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Carole's Showcase

	Funky knitted bag decorated with handmade braids and a handmade beaded button. Carole's own design.		King Cockroach purse made from scraps at a dayschool with Sylvia Critcher.
	This piece called "Secret Ocean Garden" won best in Show and Best in Craft Section at Eynsford in 2010. It took Carole six months to complete and is what some call encrusted work. Made to her own design.		Yellow poppies made into a book cover from a pattern given to Carole by Iris using long and short stitch technique.
	White knitted cotton scarf with beaded fringe at both ends and beads sewn along both lengths. Inspired by a class with Sue doing knitted beaded purse.		Christmas Tree card using pin wheel embroidery. sequins and a felt pot with beads.
	Victorian purses made at a dayschool using machine and hand embroidery.		Trapunto cushion made at a dayschool with Sylvia Critcher.
	Trapunto flower with glass bead decoration made at a class with Pauline.		Trapunto purple satin flower made at a class with Jill.

Blackwork (in blue) bookmark with bead tassel made at a class with Pauline Smith

Handmade book with poetry and pictures inside made at a dayschool with Frances Pickering

	Patchwork bag in various purple fabrics made from a pattern which Carole found on the Internet.		Long and short stitch silk flowers in gold frame.
	Carole's earliest piece of embroidery. An apron which she embroidered at home being taught by her mother when she was aged 10.		Detail from the apron
	A book cover made using machine embroidery with handmade tassel at a workshop with Miriam Collins.		Two pottery plates which Carole decorated recently with Tracey Rodway. A long way to go before she completes a dinner service!