Cat Brooch. A Quirky Gift for a Friend!!

I was inspired by a recent challenge on the Harry Potter Crafts group I belong to, to make this brooch for a friend who adores cats :) The challenge was to make a craft piece about a character you hate from the stories/movies. I was fascinated by the cat brooch and ring that Professore Umbridge wore in the Order of the Pheonix movie. I recreated these for the challenge. Unhappy with the fact that mine were "flat" i embarked on a crafting journey to make my own "cabochon" type setting. I have done it here with plaster of paris, then covered it with the picture and then painted it with several coats of nail polish, then I beaded around it and embellished it with pearls.

I have included here pictures of the brooch and ring set and the "cabochon brooch".

For the first person to leave a comment you will receive a brooch of your choice of picture!!!! For free!! All you need to pay for is the postage!!!!

Harry Potter Wall Hanging

I made this for my son, last year, it is my first attempt at quilting. I purchased it as a piece as is, and added wadding and backing, i loved doing it!!!

I would like to do more quilting and have started a queen size quilt for Darren and I. It is a pattern called Seven Sisters.

Smocked Dress

This dress I made for Rhiannon, my first attempt at smocking. I love the rythmn of smocking and would like to do more......this is from Australian Smocking magazine and the pattern is called China Doll.

Spiral Bangle

I tried this wonderful pattern about 5 years ago and I used Silamide thread, which I really like using. It called for the thread to be doubled, but I find it so annoying so I didn't....big mistake, the bangle kept breaking the thread as I made it and eventually it all fell apart!!! In a shopping centre with beads flying everywhere!!!

I wanted to give it another go with a nicer blue bead colour too, so i started another using Fireline. It has worked wonderfully and I did not have to double it :)

The Caged Bead Necklace.

I made this design of Carol Wilcox Wells's Caged Bead. The bead itself is a little challenging but enjoyable to make. I changed the front panels slightly to suit the beads i had on hand.