personalised wedding gift

Romantic exclusive cushion made with felt and cotton patches. Hand-painted and quilted with craft buttons.
Organza wrapping. April 2007

Card with details which accompany the gift.

Hand-painted cushion with recycled materials. Most of these were unused fabric remnants I got given from the Salisbury Playhouse. Some of them I handpainted, not all.

recycled plastic pot, maybe used as pencil-case or general organiser. Covered with quilted patches and photos printed on fabric.

Easter bunnies, cotton, felt and beads. So easy and fun to make!



Cushions made with recycled fabrics. Personalised photo-print patch on the right.

Recycled summer hand-bags. Crepe, 3-D handpainted jeans and lycra. 2005.

Yo-yo bag, the Brazilian "fuxico". Velvet base and cotton "flowers" with beads.

personalised pouch for a delicate touch - a present wrapping that lasts!

I used this idea to give special sweets on a special person's birthday!

Mini-album cushion, photos printed on fabric, cotton and buttons.

Recycled materials cushion, same Salisbury Playhouse remnants. The polka-dot I had to buy, I love polka-dotted cushions, there's something about dots and comfort...

taffeta cushion made with recycled fleece pockets. Hand-painted with 3-D.

They're not sewn together, they're all glued together.
varied recycled plastic pots. Patchwork and hand-painted. Some paper-piecing technique was used on the smaller one. The plastic pots can be liquid tabs pots or any other "former jam" pot!


other side of pencil-case with photos. First used as remote control pot, then upgraded to the kitchen as "wooden spoon holder"!



baby gift - little "nina" angels made of shantung wool and beads

baby gift - kid's name on a door decoration - handquiltted cotton. This one is in Brazil, decorating a very special boy's room door. (my lovely godson!)

baby gift - little "nina" angels made of shantung wool and beads - I like making them with different hair colours, it's multicultural and fun!

easter bunnies - the little bags were made with tiny tulle circles. The chocolates used were Cadbury's mini-eggs.

easter bunnies, all in line, going to different areas in the UK

cotton flower wrapped in tulle - part of a mobile

hippie-chic mobiles, made of glass beads and yoyos

yo-yo heart, the core is made of styrofoam, the yoyos cover it entirely

Brazilian bracelets mobile with shantung heart - that is very typical in Bahia, so I decided to make amy own, other than buy one ready-made. It's supposed to be a lucky charm.