IndigoBlu Apron

Morning, Carolyn here with you today so I thought I'd share my photos of my apron and how it came together as it was such a HUGE success last month.

I decided to stick with blues and purples for this and started by spritzing the apron with water to make the colours move.

Then I cut the Artists Fabric Panel into the various sections and played around with the positioning until I was happy with the layout. To add further interest I added an extra pocket from a pair of old denim jeans. 

I stuck with the same colours for the sections from the panels which I think were Indigoblu, Townhouse Teal and Stroke of Midnight. My memory isn't great and as I wasn't planning to write about this I hadn't written down what I used, big mistake!

The photo below shows the main focal panel stitched to the left hand side with part of a zip and I also used some of the fancy stitches on my sewing machine to attach other sections.

I also used some of the Art Studio A5 stamp set and stamped the images onto tissue paper and used fabric Slap It On to adhere them.

Below is the finished apron followed by a couple of close ups.

Hope you enjoyed Kay's shows and were inspired to purchase and decorate your own aprons. It would be lovely to see your finished projects so please do share on the I Love Indigoblu Facebook page for us all to see.

The next show on Hochanda is this Sunday with the fabulous Lou Withers. So please do tune in to see the launch of more fantastic products. They are Amazing, Awesome and NOT to be MISSED!!

The DT have done themselves proud and have started sharing their fabulous pages on Facebook and Instagram. Please do pop by to take a look and don't forget to tune in on Sunday.

Happy Crafting

Carolyn

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Art

Hello dear reader,

Have you seen the beautiful ECO Mixed Media Journal.

It's a journal with Canvas, Handmade papers, different kind of burlap

and corrugated papers.

I choose the brown burlap and start with Gesso, Luscious Powder and

Masks.

Drop some paint and water on a craftsheet and put tissue paper in the paint.

When the paper is stil wet sprinkle Luscious Powder on the paper.

Dry with a heatgun.

Stamp on the tissue paper en torn the edge, glu with Slap It On

in the burlap.

I use the Art Studio Stamp set 

Paint some burlap flowers in the same colors.

The sentiment ART are dies and also painted. 

glu everything with Slap It On

Dry with a heatgun.

 Thank you for stopping by and read.

have a nice time

Hugs X-O-X Lydia

You asked, We delivered and Kay's Workshop updates!

Good day to you. What a beautiful day we are having here in the UK and its  suppost to last for the whole Bank holiday weekend!  We listened to all of you who wanted smaller canvas panels -  so HERE they are...

These beautiful panels are made with the same material as the larger panels,  so have all the  same great qualities, but measure approx 20cm x 20cm...  and are just £6.00 each!! Kay is launching them on Hochanda on Monday 7th May (11am and 3pm) -  so set your recording thingies so you don't miss it...

Here are a couple of samples created by Lou Withers and Sue Ralph for  Kay's Hochanda Shows this Monday! And there's even more News to share with you IndigoBlu takes to the road again heading out to the Create It Event, Maidstone: Kent with the IndigoBlu shop and during the  Two Day Long show Kay is running a One hour long workshop on:- Saturday 19th May - 10am-11am Sunday 20th May - 10am-11am Book your Ticket here  Spaces are limited so BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment!! You will be painting one of our brand new mini panels - All materials will be provided Kay will also be demonstrating during a live Hochanda show on Sunday 20th at 2pm with Yiannis Morgan. Spaces are limited so BOOK NOW to avoid disappointment!! Also Spaces are limited on the 2 days with Kay at Holiday Inn Coventry - M6 Jct 2 on 16th and 17th June. The 2 days costs £175.00 and includes 2 full day Mixed Media projects, led by Kay. All materials are provided along with all the tea, coffee and biscuits you could want... The 2 events we have held so far in Manchester and Newcastle have had rave reviews... Come along and see for yourself! Happy Crafting Everyone

Suffragettes 100 Years

Hi Jannet here today, it is 100 years since the suffragettes won some women in the UK the right to vote. I wanted to pay tribute to these brave women with this collage picture.

In 1908 the suffragettes choose the colour scheme of purple for loyalty and dignity, white for purity, and green for hope. I used the chipboard backing from a paper pad as my canvas. I brushed  it with Gesso, to give it a better surface for painting. After diagonally applying some masking tape, I painted Olive Waistcoat to the top left. While it was still wet I pressed crumpled up copy paper onto it. This left lots of crease marks and textures.  For the purple I mixed  Wimberry Pie with a dot of Stroke Of Midnight, and painted the remaining canvas as previously.When dry I removed the tape.

I added some colour to Elsie, and made her a hat with some wide green ribbon. I also wrapped her in a little purple shawl, fastened with a ”Votes For Women” brooch.

As part of the Suffragettes sustained campaign they smashed store windows. I wanted to somehow represent  this in the picture. I decided to use a square of Memory glass and adhered some torn pieces of  plastic around it, to try and give the look of smashing glass.

I used chipboard letters to spell out 100 Years, and painted them in  Pantry White followed by crackle glaze. 

This postcard is of The Holloway Banner which has the embroidered names of eighty Suffragettes who were on hunger strike in Holloway  Prison, London. I cut out  their names and put them on my picture along with a picture which I had  cut from a card “March of the woman” by Ethel Smyth. The cards and brooch are from the Museum of London who are holding a Suffragette exhibition.

This Picture Collage is dedicated with love, and gratitude to all of those very brave Suffragettes.

Elsie