Fanciful Plantation

Fanciful Plantation

Hi there!

Have a super quirky project

for you today - it is making

me smile all over my face......

Jane Castle is here to share

her take on this week's topic:

"Well what a wonderful title "Fanciful Plantation" 

it certainly got the creative juices flowing 

when I read it on the DT's list. 

Having made various cards of late I decided to 

go for something a little different this time!

The main part of the bag is made up from 

2 pieces of canvas measuring 20cm x 16cm each 

and then the handles and gusset are formed 

using 60% wool felt.

After cutting my canvas for the 2 sides of the bag 

I cut a piece of copier paper the same size and mapped 

out my design before spoiling any fabric 

I then proceeded to stamp the images onto the 

canvases using Archival inks.

Next came the fun part --- adding colour to the canvas. 

For this I used PaperArtsy Infusions, 

sprinkling a very small amount on at a time

 and spritzing with water. 

I gradually added very small amounts to areas 

and dabbing with kitchen paper when 

I had acheived the right colour blend. 

Once I was happy with the result I brushed the 

whole canvas with some matt medium. 

The 2 sides are slightly different 

but I think that adds to it's charm.

 I embellished the artwork with various beads 

before attaching the felt gusset. 

For this I cut a piece of felt 54cm x 6cm, 

rounded off the 2 bottom corners of the canvas 

and stitched the felt to one side

Before attaching the 2nd side I measured the

centre bottom of both the canvas and the felt 

so that everything was completely square. 

The opening around the top was lined with 

more felt and after this was machine stitched 

I added some hand embroidered blanket stitch 

using a matching embroidery thread.

The handles were made from 2 pieces of felt 

measuring 24cm x 5cm, folded in half 

lengthways and machine stitched. 

These were attached by hand as I was 

not sure whether my machine would have 

taken the 4 bulky layers.

The final touches ---- a wooden flower button 

sewn on the bag at the point where 

the handles join and a shrink plastic bird!

A hole was made in the plastic before 

it was shrunk so it could be attached with some thread.

The 2 sets of stamps used in this project are fab, 

everytime I get them out they make me smile 

and that's got to be good for you!"

 ITEMS USED:

PaperArtsy Infusions in Sage and Sunset Beach

PaperArtsy Stamp Sets ZA07 & ZA08

Shrink Plastic

Archival Ink in Jet Black & Cornflower Blue

Matt Medium

Artists Canvas

Wool Felt

Thank you Jane - love this bag

Now if you fancy a super quirky bag but

maybe don't have the needlework skills

to make this one; why not get a linen bag

from here and stamp on that?

Or, stamp the design on a piece of

canvas and attach that to a ready made

bag?  The possibilities are endless..........!

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx