Flowers and Lace

The flower heads were upcycled from an old top. I've added various lace lengths and embroidery on a layered background. The embroidery includes running stitch, fancy hem stitch and lock stitch.

Snail House

A little doodle I did on my tablet last night.

Sardinia

I've just come back from a lovely holiday in Sardinia.

Above is a photo of cork trees.

We visited a museum one day when it was raining and saw this rack of shoe forms and this unusual picture frame below.

On the day we were coming home I was up earlier and caught the sun rising.

A Land Far Away [30 -33]

The last four pages of sketchbook 49, also my last post for about two weeks. I'll be back.

A Land Far Away [25 - 29]

In a Land Far Away [19-24]

In a Land Far Away [13-18]

In a Land Far Away [7-12]

This one was sketched on my tablet and printed on card.

In a Land Far Away - pages 1-6

I've finished another sketchbook, here are the first 6 pages.

The small arty group I belong to decided on the theme of  'In a land far away' for a joint challenge.

Friends

You may remember seeing most of these dolls before except the wee folk girl in the red jumper.

The photos however have not been posted before, I thought they looked cute posing together. 

The girl is rather untidy and the face is not good....again

Flower and Mushroom Applique

Painted with Koh-I-Noor watercolour paints on fabric, the paints are very vibrant. Layers including a piece of vintage tablecloth.  The pieces were hand sewn into place with running stitch.

Puffin

I painted canvas fabric with acrylic paints, then enhanced the painting with freehand machine embroidery. [the black thin lines]

Cat on a Stool Applique

I was originally going to do a cat on a mat but decided to put him on a stool on a mat instead. Various fabrics, painted doily, stamped and painted cat, machine embroidery

Toad in the Grass Applique and Bugs

Painted fabrics, stamped and painted toad, own stamp. Cut and applied pieces of fabric for grass. 

I've not been blogging last week because I had my mum, sister and her grandson staying. On one of the rainy days we made bugs from egg boxes.