Embroidered scroll

 

Keeping busy on cold winter evenings.  I think I must have started this embroidery about the end of November/beginning of December.  I'm not sure whether it will remain as a scroll or I could display it as a wall hanging.  I have used a length of cotton sheeting, backed with batting.  Initially I included some appliquéd flowers from an old linen tablecloth and tried to completely fill in the background with various stitches. However, I didn't achieve the result I was hoping for, so changed to mainly using seed stitch between the motifs. There was no overall design plan, once I finish stitching one flower or plant, I search my sketchbooks for the next.

The fabric is 4" wide and so far I have completed 30" of the length, with another 12" to go.

Pocket fold book

 

A single sheet, fold book with 4 pockets, acrylic paint and 
lino print, with paper flower decoration.  Folded 

size approx 4" x 5.5" (from A3 sheet of paper)

Christmas Card 2024

A Flight of Angels

I was a bit late in coming up with my design for this year's Christmas cards, but luckily they were completed just in time for the last posting date.

Sketch outings

A few of my plein air sketches from this year.  Last year I enjoyed using a brown kraft paper sketchbook for some of my drawings.  Having used that up, I replaced it with another brand which I am not finding so good to use with my usual materials.  I have also tried black paper but, again, have yet to find the best approach with this.  The experiments continue .......

Sewing case

 A recently completed case for my sewing accessories - made from eco-dyed calico, with machine stitching and hand embroidery.

Urban Sketchers September e-zine

 Drawing Attention

Fabric Follies

 

Painted, printed and embroidered calico,

3.5" square, 2" high

My original intention was to make a pin cushion, but near completion decided it was a bit on the large size so turned it into a lidded box.  I have used cardboard inserts to strengthen the sides and lid.

A fragment of embroidery used on a greetings card -

6" x 4"