circle series....

 No.9

 No.8

 No.7

No.6

More brooches = time spent with colour,

fabrics, thread and my machine.

= creative enjoyment.

 

I decided that the brooches needed to be part of a series

the title

- the circle series -

seemed the only choice.

Each time I make one it seems a little different to the last,

yet they all have the same 'family resemblance'

I love that about other peoples craft/art/style

and I have noticed it about my own creations when

I 'play' like I have been with these brooches.

It reminded me of an Artwork I came upon after clicking through

a link on Pinterest this week

 by Lisa Congdon on her blog

Please have a look at it Here

 

Have fun creating your own visual style ;)

~ Gillian ♥



more fun with brooches...

 Felt Brooch no.2

 Felt Brooch no.3

 Felt Brooch no.4

Felt Brooch no.5

this one was for a friend who requested a dark red version

 

and this little one is for a special young man in my home who said

'mum, do you think you could make me a badge for my satchel'

Mr L has a satchel he takes to church each week to carry his bible, sketch book etc...and he puts cool badges on it, so I felt quite honoured that he asked for one ;)

well, I thought 'ok', but I needed to make it a little more masculine and more like a badge than a brooch....The colours he requested were Red, Brown & Black....

(I added the grey, just using some of my artistic licence!)

and I decided to use a rusty pickles alphabet brad in the centre...I just trimmed the back pins a bit, pushed it through the first couple of layers, opened it up and sewed the next couple of layers  on and you cant see or feel the back of the brad.

 

*the brooches I have numbered are for sale in my madeit store :)

 

I'm also working on a couple of crochet rugs at the moment & a knitted baktus scarf, all three are rather large projects so these little brooches have been so much fun and it is nice to finish something in one creative session ;)

 

I hope you are having a beautiful day and can find some time to create

~ Gillian ♥



madeit....

This week I relaunched my

madeit Store

Eclecticmoi

Something I've been thinking about for a few months...

So over the next few weeks I will be adding items,

some familiar items like my brass & silver jewellery

and some new items

Like my Felt brooches :)

and maybe some crochet items in the near future.

 

I hope you are all having a creative day,

~ Gillian ♥