Portraits with patch work and embroidery...

I've been working off and on for the past 3 years on appliqued, embroidered and patchwork portraits.  I started out making them for friends as gifts, and eventually I was commissioned to create a couple by the boss of a friend.  Here is just a sampling of a few... Mainly I work with archival quality fine line pens on cotton muslin.

Felted Shrooms...

This summer I spent a week in North Carolina, at the John C. Campbell Folk Art School.  Each fabulous day I spent 6 plus hours learning the art of both wet and needle felting.  While exploring the grounds in between classes (and sometimes during), I became enamored with the local forest fungi.  I've never seen such beautiful looking mushrooms in my life...and I'm pretty sure prior to this experience the closest I've  ever been to wild mushrooms were the white lawn variety!  Anyhow, I decided that I would spend my time at the JCCFS needle felting forest mushrooms.  When I got back, I put them in a shadow box for display...***By the way, the super cute red cross stitched bird was a gift from my friend Karla.  She designs the cross stitching patterns herself and sells them on Etsy (including the finished pieces like my little red bird).  You can find her shop at:  www.etsy.com/shop/kattuna)....

Mushrooms of the South Eastern Appalachian Mountains

My weekend, "beat the heat" project....

 Still fresh from my first ever needle felting class at The John C. Campbell Folk Art School in Brasstown North Carolina, I decided to take my skills to another level and create something familiar to my immediate environment.   Having cared for many out-door succulent and cacti plants throughout my life, I thought this was a no-brainer!  Why not create mini indoor desert plant sculptures that will last forever? I had plenty of the green wool roving, and of course the vessels I've collected from various thrift stores.  All I needed to buy were the river rocks...

Hooray!! My first posting...

Hellllooo, and Welcome!!!  I'm so super excited and honored to present "Made by L'moore", a blog created to inspire creativity...(not only by showcasing my own personal work, but the work of super talented, real and inspiring individuals).   I have high hopes for this new venture...Let's "light a candle", as my friends Pablo and Susy would say, and send that positive energy out into the Universe...xoxo!