Series

You know you can do workshops in working in a series?

I think it comes naturally.....

You start with one and think next time I'll......

and then text time I'll.....

and there. A series.

And then I think, I ought to keep a record.

Should I give them signs?

Maybe I should make some new ones.....

 

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Exhibition over

My little exhibition has been over for more than a week

and I am trying to get back to my routine.

I have unpacked. Sort of.

I also found time to continue this series.

Skipping.

Girl on a bike.

Girl with a suitcase.

Girl with a pram.

Girls walking the dog.

They are about the size of a postcard and you can find them on my Etsy.

Name suggestion?

I have to say that I am quite pleased with my latest completion.

It has taken quite few years.

I love it when people say:

"and how long did it take you?"

Well they won't be disappointed this time.

Why does a quilt need a name anyway?

Like children?

So you can keep track of them?

Any suggestion?

And the back story of course.

 

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Slow finish

It doesn't seem like I have finished anything lately.

But there is this....

Oh, I meant these

 

 

And may be a coordinating necklace.

 

Nice and light for my travels.

 

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Two more

 

I've made two more.

I am enjoying exploring working in a series.

 

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One tree or two?

I have spent weeks hand quilting and I'm almost up to the binding

but today I had the urge do go back to something little.

Not sure whether to add another tree or

Is less more?

And while we're here

what are your thoughts on matts?

And I want to talk about something else....

The other day someone was telling me how all her favourite bloggers have deserted her for Instagram.

This, she said, is only giving her a brief encounter rather than the spending time with friends.

I think I agree. I miss that lots of my favourites blog less often and the way Instagram 'orders' the posts it is easy to miss things, not to mention nuisance 'followers'.

So, revive the Blog I say.

Holiday hand stitching

 

 

How has your Christmas been?

I have been having a nice time embellishing my tea cosies.

In the past I have done all the hand sewing and then made up the tea cosy

But this time I made them up and then added the rest.

This way I can keep adding as much as I like........

Not sure if I'm finished yet.

 

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Dark blue

Hard to get the colour just right in these photos...

I am off learning how to paint in watercolour but needed something to do in the evening to relax so I made the binding but the photo is a poor representation of the colour.

 

 

 

All finished now but still hard to capture the dark, dark blue.

Maybe this last one is most like the real blue but can you see it?

I just love these old japanese indigos.

 

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The trouble with slow stitching

The trouble with slow stitching, that is my hand quilting,

is that it makes for very slow blogging.

I have finally finished the hand quilting on this piece.

So now it's just the binding.

 

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Hot......hot

The last few days have been so hot,

hot

and last night bush fires were close.

 

So I put my quilt on a table

sat in the path of the air conditioner

and stitched.

Cooler tonight. I might even have to put the quilt on my lap.

 

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Not surprised

Well my little kits are done and given away

so I can unveil my Christmas stitching now.

BUT

I have edited this photo

why does blogsy not show that version?

So so annoying.

But look...

I fixed it this morning.

A bit of stitching

I spent a lovely sojourn last week at Tafta Geelong.

Here is my little collection of samples of limo cuts

and various other techniques

so I thought I would stitch a little thingy,

what should I call it,

to put them in.

 

I do like a bit of stitching,

so I used a bit of my vintage kimono silks.

 

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