New Wool Sets

We have some gorgeous new wool sets in stock. They are sets of 6 in both solid and textured hand dyed wools. Each piece is 16in x 4.5in and will be perfect for any applique projects.
Stocks are very limited so check them out at Dyed & Gone to Heaven

New Challenges

 

I am so excited that the organisers of the Textile Arts Festival have offered to have a dedicated display space for my Whimsical Woollys Challenge pieces. This will allow them to be displayed really well to be admired.

So I have decided to run the Challenge again so some of you who bought kits but ran out of time or others that want to join in the fun can have a try. The more entries - the better the display

More time to complete your pieces this time - entries due by June 6th and you can enter on the website.

Australian Patchwork and Quilting Magazine also want to do a story on them so here is your opportunity to be published.

Also - the amazing variety of entries has inspired me to run another Challenge using my Hand Dyed Vintage Linens.

I will be awarding a prize of $100 worth of Dyed & Gone to Heaven goodies in each competition. 

This is an opportunity to give a new life to some gorgeous bits and pieces which have been overdyed to bring out their beauty.

I will also be including a small pack of coordinating beads in the linen pack for further embellishment. You can paint, stamp, bead, cut up, hand or machine stitch your items to create something beautiful.

 

Deadline for this Challenge will be the same - 6th June.

Whimsical Woollys

I am running a very quick competition using my luscious new wool collection.
 

Using a selection of 3 pieces of my gorgeous felted wool fabric (9" x 7") and your imagination, I would like you to create a little item - it can be a hanging ornament, a pincushion, doll or even a mini quilt. 

These may be displayed at the AQC, Textile Arts Festival, Perth and Sydney Quilt Shows on our stand.

Entry fee of $10 covers the wools and postage to you and entries need to be received back to me by Friday 8th April 2011. Due to the short time frame I would expect entries to be mainly from Australia but don't let that stop you if you are further away and really want to join in the fun.

Prize is $100 credit voucher for anything on the Dyed & Gone to Heaven website.

Here are some of the wonderful colours of the wool.

Can't wait to see what you come up with.
Here is the link to the kit
Have fun
Lisa

Wools have arrived

I am so thrilled that my beautiful new wool sets have finally arrived. Here are just some of them.

I have been working on some samples and am very pleased with this cushion which is a combination of my hand dyed cottons and two colourways of the wools.

This pattern is a variation of one of the tile designs from Barcelona. The diamonds have been fused to the cotton and the little corners have been pieced. Don't they work well together? This cushion is 20" square.

The colours used in this cushion are the Black Cherry and Straw packs with a mustard hand dyed cotton. The pattern and kit will be available soon but the wools are available now and are ready to become part of some gorgeous new projects.

Wool Cushion

I have been playing with some samples of my gorgeous new hand dyed wools and have just finished this cushion (top only so far). I wanted to keep it simple for my first one so it was really easy and quick. It is 21" square.

I asked for and received advice on working with wool and was grateful for the ideas I was given. I really must find a Rajah Cloth for pressing. I presssed the seams open and loved working in this wool. It cuts and sews beautifully.

I have a few more designs in the pipeline - mostly based on mosaic tiles from Venice. Comments are welcome.

I will be making this into a kit in the very near future.

The colours used are Rico Green and Slate.