Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

Lake Grace was a blast!

While the weather was stormy outside 

we managed (in between cups of tea & laughing)

to create our own REinvention storm inside. 

There's images over on Flickr & FB of what the girls created.

 There's lots of reasons it was lovely to come home from my weekend away,

mostly though,

for the first time in in a long time

he gave me flowers.

Having lived with him for 25yrs 
I realise this gesture for what it is
and in so doing
it was really easy for me to forgive him for being a thoughtless prick person before I left.

Flowers

1. Bib Necklace, 2. Free Motion Embroidery , 3. CoH - Jody, 4. handmade fabric flowers, 5. textile bracelet cuff, 6. ruffled wrist cuff from salvaged textiles, 7. RyW - Antoinette , 8. Lake Orta Romance Rings, 9. Dirty English (skirt), 10. Fiber Jewelry 2010 Winter Collection Sneak Peek, 11. autumnLOVE apples..., 12. Dress detail close-up, 13. Men's shirt refashion- flower close up, 14. Freeform amoeba, 15. Untitled, 16. RyW - Aurelie, 17. Fibre Art Bib Necklace, 18. RyW - Jody, 19. orange and aqua, 20. Sold@Sadiesez.etsy.com, 21. Bib Necklace by Sadiesez, 22. applique4, 23. yoyodetail, 24. Gothic Rose fabric necklace, 25. RyW - Knit Rose, 26. Untitled, 27. rose2, 28. Spring Coat...available in my shop, www.aforgottenart.etsy.com, 29. Barkcloth Wrap top, 30. Jody - Flowers, 31. S'allonger dans l'herbe ..., 32. Fabric flower brooch, 33. A floral waterfall, 34. McCalls 5799, 35. Vintage inspired, hand sculpted, blue silk floral brooch, 36. Jody

Inspiring floral creations gathered from the Sewn Details Group.

Open Studio #2

It was a little damp & windy outside today for creating
- it wouldn't have been conducive to talking or eating either!

After listening to me talk about REinventing, where I showcased some new ideas for Spring/Summer along with old favourites, we grabbed a cuppa & a snack, had a wander in the garden, before launching ourselves into the Mini-Workshop.

Everyone created their own Rose from a Mens Tie & Flower from a Zip.

I got to show-off the new dress I'd created to go with the new shoes I'd bought which went well with the Zip necklace I'd made earlier.

I've got to get busy now & finish a sewing job to be picked up in the morning so will show more of the dress tomorrow.

The next Open Studio, Fashion Talk and Mini Workshop will be,

10th October

10am-1pm
$30

Contact me to book a spot.

An Invitation

It's fun!