Making a colourful banner ...WIP

piecing some colourful scraps together into word length strips ...

sewing from the wrong side of the fabric around some hand drawn lettering, then cutting away the excess fabric, the next stage to finish the letters will be a fairly close zig-zag stitch around each letter ...

It's quite long, and also good fun - I have never made a banner before!

Adding the Chapter and verse, with hand embroidery and in a hoop for stability. I usually use this hoop in my sewing machine, for adding texture to owl wings! Gold gel pen was used to trace the lettering from my cartoon.

I hope to have this finished soon!

The Princess and Picasso!

Did a bit of glittery embroidery, which will be part of some wearable art :-)

also working on this plush-team challenge piece ... lots of flat work today! Then I remember how much I like drawing, too!

Wise Words ...

I have made this for two very lovely people ...



When someone who knows more than you, and who also loves you very much, gives you good advice, it would be very wise to take it! All the Best xxx

And Owls Need Wings!

Making faces!

perfect pictures ....

for a long while i have had these pretty frames which were a gift ...



an embroidery of my 4 year olds' work in pink, makes a lovely simple picture to go in each one ...



a rat by matty, above, and one by daisy, below ...

Something cute!

when matty presented me with a drawing of a rat made in yellow felt pen on the back of some stickers paper, I just had to find a way to preserve it, with its fresh simple lines and very ratty nose ...



so I traced the image using the trusty window as a light box, onto some lovely vintage linen ... and carefully followed the design in back-stitch ...



I know I am not the first person to work with their children's drawings like this, but I had to have a go, as hubby was watching one of those Jimmy Stewart Movies!