Apple Blossom latest jewellery design in my Etsy Shop

Wearable Art Jewellery

Apple Blossom Necklace and Earrings

Now for sale in my Etsy Shop

Apple Blossom Necklace
 € 130.00 
  Pretty apple blossoms and pink glass pearls, make this a very summery necklace.
I used natural slubbed silk and butter milk coloured yarns to wrap cotton jersey material to make the necklace and wrapped aluminium wire to make the spikes. The spikes are decorated with glass pearls in shades of pink attached with silver wire.

The necklace measures 55cms. end to end and is fastened with a silver plated hook and ring.

Apple Blossom Earrings 
 € 30.00
 S shapes in aluminium wire covered with natural silk yarn and below three glass pearls in pinks and different sizes hang on silver plated wire
Made to compliment the Apple Blossom necklace in my shop.
Pretty and lightweightThe earrings measure 5 cms. from hook. The hooks are silver plated, nickle free.

Wearable Art Jewellery - a New design

Another piece of wearable art in the making

I started with choosing the colours and the main feature

The yarns I selected were caramel slubbed cotton, cream silk yarn and stone silk and wool. I wrapped white cotton jersey strips with the cream and stone yarns

A rough sketch of my design idea

This beautiful fossil stone pendant was the featured element and I covered aluminum wire with the caramel slubbed cotton to attach it to the main necklace and for some decoration.

So far so good but it has taken hours to get this far!

Now you will have to be patient, I will blog the finished necklace as soon as it 'comes off the drawing board'

Wearable Art... Moroccan inspired Jewellery

Wearable Art

'Rissani' Necklace and Earrings

As my inspiration for this set I used a beautiful piece of polished rock from the Tahiri Fossil Museum, Rissani, Morocco.

I used silk yarn to wrap cotton jersey material to make the necklace and wrapped aluminum wire to make the tendrils and the earrings.

The earrings measure 5 cms. from hook. The hooks are silver plated, nickle free.

The necklace measures 51cms. end to end and is fastened with a silver plated hook and ring.

If you would like to know more about this museum or fossils in Morocco here are two links you may like to follow.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6nmhP7j01Y

http://www.aramcoworld.com/issue/200902/morocco.s.trilobite.economy.htm

 

My Waterlily Handbag Part 3

Part 3 Making the leaves and flower petals


The leaves cut and quilted ready for stitching

The hand painted silk leaves ready to sew onto bag

Three layers of flower petals are all lined and overlocked and I have placed the leaves  ready to stitch to the backing fabric

I decided to interline and quilt the body of the bag as I wanted a soft luxurious feel to it, so I shall be busy for the next few days with that....look out for the final part of this series.

My Waterlily Handbag Part two

Collecting the materials together

Firstly I made a full size paper pattern of my bag and worked out the shapes of the leaves and flower, then made patterns for the leaves and flowers ( I use recyled shopping bags for this).

I then chose the materials I wanted to use 

Dark green cotton for the bag and patterned cotton for the lining

I am using hand painted silk for the leaves

 White silk for the flower

I ironed the silk for the flower onto light weight interfacing, and cut out the shapes.

I am not sure which of these I shall use for the stamens...perhaps both!

This is gold satin cord

or perhaps the more lemony silk cord ?