Seascape & flowers

Saturday evening, and am I getting ready to go out clubbing & dancing the night away? Nope. I'm lounging on the sofa and half-watching TV while I'm sewing. Years ago I might've felt guilty about not venturing out, but now I'm perfectly content to admit I'm an introvert and my happy place is home.

I'm starting a new project. Yeah, I know, yet another one! Annie Claxton, who has a Facebook craft group and a YouTube channel, is making an embroidered picture of an underwater scene, complete with octopus, seahorses, fish and lots of coral. I've been admiring what she's doing, and also another YouTuber SuzieQMakes, and belatedly decided I've join in too. I've gathered up lots of blue material for my background and have made a start of tacking the layers together.

I'm hoping that lots of kantha style stitching will make these patches appear a unified whole, then I can begin adding my own sea creatures. I'm also googling images of coral reefs, and marvelling colours and shapes of the strange creatures and plants that live down below.

I've also been stitching little fabric flowers. I used the same basic set-up as the lover's eye charms. Namely a velvet or silky material for the flower, backed by two layers of felt. Then it's simple embroidery with added seed beads.

Okay, it's just a short blog post today. I want to get back to my sewing and, having finished 'Parable of the Sower' by Octavia E Butler - speedy review: enjoyable, thought-provoking - I'm also about to get stuck into another book. Either Anne Tyler or a murder-mystery, I can't decide.

Have a good evening (morning, afternoon, whatever!) and bye for now.

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