Through the Hoop

Got the Paint and brushes out again

2011-06-08T03:03:00.000-07:00

This the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire UK which is a short distance from me and a little painting I created for a lovely SWAP (Sharing with Artist Partners) group that I belong to where we share a little painted with partners around the world and this is for my partner this time who does not live in the UK so a little taste of it for them

My latest playing around

2011-05-09T15:52:00.000-07:00

A short while ago I was in a slump with my embroidery and fancied doing something totally different and I thought I know I will have a go at making some bears, I was very lucky that a fantastic Bear Artist lives a short distance from me who when I contacted her invited me to have some tutorials from her and she is Danni from BarrelBears and my first bear that I made is Arnold

I then thought of my best friend who lives in the USA and who I know loves pincushions so I found a cute little kit for a bear pincushion from Kympatti Bears in Australia and this is the little Ted I made for her

I then thought what fun it was making bears and found a cute little kit for a mini bear at a Doll and Bear show that I went to and this is the result

The next challenge was to make another miniature bear and I made this little lady as a gift for my best friend and know how much she loves springtime called her Willow as she reminds me of the colour of the new willow tree leaves when they start to come out in the spring

I also have a few others in production of different sizes and different types of fabric and different types of mohair so watch this space and hope to have them to show you in the not too distant future

Back in the land of Blogging

2011-04-26T07:24:00.000-07:00

I know that many of you thought that I had not just fallen through the hoop into the world of Embroidery but had fallen down a big deep well, well after a couple of years doing the doggy paddly to keep afloat have am now back in the land of blogging and hope to have lots of photos to show you of what I have been up to since I last was here

Loretta Spears Mystery 13 'Superstition'

2009-08-08T04:53:00.001-07:00

I stitched this some time ago but did not get around to finishing it so decided to make it into a little sachet. I backed it with a pretty pink satin the same colour as the little heart shaped beads that I have added to the corners along with a little loop effect from some pretty pink based coloured seed beads

This weeks Watercolour playtime

2009-06-16T03:07:00.000-07:00

I found a delightful photo on a blog from Tuscany in Italy and wrote to the lady to ask if I could use her photo to try and paint it and she very kindly not only gave me permission to use her photo but sent me a larger image which included an area that she had cropped from the original that she had posted on her blog - Have dogs will travel - this is a delightful blog from a very talented lady and I am sure that you will all enjoy a little wander around it

Playtime with Watercolours - Malvern Hills

2009-06-07T14:31:00.000-07:00

This watercolour is of the Malvern Hills which is a short drive away from me and also a short train journey. It is very popular for walkers and my son often takes Marz for long walks there.

Watercolour

2009-05-14T02:52:00.000-07:00

This is a little small painting of what is a real little but derelict cottage in the Malvern Hill which is a short drive away from where I live. The actual photo shows this little cottage with broken windows, tiles missing off the roof and surrounded but weeds and looked just so sad I tried to make it as if it is lived in and loved with some flowers around it and a climbing rose meandering up and across the roof.

This little watercolour was for my SWAP partner who lives in the Phillippines and I have just heard that it has arrived with her so I can show it to you all. The little very friendly group that I belong to swap our little paintings which are all painted so that they fit into a 10 x 8 frame and we have our swaps four times a year and we never know where our return swap is coming from as we have a different partner than the one that we send ours to.

This was fun to paint and I hope that you all like it

Watercolour done in a loose style

2009-04-27T03:44:00.001-07:00

Well its been a while since I posted but have been busy stitching and done a little watercolour painting, I did this whilst at class where we were doing something that we felt was outside our comfort zone which was the same for most of us to just throw and splash the paint around to see how it would fall and this is an interpretation of working in a Lowry style.

I am not really happy about it but in the end it was fun to do and I am always up for a challenge, my next challenge is to paint a little something for my SWAP partner of a group I belong to, I know where it is going but cannot say as it would spoil the surprise so as soon as its done and arrived at its destination which could be 20 miles down the road or across the other side of the world I will share it with you all

My birthday gift framed

2009-04-05T07:10:00.000-07:00

I have just framed my birthday gift from Pierrette and spent some time looking for just the right frame and I found this, its is brushed silver metal with a swirly circle design on it which echos the swirls on the canvas.

The mount is a black velvet/suede mount and I did toy with having a second inner mount but decided that this would show of the little Kitty best of all.

I had problems taking a decent photo as whichever way I tried I kept getting reflections, outside I got trees and clouds show up and inside a flash bounced back and I got a spodge right in the middle so I hope that you like not only the frame and mount that I chose but also the photo

Hardanger Sample

2009-03-31T15:16:00.000-07:00

I have just finished a little hardanger sample which is a Judy Dixon Design, this was a nice quick and easy little project which did not take long to do.

I have also finished the stitching part of my Peacock Stitching Chair but have not assembled it yet so you will have to wait before I can post a picture of it completed

Hibiscus and the Butterfly now Framed

2009-03-13T13:33:00.000-07:00

I stitched the Hibiscus and the Butterfly as a birthday gift for Pierrette and she has today sent me a photo of the piece framed.

I think that the choice of this frame and to go without a mat or as we call them here in the UK a mount was a touch of inspiration that has really worked, I hope that you all agree with me this has really made this project really sing to the world.

Loretta Spears Designs

2009-03-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

I have been sorting out my stash and have found some Loretta Spears designs that I purchased years ago and am debating about starting a new one soon. These are a couple I have found and need to dig deep into the treasure chest to find the others. My very dear friend Pierrette has just started one of Loretta Spears Mystery projects and you can see how she is progressing here

on her blog.

Pierrette taught me how to needlepoint via the internet and my very first project in needlepoint was Loretta Spears Bargello Symphony which we both stitched together and I then went onto complete all on my own Loretta Spears Bargello Fantasy, her designs are a delight to stitch and the world of needlepoint lost a great designer when she became ill and her family would not let any of her designs be reprinted and no new designs were ever available.

My Birthday gift to my Best Friend

2009-02-20T14:32:00.001-08:00

I can now share with you all the Pearsalls silk stumpwork kit that I have just stitched for my best friend Pierrette whose birthday is a few days after mine, this design is not only stitched onto silk dupion but the threads used for the project were also real silk which I find joy to stitch with.

We made a pact that we would not open our gifts until we had both received them from each other as we live across the pond from each other.

Today was the day, my gift from Pierrette had arrived a couple of weeks ago but I had not opened it until my gift to her had arrived which is what it did today. We both had other gifts from each other but these are the special gifts that we had both made for each other.

A wonderful birthday gift has just arrived

2009-02-20T13:21:00.000-08:00

I have received the most darling and cute early gift for my birthday next week from my very dear best friend Pierrette of an adorable needlepoint design of a little cat which is just so like a couple of my cats I used to have called Boris and Doris now both over the Rainbow Bridge.

I will be making a trip into town tomorrow and will see what beautiful frame that I can find for it and will then post another picture when its framed

Happy Valentines Day

2009-02-14T10:17:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day to you all, this is a Valentines Fabric Postcard that I made some years ago for my best friend

Another little project

2009-02-10T06:52:00.000-08:00

This is a little art silk kit that I have just finished, thought it was time I got out all the kits and UFO's that I have had for a long time and this is one of them.

Embroidery whilst it snows

2009-02-05T04:48:00.001-08:00

This is a little miniataure design from Rowandean that I have been playing around with whilst its been snowing here in the UK. As normally seems to happen a few flakes of snow the country grinds to a halt so I have staying in the warm and worked on this little project.

Hope that you like it, this is only about 4" x 3" and was quick to do with lots of lovely French Knots

Playtime with watercolours

2009-01-28T12:11:00.000-08:00

At class last week we all had to choose a little teddy to paint and this is the one I chose, I am not that happy with it but we had one heck of an afternoon full of laughter and fun as we painted which is what counts as life is too short and it is nice to have a laugh together

Happy New Year to you all and a little reflection on the past year

2009-01-01T12:34:00.001-08:00

This is the watercolour that the wonderful watercolour artist Gina Hall painted for me for my son Matthew's Christmas present. He lost his best friend of 17 years in the autumn of 2008 and I would like to share with you all how beautiful she was

Matts latest painting St George and the Dragon

2008-12-28T12:54:00.001-08:00

For a change I thought you might like to see my son Matthew's latest painting, this is his third one that he has done and it is approx 6 ft x 6 ft he works in Acrylics and PVA and is on his final year of his Fine Arts Degree, the first year and a half he made sculptures and then decided to have a go at painting, he does not use a brush and has devised his own technique which the Dean of the University said they have never seen anything like it before and have it now hanging along with his other two paintings which are also huge on the main stairways of the University building so needless to say I am very proud of him and wanted to share his latest with you all. He has called it St George and the Dragon

I won the Beginners Class

2008-12-19T06:52:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to Bobbi Price the winner the Advance Group and for Kay Fuller the winner of the Intermediate Group.

I am just tickled pink as I have won the Beginners Group with my painting, we are all members of Cia's Watercolour Group and the challenge was for a painting of our own choice with 'Snow'

Old Swinford School Doorway in the snow

2008-12-05T10:12:00.001-08:00

This is the old doorway of the Headmasters entrance to the Old Swinford Hospital School
http://www.oshsch.com/ This is painted on Arches paper and is a quarter sheet size. I worked from a black and white photocopy of the colour photo and yes I know it looks strange but the snow is only falling across one side of the picture.

This school is only a short way away from where I live and is a beautiful old building and highly thought of in the area

Sheep in Field in winter

2008-11-08T02:55:00.000-08:00

Not sure if this has worked, I finished it yesterday

Pumpkin Project

2008-09-25T01:50:00.000-07:00

This is just a fun picture that I did for Halloween,

My latest painting

2008-09-22T05:51:00.001-07:00

This is my latest watercolour and it is of my own front door it is small approx 5 x 7" and is on Arches paper with Winsor & Newton paints

Finally painting again - Blue Door

2008-08-23T05:25:00.000-07:00

I bet you all wondered when I would post something again, I have had a few problems of late and one of those is hurting my middle finger of my right hand and for the past couple of weeks have had great difficulty holding a brush however have just finished this Blue Door which is from a photo I found on Wet Canvas. I hope to have some more paintings that are nearly done finished over the next week or two and then in about another 4 weeks will be able to hold a needle and do some more embroidery and it is stitting there looking at me shouting 'stitch me' but I find it just too difficult with two fingers strapped together, still one good thing like this there is no pain.

I have used some artistic licence with this painting and added some extra wysteria and a couple of planters for added interest, hope you all like it

Its been framed

2008-06-13T12:12:00.001-07:00

It has been framed, I have chosen this frame for my beautiful watercolour painted by Rhonda as I thought that the wood looked just like a real window frame so we now have a window within a window.

Bargello

2008-06-06T13:02:00.000-07:00

As Bargello seems to be all the rage at the moment I realised that I had never added a picture of my Loretta Spears design Bargello Fantasy after I had it framed. This was made as a Companion piece to my Bargello Symphony

Watercolour Play Time

2008-05-25T03:18:00.000-07:00

This was my latest project at my watercolour class where the subject to choose was Alleyway and I found this which is in the Medina Kairouan in Tunisia and thought that the subtle colours were a change from lots of bright colours

Brazilian Embroidery

2008-04-29T09:04:00.001-07:00

This Rose is Brazilian Embrodiery with a touch of Stumpwork it is from a design by Debbie Kelley.

Initially it seems rather daunting but in fact turned out to be a quick and easy design to finish

watercolour

2008-04-18T14:03:00.001-07:00

This is a watercolour I did today of a derelict cottage from a photo I found on Wet Canvas
http://www.wetcanvas.com/

Latest Watercolour - Yellow Roses

2008-04-16T02:37:00.000-07:00

This is my latest watercolour, it is done on Arches 140lb CP paper and from a photograph from an online group class that I belong to run by the well known artist Cecilia Price, details are here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WatercolorLessonsbyCia her personal website details are Cecilia Price. She is a very lively and very kind tutor who is always ready to help a newcomer to the world of Watercolour painting

Stumpwork project finished

2008-04-06T01:01:00.000-07:00

This is a little stumpwork project that I finished, thought I better take a photo of it before she swam away as she has been a slippery little devil over the past couple of weeks but now is all finished, so its onwards and upwards and let's see whatproject is next and this moment in time not sure but have lots and lots of options so watch this space

A couple of recent watercolours

2008-03-16T08:31:00.001-07:00

This is a 'Poppy Field' from a Terry Harrison tutorial in one of his books

This 'Bluebell Wood' is from my watercolour class on a Friday afternoon

Playtime with Watercolours

2008-03-08T03:52:00.001-08:00

This is a little watercolour of some Anemones that I did yesterday afternoon whilst playing around

Goldwork (This one is Silver) Butterflies

2008-02-07T08:04:00.000-08:00

I have just been working on and finished a little project of some Butterflies that are in Rajmahal Rayon Threads along with their silver threads. This is a picture of of the project as I have been waiting all day for the sun to come out so that I can take a photo of mine then I will replace this one with mine

Princess and the Pea

2008-02-06T15:48:00.001-08:00

This is a blackwork design that I have recently finished of a Marion Scoular design from her Fairytale series of 'The Princess and the Pea' this design was a pure delight to stitch and I customised it making the princess to be a little Redhead with curls after one of my grand-daughters called Holly .

If you look very closely at the bottom of all the mattresses you can just see the little green pea on the bed.

Watercolour

2007-12-30T17:19:00.000-08:00

This Old Barn is from a tutorial that I found on the Wet Canvas Forum

Most Beautiful Ornament I received

2007-12-26T14:33:00.000-08:00

This is the most beautiful of Christmas ornaments that Pierrette made for me and I just love it, not only is it just so pretty but it is beautifully stitched and finished

Christmas Gift made of a Spare Journal Cover

2007-12-26T14:27:00.001-08:00

This fabric journal cover I made for Pierret is with painted and dyed and beaded lace, I also made a special gift which had personal family photographs attached to it and I think the best way to describe it is as a desk tidy. I have not included a picture as it has private family photos on it.

Fabric Journal Covers

2007-12-26T14:21:00.001-08:00

This is a padded a beaded fabric Journal Cover that I made for my very dear friend Pierrette I had a slight problem as for some reason Journal and paper sizes are not the same world wide and where she lives journals a sized 'Letter' paper size and where I live they are 'A4' size however managed to overcome the problem by finding her a special journal with sections within it so that she can create her own personal Journal for all different types of projects and techniques

Christmas Gifts made and received

2007-12-26T14:12:00.001-08:00

This is a darling little fabric envelope made by my very dear friend Pierrette to keep safe the Little guardian Angel ATC and also the Halloween ID card ATC that she made for me which I carry with me at all times in my handbag

Christmas Ornaments

2007-12-18T15:41:00.001-08:00

These are some goose eggs that I have decorated as a little Christmas gift for my very dear friend Pierrette.

I had originally made one that was beaded but had an accident when trying to finish it and as time was against me as I had to get her gift into the post for it to arrive in time for Christmas and with the time it takes to get across the pond came up with these as an alternative option and just hope that she likes them

Painting

2007-11-02T17:58:00.001-07:00

This is a fun painting that I did for a Halloween joke for my very dear friend Pierrette it is a total mixture of mediums from pencil to pen and ink and gel pens and watercolours and even acrylic inks.

I always tease her that I am a witch and can land on her roof at anytime and asked her to make sure that her roof was ready for my landing onHalloween, however it seemed that some things started to go wrong as we had a postal strike here in the UK and it seemed that my little joke gift to her would not arrive in time, however due to my putting a spell on all the postmen worldwide that if they did not deliver to Pierrette in time for Halloween then I would turn them all into slimy wart infested toads and it seemed to work as it arrived just in the nick of time as it ormally takes around 5 or 6 days for post to arrive between us this took 12 days and I was starting to think that it had got lost.

Watercolours

2007-10-15T11:44:00.000-07:00

This is my very first attempt at watercolours and I hope that this will be the start of a new and interesting method of painting, instead of with a needle with a brush and some paint.

I am also just trying a special project for a Halloween gift in Pen and Ink which so far is going well.

Who knows I might even be able to create my own hand drawn or painted Christmas Cards this year. ( I think that is wishful thinking) however I love to learn new and interesting techniques and at the moment after a spell in hospital I am enjoying using a brush instead of a needle

Halloween

2007-10-11T04:40:00.001-07:00

As its shortly Halloween I have made this ornament as a little

joke for my friend Pierrette as I am always telling her that I

could arrive on her roof at any time on my broomstick

Needlepoint

2007-07-14T05:30:00.000-07:00

Not done much stitching recently, could be the time of the
year but have just managed to finish this which is part of
the same series as the Mojave which I have already done.

Needlepoint

2007-06-02T02:47:00.001-07:00

This is called Mojave designed by Jim Wurth and is created
to make into a Christmas ornament it is six inches across
but I have not decided yet if I want to make it into an ornament
or to have it framed, this is part of a series of ornaments

Hapsburg Lace Sampler

2007-05-08T06:51:00.000-07:00

This is a Hapsburg Lace Sampler from a design of Tanya Berlin of Berlin Embroidery
http://www.berlinembroidery.com/hapsburglace.htm I have made it into a Bell Pull instead of having it framed and have changed the colours of the ribbon from the origianal design of baby pink and baby blue to a Royal Blue and a Chocolate Brown. This is going to be a gift for my Gary and Pauline, my very dear brother in law and his wife.

Needlepainting

2007-04-21T04:18:00.000-07:00

This is a little Maple leaf that I have just finished and was from a little kit from http://www.berlinembroidery.com/needlepaintingflowers.htm#mapleleaf I have a couple of other little kits of hers that I must get around to stitching one is of a little mouse and the other is of a little squirrel

Freestyle Embroidery

2007-04-02T04:44:00.000-07:00

This is a little cottage from a kit that I stitched years ago but just had in my finished projects box laying there sad and neglected and one day I asked my very dear friend Pierrette if she would like to have it to go alongside the Thatched Cottage that I stitched for her birthday and she said that she would love it. Pierrette had it framed and now the lonely little cottage that was all sad and forelorn looks beautiful with it mount and very pretty matching frame

City & Guilds

2007-04-01T15:06:00.000-07:00

This is a little stitch sample that was the first one that I created whilst doing my City & Guilds embroidery and design course. We had to chose a picture and I liked one that was of 'Diatomes' which are found in water and cannot be seen by the naked eye. This covers several techniques from applique to beading and a trial of different stitches. The fabrics are all silk and the threads used are also silk

Art Dolls

2007-04-01T06:43:00.000-07:00

This is a little art doll called Fleur that I made for Pierrette we were in an Art Doll exchange and as well as making a doll for our chosen partners we also both made one for each other. Her dress is made from Dupion Silk and I tried to make her as a Fuchsia flower fairy doll. Her wings are made from fused Angelina fibres and this is her in the garden leaning against a large flower pot

Aprons

2007-04-01T06:35:00.000-07:00

My very dear friend Pierrette loves aprons and I have made several for her and this is the only one that I have a photo of. We have a little standing joke between us about 'Bees' and this fabric if you look closely has got lots of little bees all over it, sorry its not a very good photo, perhaps Pierrette herself will take some photos of her other aprons along with this one so that you can see them all

Its been Framed

2007-03-13T05:45:00.000-07:00

This the the little cottage that I made for my dearest of friends Pierrette for her Birthday and she has just collected it from the framers and I am sure that you will agree that the choice of mounts/mats and frame are just perfect for it. Credit for the choice goes to Pierrette's husband who has had the framing done for an extra Birthday gift to her from him.

You can see a picture earlier in this blog when I first finished the little cottage before I sent it from the UK to the US

Bargello Fantasy Needlepoint

2007-03-06T09:01:00.000-08:00

Bargello Fantasy is a Loretta Spears design, I started it around Easter last year but due to ill health had to stop work on it after only completing a small part of it. I was then unable to stitch at all during the time I had my operation and afterwards whilst having treatment and recovery and only started stitching again just before Christmas but then my time was taken up with creating Christmas Gifts and then after Christmas stitching some Birthday gifts which I finished around 3 weeks ago which is when I started work again on Bargello Fantasy called by me 'Blue' this is a companion piece to the other Loretta Spears design that I stitched just after Christmas last year called Bargello Symphony which was called by me 'Pink'

Biscornu

2007-02-27T00:46:00.000-08:00

Bisornu Pincushion that I made as a little gift for

my very dear friend Pierrette's Birthday.

The Silks used are Dinky Dye Coral Sea

First Sampler now finished

2007-02-11T05:25:00.000-08:00

I have just finished this little sampler as a gift for my daughter in law who just loves Hippos and the design was a free one from http://wiehenburg.de/19.html and its the Mini Sampler and I changed the little birds at the bottom for little Hippos. It is stitched on 28 count evenweave and the thread used is one of the new Anchor multicoloured called Stormy Seas number 1439

Needlepainting

2007-01-23T06:50:00.000-08:00

This is a little cottage that I have just finished for a Birthday gift for my friend Pierrette.

Needlepoint

2007-01-06T06:48:00.000-08:00

This is a little Orna Willis needlepoint design called Sunflower

I have just finished it and now have it framed, I made it for a Christmas gift for my daughter Susannah and just hope that she likes it. She lives a long distance from me which is why she has not received it yet but I am planning on visiting her shortly within the next month

Gifts made for Christmas

2006-12-26T07:38:00.000-08:00

Front of Pinn

Back of Pinn

I made a couple of things for my friend Pierrette for Christmas. I made her some aprons and also a little Dog Pincushion and found just the right fabric for it with a tiny print of sewing items like cotton reels tape measures thimbles etc- This little doggie pincushion now is called 'Pinn'

Freestyle Embroidery

2006-12-04T04:47:00.000-08:00

These are a couple of little motifs that I stitched onto a CQ Block for my very dear friend Pierrette the Squirrel was stitched using silk perle from Vikki Clayton's Hand Dyed Fibres and the mushrooms and toadstools were stitched using assorted threads

Blackwork

2006-12-04T04:44:00.000-08:00

This is my first venture into Blackwork and is of a little flower and butterfly, I enjoyed making it and have several other Blackwork projects in my long line of future WIP's

Crazy Quilting

2006-11-20T07:09:00.000-08:00

This is a little friendship pillow/sachet that I made for my very dear friend Pierrette, if you look closely you will find a little 'Bee' as I always try to add one to everything I make for her (this is a little joke between us)

Crazy Quilting

2006-11-20T07:06:00.000-08:00

This is a little Pansy block that I made that I was going to make into a little pouch however I decided that it would make a far nicer needlecase

Mr Blobby

2006-11-11T01:59:00.000-08:00

This is my Mr Blobby in his favourite sleeping position, It seems to be quite a common pose for cats who are rather rotund (better be polite in case they can read this as you never know)

Freestyle Embroidery/Needlepainting

2006-11-05T12:49:00.000-08:00

This is a peacock that I designed and stitched for my City & Guilds Embroidery and Design course it is worked on Ivory silk fabric and the threads used are all silk with the odd scattering of a gold metallic thread

This was one of my first attempts at creating a picture with threads, it is worked in a single strand of either DMC or Anchor. The design is one of the Di Van Niekerke miniature cottages http://www.needlecraft.co.za/vanniekerk.htm this is her old website but you can find her new designs here http://www.dicraft.co.za/

This is another of Di Van Niekerk miniature cottages that I worked with single stands of either DMC or Anchor threads

Brazilian Embroidery

2006-11-03T16:11:00.000-08:00

This is a little trio of Brazilian Embroidery that I made for a gift for my friend Pierrette.

The Needlecase, Pincushion and

Scissor Fob are all made with Dupion Silk and the embroidery is all done with Edmar's finest rayon thread called Glory

My 1st ever Needlepoint

2006-10-28T14:38:00.000-07:00

This is my first ever needlepoint project and the design was by Loretta Spears (I think that she is now either chronically ill or deceased and her designs are no longer available unless on Ebay or somewhere similar) this is one of her series of Mystery Designs.

I was only able to attempt this and complete it with the help of my wonderful friend Pierrette who held my hand from start to finish.

We chat daily but for around five weeks we not only chatted but exchanged photos of Bargello Symphony daily where she stood over me with a big stick (LOL).

This is the end result, Pierrette also completed the same project along side me for herself, however I changed mine very slightly as I always like to be different. If you view hers see if you can see the difference and I do not mean the way that she has mounted and framed hers.

William Morris Design

2006-10-28T05:57:00.000-07:00

This was a kit that I purchased at a show for the silly price of £5 it took some time to finish but once I got stuck in I could not stop.

It was originally for a cushion cover but I decided to mount it, to date its still not framed but is laced onto a board and all ready to go.

Crazy Quilting

2006-10-25T06:10:00.000-07:00

This is a companion Cushion Cover that I made as a gift to compliment the autumn/fall one I had previously made for Pierrette.

This is a memory Cushion with photos I printed onto fabric and incoportated into the cover of some of Pierrette's and her husbands dear departed loved ones

Crazy Quilting

2006-10-25T06:07:00.000-07:00

This was my first attempt at making a large CQ cushion cover for my very dear friend Pierrette.

I tried to use all autumnal/fall colours as I know that they are her favourites

Goldwork Angel

2006-10-24T14:02:00.000-07:00

This is a goldwork kit that I changed slightly by creating the hair with

a rayon thread and with a drizzle stitch instead of using the gold wire

as it seems to harsh for hair.

The wings are separate and made with an organza fabric attached to wire

and buttonhole stitched and then cut out and attached to the moire backing

fabric that the angel is embroidered on.

This same angel kit is featured on this months edition of Classic Stitches

http://www.classicstitches.com/backissues/issue.cfm

Some Tiny Boxers shorts made for fun

2006-10-24T13:51:00.000-07:00

These are a couple of minature Boxers that I made for fun for Roland who is Pierrette's husband.

This pair is made in Dupion silk for Sundays

This pair is made in cotton for weekdays.

Brazilian Embroidery

2006-10-24T06:17:00.000-07:00

This was my first attempt at designing and creating some Brazilian Embroidery. I made this for a birthday gift for a friend.

A lot of people think there is a mystery surrounding BDE but I found it quite easy once you master the slippery rayon threads