Threads from Canada

 

 

I came across someone in Spain using these threads and thought they were lucious. I ordered these and can't wait now to use them. They came from colourcomplements.com and one of my stitchings gets a mention on her blog. Search for freeform embroidery and you will find it.

Keeping Ryan and Tania warm

My winter crochet project is finished. I will take it out for lots of picnics this summer and then it will be full of sunshine when I hand it over to the little ones. Tania choose the colours to go with her decor.   

 

It is 10 squares long by 8 squares wide with five colours in each square. It took 9 balls of Stylecraft DK and I used a random calculator to sort the colours. I used just under 3 balls in lavender grey to join the squares. 4 colours were used in the border along with two stripes of the lavender and then it was finished with a V crochet edging.

 

 

Littorell

This is the theme of our exhibition this year. I have completed two pieces and hope to do a night sea scene. I found the flat sparkly pebbles in Spain and I think they are great for the foreshore. They are not easy to sew on!

 

 

Sea Stitchings

Spending so much time on the coast has made me want to do more sea stitchings. Here are two backgrounds that I have recently completed. I need to do some stitching in the sea and lots of work on the tideline. These are for our summer exhibition. I think I will do one more moonlit one and that will be me done.

 

 

 

When the Stars go Blue

When the Stars go Blue has been my favourite song at choir this winter. I thought of it again recently when my Uncle died. He was the last of ten siblings so it was a big loss for everyone. I needed to go into my cave, away from people, afterwards and I stitched this little piece.

 

It is the old house where they were all born and where I spent many joyous times. There are eighteen stars because I believe that stars are a gap in the sky where our loved ones who have gone before us can shine a light down to tell us they are happy. The biggest stars are for Uncle Jim and my Dad. My Mum's star is there too along with my Dad's other siblings and their partners. I couldn't leave out my grandparents as they too lived in that house and my great grandparents who built the house. It is a ruin now but the times spent there are stitched into my heart.

 

I have to do it again because I am not quite happy with the shape of the house, it needs to be longer and lower. For now though it adds to my winter sparkle. I think I might do a winter hare one too! 

 

 

 

 

Winter Challenge

We were all challenged to do a winter scene which was postcard size. I have quite enjoyed working on my land/seascraps little ones so this size was a new challenge. I added some robbins as I know Annie loves them and it is now part of their Christmas decorations. Here too is a little snippet from the other ones.  

 

 

Fine Stitches

Julia taught us all some simple stitches that we could use in our work to create texture etc. I hope we will do lots more workshops in the group as we all came away saying how much we had learned. Here are some examples.