FIMO BUTTONS by UK TEXTILE ARTIST - BARBARA JEPSON

I have never seen such a wonderful combination of colours as these Fimo Buttons that UK textile artist/designer Barbara Jepson makes.

www.barbarajepson.com

I asked Barbara what prompted her to start making them.  She said that she found it difficult to buy the buttons in the colours she liked, so decided to make her own.

Fimo is a plastercine consistency and can be moulded, cut and the colours blended together.

It needs to be baked in the oven then finished off with a gloss/acrylic medium.

 
 As well as a functional thing they look good left on the card and mounted in a frame as a piece of artwork.

 If added to a garment it should be hand washed.

 As well as buttons it can be moulded to make pieces of jewellery.

To buy Barbara's Fimo Buttons go to the Craft Room at

www.doodlybird.co.uk

FIMO BUTTONS by UK TEXTILE ARTIST - BARBARA JEPSON

I have never seen such a wonderful combination of colours as these Fimo Buttons that UK textile artist/designer Barbara Jepson makes.

www.barbarajepson.com

I asked Barbara what prompted her to start making them.  She said that she found it difficult to buy the buttons in the colours she liked, so decided to make her own.

Fimo is a plastercine consistency and can be moulded, cut and the colours blended together.

It needs to be baked in the oven then finished off with a gloss/acrylic medium.

 
 As well as a functional thing they look good left on the card and mounted in a frame as a piece of artwork.

 If added to a garment it should be hand washed.

 As well as buttons it can be moulded to make pieces of jewellery.

To buy Barbara's Fimo Buttons go to the Craft Room at

www.doodlybird.co.uk

WOOL, SHEEP & CUMBRIAN PEOPLE

Great start to our holiday when we visited 

YEW TREE BARN AT LOW NEWTON, CUMBRIA 

and got chatting to the lovely people there.

 Linda of HANNALIN CRAFTS showed us the stack of handknitted cushions that have been made by local knitters using wool from sheep from local farms. They have been made for the Olympic Athletes who will be coming from all over the world. It is our way of welcoming them and giving them something to take home that is made in this country.

Linda has a great stock of wools, threads, fabrics, handmade bags, knitwear, throws and all the haberdashery needed to set you going with a bit of knitting or stitching.

Upstairs in the Barn there are antiques, a fantastic range of local crafted gifts,cards,photography and jewellery

A visit is never complete until we have been into HAT TRICK TEAROOM

They do the best soup, sandwiches, coffee and cakes around.

NEXT INSTALMENT.... OUR DAY AT THE RHEGED CENTRE, PENRITH.
Oh, and the winner of the 5000 viewings giveaway is Elizabeth from Wichita, USA

WOOL, SHEEP & CUMBRIAN PEOPLE

Great start to our holiday when we visited 

YEW TREE BARN AT LOW NEWTON, CUMBRIA 

and got chatting to the lovely people there.

 Linda of HANNALIN CRAFTS showed us the stack of handknitted cushions that have been made by local knitters using wool from sheep from local farms. They have been made for the Olympic Athletes who will be coming from all over the world. It is our way of welcoming them and giving them something to take home that is made in this country.

Linda has a great stock of wools, threads, fabrics, handmade bags, knitwear, throws and all the haberdashery needed to set you going with a bit of knitting or stitching.

Upstairs in the Barn there are antiques, a fantastic range of local crafted gifts,cards,photography and jewellery

A visit is never complete until we have been into HAT TRICK TEAROOM

They do the best soup, sandwiches, coffee and cakes around.

NEXT INSTALMENT.... OUR DAY AT THE RHEGED CENTRE, PENRITH.
Oh, and the winner of the 5000 viewings giveaway is Elizabeth from Wichita, USA