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It has been very enjoyable just to work through a series of samples with no time pressure and no
I decided to use colours I don’t much like for my samples [orange and yellow] – but ended up with some pieces I really like – including this one. [Sorry about the reflection.]
That got me going on landscapes. This one is Colinette ‘Point Five’ needled together [an idea from Myfanwy Hart’s book on the embellisher]. It is intere
Coincidentally there is an article by Carol Benson in the current ‘Workshop on the Web’ about monochrome abstract landscapes, so I had a go at one of those too, but using the embellisher rather than silk paper. There was a stage when I hated this but adding more wool tops improved it. I didn’t have any black top
When I first started I didn’t like the way the embellisher distorts the base fabric, but on these pieces I like the wavy edges – after all hand made wool felt has wavy edges. [These are all done on cheapo synthetic felt from Hobbycraft.]
There is another one but that is going to be a postcard for a swap so I will not reveal it until its recipient has seen it!
I also did some
No Tuesday trip this week - except to Hobbycraft - as we have had typical June weather- i.e. a cold monsoon!
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It can be hard to reach my bed without treading on old Somerset Studio and Cloth Paper Scissors magazines, then you reach the craft books!
Hi Celia, I have a great pile of old magazines from Embroidery, Stitch, Classic Stitches, CPS and Quilting Arts, and probably a few others. I always grab one or two for train journeys, and I often feel I am reading them for the first time as I get so much out of them. Lesley
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