Gold Beetle Published

 It's so exciting when you get published. My beautiful Gold Beetle was published back in 2016 in Pauline Browns - The Encyclopedia of Embroidery Techniques. I had forgotten all about signing the paperwork to have him added to the image section at the back of the book.

Up coming course on creating my Stumpwork and Goldwork Beetles

 Hello, 

Have you ever wanted to create my Stumpwork Beetles. Now is your chance, I am creating an online video course so that you can see how to create these wonderful little creatures, in both Stumpwork and Goldwork techniques.

Topics covered will be all the stitches needed to create them, as well as techniques, creating the wings, body and suggestions on where to mount them.

The types of wing embellishment covered will be Beading, Long and Short stitch, or combining both. Goldwork techniques on embellishing them, couching fancy threads and wires to wings, using various techniques, including brick stitch, padding and chipping just to name a few.

Body creation, different types of legs and antennae. As well as putting it all together.

Suggestions on how to display your creations once create will also be offered.  Watch the video for a little more info.

Email me to be put on the registration list, and further info will be sent to you in the new year regarding where to register.

Beetle tutorials - now available for sale

Hi All, yes long time no see.

My goldwork and beadwork beetles are now available in my Etsy shop as a tutorial download.

I have also released my Goldwork Crazy Quilted Tree skirt as a tutorial, which you get the gold work beetle tutorial FREE.

Also you will find the release of some other new projects.
Catch up again soon.
Arlene

I've been making purses

A sewing Set and Purses for gifts and orders. They have turned out to be better than I thought.
Complete sewing set:

 Needlebook:

 Pin Keep:

 Scissor Keep:

 Purple purse with Beetle (front):

 Side view:

Back, they lady wanted it with her friends initial:

 Second one for another friend with her name this time:

 Front:

 Lined inside:

 Third one, different colour, front:

 Lined on the inside also

This is the last one, not yet finished.

Southern Cross Crazies - Round robin - finished

I really enjoyed this round robin, only the three of us in our group. Claire and Maureen embellished my blocks amazingly. Our project was a sewing set - Scissor Keep, Pin Keep, Needle book and glasses case. I decided to change my glasses case into the top of a box.
Here are the before:

 Glasses Case (now the box lid)

 Needle Book

 Pin Keep

Scissor Keep

And the after:

 The set once constructed.

The box lid with a Silver work Pink Beetle.

The contents inside the box.

Do you like the Thread Bobbins, they can be downloaded free here, just click the link.

Thread Bobbins

Twines in Nature - Available for Download

Have finally been able to convert this to a downloadable tutorial.  Here is the link directly to my Etsy Store.

My Stumpwork Beetle

Well if you have ever wanted to make my Stumpwork beetles, here is your chance. 

For a short time you can download the tutorial in my Etsy shop for a very special price of $5.95 (AU).

There are other tutorials available from my shop also. More will be added over the coming weeks, so keep a watch out.

Arlene

Latest Project - Stumpwork embroidered Crazy Quilted box.

I have to admit it is easier to make things in a house than in the caravan.  I was commissioned to make a gift for a friend for their friends up coming birthday.

 Embroidered Basket with silk ribbon roses and beaded flowers.

 Inside view of box

 Top view of box, Buttonhole lace Butterfly, Stumpwork Goldwork beetle in pink, Silk ribbon flowers.

 This is the brooch I made as an extra gift

Buttonhole embroidered butterfly.

And of course my signature beetle.
The lady who commissioned it has received, she is over the moon with the result as am I.

Gold Beetle Class

A few weeks ago the Burdekin Sewing hosted the Bi-Annual Show and Tell and whilst them Gloria asked me if I would come and do a lesson on 'My Beetle', the gold one. Well of course I said yes, she's been asking for sometime, but we just never got around to setting a date.  Well pushed by the thought that I'm leaving north Queensland early next year, we finally set a date.

Well I spent a lovely few days for some lovely like minded people, teaching and creating my Gold Beetles.  The results were fabulous, 6 pretty specky beetles were created. We had the class at my Southern Cross Crazies buddy Alison. Lovely large cool airy home, with plenty of yummy food for morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea.

Here are all but two of the finished Beetles:

  Flo's beautiful pink one.

These three pictures shows Gloria's Green, yellow, brown and blue beetle from different angles.

 This stunner belonged to Jill.

This one is Robyn's. I think she did an amazing job with the blue beads.

 And Roslyn made this beauty.

I also made one as a class example, actually I made two. First this one: to go on a Pansy CQ block to become the top of a box which was Wednesday's lesson.  The block is one of six I have stashed in a draw that I was going to make into curtains for my craft room double sliding door, but since were now moving house, I thought I would use it as it was the right size for the lid. 

The second one is for a CQ Gardens and Flowers block for Candji. (He will be in another post when I finish him off).

and the finished box:

This is Flo's beetle finished and placed on the top of her newly made box.  Just stunning in true life as her fabric choice was very striking and shimmered in the light.

I am very proud of my students work, it was a very relaxed workshop and even though we chatted (a lot) we still managed to make the beetles in two days. The box was done in a morning, it was very easy to do. Thanks Ali for the instructions.

Just a reminder too, my last Beetle class with Joggles begins next Tuesday (my birthday), so if you want to learn how to do the other one, just jump on over and sign up.

Arlene