a container

A new workshop

by textile artist Debbie Lyddon

She makes amazing work

mostly inspired by the coastal area

where she lives in the UK

She demonstrated how to make a container (vessel, pouch)

for some treasure

(to find for yourself outside

or in the house)

In my search for something special

I landed with a box with a collection

of ladybugs

(the ladybugs used to be in the downstairs toilet,

but when that got renovated

the ladybugs went into a box

and never came out of there again)

I painted the fabric, made a template and started sewing.

The fun thing is the peep hole in it

where you can see a tiny bit of what's inside

I like it

(and am thinking about some other treasure

to give a special hiding place !)

concertina

"container"

A wide variety of things

probably comes into your mind

when you think of that word.

As my first felt project of this year

I wanted to make a start for the "felt-along" :

thirty odd people, who love felt in all it's aspects,

who sometimes like to set themselves a goal

to make, under the same denominator,

something interesting out of

FELT

The "felt-along" is held for the 8 th time

but this is the first time I 'm participating,

because I thought it was fun to give it a try !

" Gefässe aller Art "

(all kind of containers / vessels)

Lots of ideas were tumbling through my head,

lots of things to try

.....

and this is what I've come up with !

" CONCERTINA "

I thought this name was appropriate for the form I made

And, container ... ?

well you could put in

...

some pencils ...

little pieces of paper with little poems written on it ...

some beautiful stones ...

some flowers (in tiny glass pots) ...

or whatever you like !

or

...

nothing !

*

... a bit of the making-of ...

So far, this will be my entry,

but there might be others :

lots of ideas left !

( My next step will be to post it on the other blog

being my "felt-along" contribution )