Three for a Girl

 

 

Lyla loves the stitching I did for her room before she was born.

 

 

Great Aunt Florence does it again

Great Aunt Florence has come up trumps again. I needed just one blue button from her button tin and when I searched through the blue ones I found a whole set as well. These have now been moved to my treasures jar. I love the idea of buttons that she cut from clothes that no longer had any wear left in them will now go on garments for future generations.

 

 

"Longest Day"

I wanted to try doing a long landscape piece. I was going to put a farmhouse and sheep on it but it seemed to cry out for something bigger. The foxgloves this year have been awesome and they were my starting point. I rolled the fabric around my fingers to get the shape. I had completed most of the flowers when I realised the fabric I had used was not the right colour.

 

The hunt was on then for some new colour fabric and after about six visits to charity shops in Herefordshire I found the perfect blouse. The challenge was to get the dark pink in exactly the right place when I rolled it. I left the leaves fairly loose and added tiny seed beads to the inside of the flowers.

 

It is framed in my living room now and will live with me for a while.  

 

 

The results!

Here are the results of our day in Lismore. The twisting with the elastic bands was the best result with the baby gros. I am really pleased with the colours of the embroidery silks when I remember how boring the original colours were and I have already used the greens on a 2nd washing line. I have found a use too for the lace in a mixed media piece that I have started.

 

I can't wait to have another go!