Lighthouse Weekend

 

The annual  trip to the cottages at the Byron Bay Lighthouse by the Lighthouse Stitchers was a great time spent eating delicious food with lots of laughter and some stitching.  The weather was wet, very windy but invigorating, just right for lots of coffee, cake and stories in the warm lounge room.

Golden Heart Featuring Shibori Ribbon

Just finished this golden heart to showcase the beautiful Shibori ribbon flower.  The branches and leaves are ribbon and chenille in glowing blues and greens with tiny sequins down the centre.  I will take forward orders from Tuesday for the kit with delivery in two weeks as I'm still writing the instructions. It will be on display at the Open Day.
I'm waiting on a shipment of 6 new Shibori ribbon colours and they should be here shortly. There will be a gorgeous red so I'm very excited about designing something for Christmas.

Shibori Ribbon Flower

 Just finished this golden heart to showcase the beautiful Shibori ribbon. I will take forward orders from Tuesday for the kit with delivery in two weeks as I'm still writing the instructions. It will be on display at the Open Day.
I'm waiting on a shipment of 6 new Shibori ribbon colours and they should be here shortly. There will be a gorgeous red so I'm very excited about designing something for Christmas.

Open Day 30th August

Open Day  -  Saturday - August 30th
10.00am. to 1.00pm.
Anglican Church
Salerno St., Isle Of Capri
Surfers Paradise

This is the last Open Day for the year so please come and explore the bounty of beautiful wares from my store.  It will be a great opportunity to shop early for you Christmas projects and presents.
There will be kits, scissors, needles, hoops, sparkly buttons, felted wool, silk ribbons, threads, velvet, organza, Shimmer tape, metallic cords, braids and all accessories.
Lots of one off sale items plus free mystery lucky dip for sales over $50.00

Cash Only on the day
Mark the date on your calender
Saturday August 30th
Tell your friends - everyone is welcome!
Laraine

 

 Online Customers

The mystery lucky dip is available for all my Online customers too when you purchase $50.00 or more during August.  It will be made up of all kinds of useful snippets from my stash and I will colour co-ordinate them.  Drop me a note in the comments section of the order form and let me know your favorite colour and I will try to send that colour combination.

Abundance of Gold and Silver Cords and Braids

 

Golds of every shade from soft and shiny to black golds in cords, braids and
tiny sequins just ready for your Christmas stitching.  The gold fringe is perfect for a luxury trim at the top of a stocking.  Sprinkle sequins amongst you embroidery for a festive sparkle.  There's a small range of silver too.

http://www.larainesoncapri.com.au/ecommerce.php?action=search&stk_group=Trims&stk_category=Metallic%20Braid%20and%20Cord

Shibori Ribbon Posy

Just playing with the new Sibori silk ribbon. It's so hard to cut into the ribbon as the colours are so gorgeous. I hope this small posy will be part of a kit for the next Open day on August 30th. There will be 6 new colours available in August as well.

Hanah Silk Ribbon Flowers.

30cm. length of 15mm. wide Hanah ribbon per flower.

3 shades of Mokuba metallic picot ribbon. 5cm per flower

2 x 8cm. mokuba metallic picot ribbon

Seed beads for flower centres.

10cm. square of vilene  to flowers to.

Hanah Silk Flowers.

Cut five 30cm. pieces of Hanah silk ribbon. Measure and mark 3cm. intervals along the length of the ribbon with a pencil. Load a matching sewing thread (double) into a fine needle and tie a knot in the end. Fold the ribbon in halves length ways with the dots on the outside. Draw your knotted thread trough the ribbon 1.5mm. from the end, in the fold. Backstitch over the fold to secure your thread. Always start at the fold.Stitch as shown, with running stitches, rounding the corners and making sure the space on either side of the dot is the same. This ensures that each petal will be the same size. Gather gently as you go to prevent the thread from breaking. Return to the folded edge at the end of the petal.

Draw up gathers and end off. (The flowers are stitched to the Vilene and then the Vilene is cut away, being careful not to cut the couching stitches.)
Sew the petals to the Vilene with small stitches into the gathers, beginning at the outside edge, form a circle and turning and overlapping the petals until you reach the centre.

Add several beads to the centre. Trim away the Vilene being careful not to snip the stitches. You may sew extra sculpting stitches into the flowers once the bouquet is in position on the heart so the petals sit well.

Leaves.
Each bouquet has two green leaves. Cut 8cm. of green picot ribbon for each leaf. Fold ribbon in half and with a double thread; sew a fine running stitch along the bottom edge, beginning at the fold. Turn the corner and take the stitching up the cut ends. Pull up the gathers until you have a well-shaped leaf. End off. Sew the cut ends under the Hanah silk flower and secure with small invisible stitches down the centre of the leaf.

Picot Flowers.
Cut the Mokuba metallic picot ribbon into 5mm. pieces. This ribbon can fray easily so you may wish to seal the cut ends with a little Fray Check. Fold the two cut ends together and sew a seam, end off. Run a gathering stitch along one edge and gather up tightly, end off. Sew in and around the Hanah flower when you are happy with the colour combinations. Bead the centres.

Brass Charms

Brass Charms
At last I have had room on the website to add these beautiful charms.  Use them for jewellery, altered books, collage, cross stitch samplers and dimensional embroidery.
They add a romantic touch to your work.

Bundles of My Favourite Ribbons

Ribbon Combinations
I have wrapped some of my favourite ribbons into half metre and metre bundles at a reduced price so that you can try a wonderful mix of colours.  These ribbons are the ones I love to use in most of my stitching, especially the little gathered flowers that tuck into my crazy patchwork.

Silk Shibori Ribbon

Shibori Ribbon
The ribbon begins life as 10cm. wide silk bias ribbon. It is then hand dyed in gorgeous blends of color and pleated and dyed again, so that when you receive it, it is quite narrow. You can pull it open, manipulate it in many different ways, bead on it, turn it into amazing flowers and shapes, use it as the base of jewelry, crazy patches, etc. A work of art all on its own, it can be enhanced in the hands of an artist.

Open Day - June 14th

Open Day - Saturday - March 8th.
10.00am. to 1.00pm.
Anglican Church
Salerno St., Isle Of Capri
Surfers Paradise
Enjoy cake, coffee and a catch up chat.
Cash Only
Every one welcome

Hanah Silk Satin Ribbons 65mm.

My favourite hand dyed, bias cut, Silk Satin Hanah ribbons have just been loaded onto our web pages. We have 7 gorgeous shades and they are dyed in the same colours as the finer bias cut silk ribbons. They will add a lovely sheen to your work and they drape beautifully. I use the wide ribbons for yo-yos as well as rolled and roses.  Ideal for floral embroidery, crazy patchwork, collage, millinery and bindings.
65mm. wide