Ornament Exchange - Part 2

More ornaments from the St. John's Embroidery Guild:

This is Verna's Christmas Temari Ornament.

I haven't posted any new links lately. That will happen soon. However, in the meantime, check out my blogging buddy, Mary Ann, at Magpie's Mumblings. For my Crazy Quilt enthusiasts, check out her Santa. And to all the grandmas whose little ones are quite young, scroll down to view her 'quiet' book. Job well done!!! 

Embroidery Christmas Ornament Exchange - Part 1

Tonight the embroidery guild held its annual Christmas Ornament exchange. I will show them all over the next couple of posts. All were beautiful!

I had difficulty editing this one. It didn't matter what I did, this is how it stayed.

Shimmers and Cake!!

It's time to take the bull by the horns and get back to posting. One of the minor problems I'm having is not having my photos on my machine. I got this new tablet just before we left in May and as a result, most of my photos are on a portable hard drive (somewhere among my husband's stuff) and on my phone. So instead of transferring my phone photos to computer (long story), I have been emailing them to me and using them that way. Got to get all this fixed soon.

Today I finished stitching the last of the new Shimmer Ornaments (elves below). They still have to be trimmed with the burning tool and packaged but that's minor in the scheme of things. All my ornaments come packaged as you see below in the second photo. They can be put in a card and mailed anywhere in the world (cheaper than sending a package).

These elves are drying before cutting apart.

Packaged, ready to go!

The Gingerbread House was designed by my daughter, Jill. You can see her art at: jill-cooper.com
and on instagram: @jtcartist.
Her paintings are amazing!  

Designed by my daughter, Jill T. Cooper

These shimmers are mummers. Mummering is an old Newfoundland tradition. Read about it HERE. 

Mummers

This 24 inch tree was purchased at Home Depot. It has a 6 hour timer for the lights which works out perfectly.

Tree for displaying Shimmers at the fair

Tonight I baked my dark Christmas Fruitcake. This is my mom's old recipe and the best one I've ever tasted. However, mine cracked on the top even though I spread it over with a knife dipped in hot water before baking (mom's tip). It didn't work for me - again!! However, it smells great and I know it will melt in the mouth!

Enjoy!!

New to Studio

November 17th and this was the temperature in the back garden this afternoon:

Amazing!!!!

A new 12 needle felting machine or embellisher, as they are called in industry, was added to my studio yesterday.  This one replaces my 5 needle felting machine. The 5 needle machine is in excellent condition but the 12 needle one is much faster for my needs. I will be selling the older one.

An added feature of the new machine is a holder for yarn and a place to thread the yarn so that it comes out by the needles for easy felting. I am making a few new needle felted Wearable Art Pins to replace the ones sold at the Christmas Craft Fair. There is also a place on the front of the embellisher foot to thread ribbon. I'm looking forward to 'playing' with this new machine!!

Here are a few felted projects / tutorials to check:

• How to Make Flat Wet Felting   
• Wool Felt Projects on Pinterest  
• Felt Goodies to Make 
• Felt Projects   
• Free Needle Felting Projects   

Enjoy!!

My Booth at the Christmas Craft Fair

The Christmas Craft Fair is over for another year! Five very busy, successful, days!!

I had a corner booth, sized 8' x 12'. This time, I decided to have a separate display for the Shimmers (blue board below). I was going to drape black fabric over the blue board but decided to leave it. The blue matched the drapes in the stadium. Lots of Shimmers will have new homes this Christmas!

A hugh thank you to everyone who visited my booth and to those who purchased my textile art pieces.

This shows all my Shimmer Ornaments

Fibre Lace Scarves

November 11

We remember . . .

More New Pendants

Here are a few more pendants that were finished today.

The background for the trees below, were needle felted using various touches of coloured wool roving. It was then stitched using a stippling stitch technique. Silver metallic thread was used for the trees.

New Shimmers

These mummers and a gingerbread house have just been added to my Shimmer Ornament Collection:

The Newfoundland Weavery is having a Gingerbread Theme at their store this year, so they have some of the gingerbread houses already. However, the mummers will be introduced at the Christmas Craft Fair, next week at the Jack Byrne Arena.

The hours for the fair are:
Nov 9, Wednesday 4 - 9 
Nov 10, Thursday 10 - 9 
Nov 11, Friday 2 - 9 
Nov 12, Saturday 10 - 9 
Nov 13, Sunday 10 - 5

I will be at booth #103.

New Pendants

Here are a few new Fibre Art Pendants. The backgrounds have been needle felted then stitched with matching thread. Metallic threads are used for the objects (except the poinsettia). All original designs were stitched on a Brother PR 1000e, 10 needle embroidery machine. Of course, we can convert the designs to be stitched on any machine out there. Other designs include a sailboat, anchor, another tree, and an abstract three triangles in a circle.

Various background colours: wine, black, blue, turquoise, dark gray. I will also be experimenting with a felted background using various colours.

The maple leaf really stands out. I've had lots of compliments on that one (it's the only one I've worn yet and have kept one for me).

Happy Halloween!

As my friends know, I'm not much into Halloween! But when you have grandchildren . . . well, you get the drift. My granddaughter, Gale, loves Halloween. So at the end of the season, last year, I bought this panel at Fiber Lilly. It has taken me all year to finish this, which I did while in Nova Scotia this summer. Gale helped me sew on the decorative buttons.

I didn't add any extra strips to the sides but did do lots of free-motion stitching over it. Gale loved it! And that's all that matters.

Check These Out!!

Verna has more beautiful Temari Ornaments finished! These are my favorite designs.

And here are some interesting blog posts to visit:

• Marmalade Rose (felted wool and stitch)
• Art in Stitches 
• Creations . . . Quilts, Art . . . Whatever 
• Tutorial at Creating My Way to Success 
• Ravelry: 12 Days of Christmas 
• Quilting Mod     
• Spoonflower : Free Piecing Quilt Block Tutorial
• 
  

Needle Felted Wearable Art Pins

Here's a sample of my latest needle felted and beaded wearable art. These and more, will be available at the Craft Council Christmas Craft Fair next month.

Icicles

No, we aren't having winter weather, yet!! However, I am making new shimmer ornaments for the Christmas Craft Fair next month. These icicles will be sold in sets of three and are stitched in white and silver thread. I have new packaging ordered to fit these longer ornaments. These will sparkle on a Christmas tree or hung in a window.

Have a look at a few 'Icicle' related projects:

• Icicle Block Pattern
• Faux Christmas Icicles 
• Icicle Ornaments  
• Felt Icicle Ornament  
• Icicle Ornaments on Pinterest          
• Crochet Icicle Pattern (free)

Enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving, Canada

Happy Thanksgiving to my family and friends, near and far. We just got home last Tuesday afternoon after 4 1/2 months, so needless to say, it has been a very busy week.

I'm getting ready for the Craft Council Christmas Craft Fair in early November and the Anna Templeton Center Christmas Tea and Sale in December.

New Shimmer Ornaments and Needle Felted Wearable Art Pins are in progress. Photos will be posted soon.

Instagram

Well, I finally got Instagram working on my phone, thanks to artist daughter, Jill! She clued me in to using hashtags and generally how to navigate around the site.

I'm just getting started with posting and hope to do so several times a week. You can find me at jcfibreart

Signs of early fall, taken last week on a walk

UFO Finished

Last year I purchased a Halloween panel from Fiber Lily, a local quilt shop in St. John's. I had big plans to quilt it and have it ready for last Halloween. Well, so much for good intentions! However, Gale, my granddaughter, helped me finish it this summer and was very happy to receive it today.

There is a black binding but it's difficult to see in this photo.

 Here's a few Halloween projects to consider:

• Totally Stitchin' Fun Halloween Project Ideas
• That Cat from McCalls Quilting
• Pumpkin Pincushion, The Inbox Jaunt
• 50 + Sewing Projects from So Sew Easy (lots to see on this site)
• Pinterest HERE and HERE
• Free Sewing Projects for Halloween at Sew News

Enjoy!!