An embroidered pebble for a friend

 

Finding beauty in the disregarded and serendipitous

Sunshine revealing the serendipitous juxtaposition of colours on the studio painting boards.

To bead or not to bead, that is the question......

…. and for the October challenge on the theme of bacteria, the answer was most  definitely “to bead"

and, to button

Sewing tools

When I volunteered to assist with making costumes for the local pantomime, I thought I would just need my usual sewing kit. For the first costume, that was the case, dress for the female, youth lead, 

However, when the next one was for the king of the rats, I needed to use tools less commonly associated with sewing.

Thank you to Youtube for tips on cutting and sewing long-haired fake fur.

Thanks to Virgin Trains..................

... and a train journey of 2h being extended to 3h and 45 mins, I had time to start on my next series of the challenge.  Bacterial colonies, being embroidered on to cloth printed using the breakdown method.

For someone who doesn't do a lot of hand stitching..............

I seem to be doing a lot of it, 

Must be too much “Strictly”!

Finishes, stitched and drawn on different scales

Part 3 of the seed series is finished, bound ( sort of, completed with a satin stitch, stitched with an overlock foot which prevents the stitching puckering and tightening) and a photo posted to the group page of the Contemporary Quilt Group. Lots and lots of texture on this one.

A last session with the curved structure at the drawing course led to more collaged music,some additional ink and white chalk.

Next week, we are drawing reflections which I love, but which I don’t love drawing!

 

 

Mad moments of military music

Rushing for a train, stopped in my tracks by a rendition of “Mac the knife’ by military bandsmen in Waterloo station.