prairie points, buttonhole lace, pekinese stitch, wrapped threads, bullion loops and french knots. I have also tied on some handmade buttons. The buttons are decorated with french knots and beads. The pillow is backed in dull pink velvet.
The pillow in progress.
The finished pillow
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Louise
More work has been carried out on this piece. I've added another leather bump, beads, lots of buttonhole lace, bullion loops and french knots, some sequin waste (a piece of foil that is left after sequins have been stamped out from it), another silvered velvet patch and a metal and crystal button.
There's still plenty of the cloth to cover, though!
TTFN
Louise
My first post on the bling cloth is here.
