11-17-08Bead work on small pillow that is crazy patched. Beaded on corners. Pillows are such fun to make they add Art to any room. This pillow you would not want people to use as back rest!! Just a pretty to look at.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Beaded flowers on small pillow
11-17-08Bead work on small pillow that is crazy patched. Beaded on corners. Pillows are such fun to make they add Art to any room. This pillow you would not want people to use as back rest!! Just a pretty to look at.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Enchanted Felted FAIRY Fionnan
11-12-08I am Fionnan from the enchanted woods of Inber Glas where the rushing river Bann brings beauty to this Northern land of Dreamers. Within these woods impossibilities become possible with the magic of Dreams. Where Fairies watch the Sleeping World become awake and
See a World beyond them self.
MORE Felted Girls Pin
11-12-08This is Needle felted work of Arty little girls that is a fun way to express your inner Art self!! Playing and blending with Hand dyed wool roving, yarn, adding pewter charms and letters to make words that inspire your inner Art Self. YOU are creating a piece of doll art that shows the World that the woman Child stills lives and loves on.
Beaded Cuffs
11-12-08Some of my beaded cuffs and fringe bracelets. Working with crystals, Glass buttons, and of course LOTS of Beads...
Beaded workshop
11-12-08This is Beaded and French ribbon work that I taught in a 3 day workshop. Then embellished a purse with the finished work. This has 3-D, sparkle, and Color! Also added a hand dyed applique to add a vintage look. I love teaching and working with mix mediums. Embellish ON !!
ETSY SELLER
11-12-08I am now an ETSY seller!! CynthyAnderson is my store name. Come and visit some time.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Felted Doll Pin
10-31-08These Needle felted doll pins are some samples from classes. I will be teaching this class in DEC. in Fallbrook Ca. at Ravens' Wood Studio. If you would like to take this class please contact me about openings and cost. You will recieve a kit that has hand dyed wool roving, peweter charms, beads , felting needles, pin back and art yarns to embellish with. The studio setting is by a creek in a Private setting surrounded by woods, birds, and fresh air. A great place to create.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
AINE Felted Doll
10-28-08Needle felted doll her twisted wool hair is what inspired her name. Her name is Celtic and means fairy goddess, patroness of love. Aine is about 24"in.
BAINE Felted Doll
10-28-08Needle felted doll. Her name is Baine and in old Irish legends it means princess
CFMH 4
10-28-08More buttons and I also embroidered a tree. Added charms and made a butterfly out of a hand dyed applique.
CFMH 3
10-28-08I live in So. Ca. wine country so I embroidered a grape vine on this square. I also had a vintage collection of glass buttons that I sewed all over the quilt. There maybe over 70 buttons I never counted them.
Close up CFMH 1
10-28=08Collection from my heart close up. Crazies should always have a spider web on them for good luck!
Collections From my Heart
10-28-08This is my Crazy Quilt that was a finalist in the 100k Quilt Challenge. It traveled for a year to some of the major Quilt shows in the USA.
French Ribbon wall hanging
10-28-08Cynthy, cynthy, How Does Your Garden Grow? Of coarse with hand dyed silk ribbons you know. Another class that students were amazed how flowers and leafs turn out from using ribbon.
Bee Hive Needle Case
10-28-08This bead work is raised work which you really can't see in pic. It has a padded form in bead work. This is another vintage wool blanket I cut up for needle case. My class loved this type of bead work. It is a fun project.
Embroidered Needle Case
10-28-08Embroidered needle case that I taught at TNNA which is The National Needlework Assoc. In Ohio.
Silk Ribbon Needle case
10-28-08This is a sweet wool needle case that I did silk ribbon embroidery on. The out line stitch I used was the blanket stitch. An old wool blanket was cut up to use for the base. That wonderful green is the color of the blanket . The cotton thread I used for the blanket stitch was a great match!!
Teddy Bear Pincushion
10-28-08I used Vintage wool to create pincushion. Then added this little bear atop and sewed sewing charms to it. I LOVE pincushions making them and collecting them. Yes, I do even sell them!
Felted Heart Brooch
10-28-08This was a class that we talked about our HEARTS Desires. And choose color roving's that reflected what we were feeling. After felting our hearts, then choose a word that reminded us of what we were feeling, wanted, needed or wanted to aspired to, ect.
Orange Needle felted flower
10-28-08Orange Felted flower that I taught as a intro into the 3-d world of needle felting. It became a brooch. You can never have to many!!
Beaded Doll Art
10-28-08This beaded doll was beaded just to see how over the top I could go!! Yes, I did draw her face. Her shoes are from a bead glass artist I meant Bead and Button.
Beaded Mermaid
10-28-08This pre-made silk doll that was a class I taught in Northern Ca. She was also published in Bead Unique Magazine in 06'. The class was to learn how to bead embroidery on a 3-d piece.
Beaded Dancer
10-28-08This is a pre-made silk doll that I taught Bead Embroidery at a Bead Retreat in North Ca. She About 6" She was also published in Bead Unique Magazine in 06'.
Wool Brooch
10-28-08I had a small pieces of scrap wool so I beaded flowers and blanket stitched another piece of wool to the back. Size is about 2x3in.
Beaded Chatelaine
10-28-08
Chatelaines were very poplar in the Victorian era for the ladies of the house. It carried they special pair of scissors and other sewing ephemera. I have added a pincushion to mine.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Whimsical Flower Crazy Quilt
10-27-08This crazy quilt wall hanging was featured in Bead Unique magazine in 06. As you can see I was one a deadline there were no embellishments on the seems. So I will be finishing this quilt this year. With no embellishments on the seems it is only a patchwork quilt not a crazy quilt.
Feather Brooch
10-27-08I found some vintage feathers and stems so I decided to make a brooch with them. I made velvet leaves for the base. Added beaded fringe. It has that 30's or 40's look.
Bohemian Dreams
10-27-08I just LOVE Crazy quilting. I finished this quilt in 06'. I embellished with hand and bead embroidery, French ribbon work, and add bits and pieces of vintage jewelry. Quilt size is 65x65in. A Gypsy blanket...
Black dress night!!
10-27-08This purse was bought at a discount store. Handles and sides are leather and the front and back is a heavy canvas. I added black trim at base of handles. I then Embellished with velvet fabric that I hand stitched into flowers and leafs. LOVE that Bling so I added vintage rhinestone buttons and brooch.
Wear are my cloves?
10-27-08I found this vintage purse and it just called out to be embellished. Handles and top are wood.
Garden on my handbag
10-27-08Have you thought about carrying a GARDEN? This cloth handbag has been embellished with hand dyed silk ribbons using French Ribbon work. Also hand dyed appliques, a bee pin, and brooch have been added.
Just TRY
10-27-08
French Ribbon work oh!la!la! This was a wonderful class I taught with a group of women that really had never hand stitched before. They were amazed what their hands had created!! On the corners I added vintage glass buttons.
Victorian Garden
10-27-08This embroidery work is done on black velvet using cotton threads .Stitches used in this piece were bullion, lazy daisy, french knot and fern. Hand dyed applique embellished with bead fringe. This is a mini wall hanging.
Tags of Life
10-27-08Altered Art is just FUN. 8x8in. canvas board. Another class I taught using stamps and adding old tiles with letters stamped on them to spell ART . When piece was dried I antique it with stain.
Dream of ARt
10-27-08This Altered Art piece is from a class I taught. Collage work was done on a 8x10 in. canvas board. It can hang on the wall or be placed in an easel.It was also embellished with old bits of jewelry.
Victorian Child
10-27-08
I was in a very Victorian mood when I made this Altered Art piece. This is a 5 by 7 in. charmer made out of art card stock and my collection of cut outs.
Altered Art Moon
10-27-08A 5 by 7 in. Altered art card that I made for Christmas to hang on my white feather tree. Butterflies take flight in the maddness of moon light.
Alter Art Cat
10-27-08This is one of my altered art pieces. I made this jointed cat hanger to hang on my white feather tree for Christmas. I then embellished it with bits and pieces of old jewel and velvet leaves.
Beaded Goddess
10-27-08This is a center of a crazy quilt. The form is padded and then I did some bead embroidery. WELL a LOT of beading. her wings are hand dyed and her face is much nicer then in picture. Her hair is also fringe beaded. I also spelled out in beads" bead Goddess".
Mermaid Wonder
10-27-08This fiberart necklace is huge!!With lots of bead work and many different fibers twisted and knoted. . I made this after a vacation driving up the coast. I could see a beautiful mermaid swimming through the sea to lure her next sailor to her deep sea home.
Raven Felted Purse
10-27-08This needle felted purse was done by hand. The purse was in Haute Purses magazine it is called Ravens. With hand needle felting there is a lot of poking!!! The ravens and flowers have a more padded look by using more roving to their design.
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