Sunday afternoon, another week about to roll into view. I've been for a brisk autumnal walk around a local RSPB nature reserve, coming back with a pocketful of pretty brown feathers and a handful of dried grasses and seed heads, the vague aim being to either sketch them or to make a little stitched piece with them as a reference and starting point. This tea-dyed white cotton that I just dyed might come in handy for something stitchy, but I might over-dye it as the colour's not especially strong. Some interesting lines from where I folded & tied the material though. I also dyed this piece, using blackberries, and getting a good combination of pale and darker purples. I've been trying a few odds & ends of crafty projects this week. I'd a small bag of kilt pins, ordered in error when I should've chosen large safety pins instead, and was wondering what to do with them. Thought I'd make something beaded that might be a bag charm or dangle off the
It's mid-week, and I'm mid-project with so many crafty endeavours. This is what I'm referring to as my leftovers quilt as it's cobbled together out of orphan patchwork blocks and various odds & ends. Over the last few days I've tacked the wadding on to the back of the patchwork top, and have been burrowing through my stash trying to find material large enough for the backing fabric. I've nothing sizeable enough, but there are three pieces I should be able to stitch together. They need to be approx 65 x 70 inches, so I think this will end up being the largest quilt I've made. I usually stick to lap sized ones or single bed sized. Easier to handle, especially with my basic model sewing machine that gets huffy and misbehaves if I ask too much of it. I also completed another page of the Lorna Scobie book, '365 Days of Creativity'. It's not very good, and I do get frustrated by how what I want to draw doesn't end up being what I get