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 ...