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Colouring seems a bit off on Fiber Arts page, but this is the poppy bag with the embroidery completed. FME, beaded, embroidered. When the weather cools down a bit I will have to finish making the bag.

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I went to see a local artist who has just opened an Art Gallery in a huge park near here. He had some textiles on display and a lot of shelf space, so I asked if he wanted more textiles. He accepted 4 of my paper art pieces and one fabric postcard which I had framed. I'm so pleased I plucked up courage to ask in the first place.

I have been working away on the poppy bag, have beaded the centre and added some beaded 'leaves' today with lots of mixed green beads. Then noticed a dirty mark on the silk - eeek! Decided to embroider over it in a leafy motif, and thank goodness it has vanished. Have done so much work already that did not want to junk this bag.

I started making this bag last night, well actually I spent all day yesterday sorting out fabrics and working out possibilities. I decided on this bag with a poppy embroidered on the front. The petals are made from layers of sheers to give the transparent petals that are so poppy-like. I now have to embroider and bead the centre…

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I have a friend who is a karate master. Recently he went to a big event in Japan and bought me back this small piece of cloth, I think it is just a sa…

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