That’s May Done

I have put the goldwork Scarab into a frame and it looks rather good. When I get time I will rearrange the wall with all the other pieces on, it’s becoming quite a feature. I bought Elsa a lovely tapestry kit a few years ago for her to pick up when she actually had a…

And on into May

The rickrack, on second ordering, finally arrived! I had been up into my huge Cword bag and found the fabric that wanted to be with the reindeer. I have plenty of Scandi types but the one that elbowed it's way to the front was this red and white stripe! For some reason it works for…

A Thank You

This week I was honored to be chosen by Margaret of The Crafty Creek for an Outstanding Blogger! Well, I haven't seen one of those in many years. I'm just so pleased I decided to keep the blogging going on, although a lot less prolific than I used to be, and I still really love…

April the Last Bit

Another month nearly done! Yesterday I started the prep for the solar dyeing and today put some of the colours into the 1.5 litre kilner jars. On the left is Chlorophyll and Logwood, in the middle is Rhubarb root and madder. both of these came in the kits. The jar on the right has gorse…

Early April

I hope you had a good Easter this year. Compared to how scary everything seemed this time last year hope lies on the horizon now. At least the sun shines, between the snow showers and howling northerly winds! I finished the Stitchwheel which was designed and demonstrated by Cathy Reavy at Threads. I didn't want…

March End Round Up

Two posts in one day!!! This is just a post to change some colours on my table really. The stumpwork Dragonflies are finished. I have put them in a deep frame and they make lovely shadows. I'm a little way further on with the Reindeer, correcting the printing mistakes as I go. Also the Stitch…

February Challenge Booked

The little February Challenge pieces I did with daily prompts from Jayne Emerson Textiles were glaring at me from the workbench and so, luckily, was an old linen dress I was sort of throwing out but liking the fabric. I worked out the placement of the little pieces and then printed out all the daily…

Early March Round Up

I've been flitting about a bit since I last posted. I've written an article for the WoW book about the Temari Not balls and I've had to dig deep to find some bits for a gallery. I've just chosen some of my little beaded pieces but it will do. There's been a bit of pottering…