I have been doing a little embroidery. Hand embroidery. At the moment, I seem to be obsessed with samplers!
One day when I couldn't get moving, I threaded all the embroidery threads in my box and added them to a piece of felt. It really helps keep you going!
I am doing one with
Sue Spargo on
Craftsy, which I have showed before. I am also doing two with
rebecca ringquist on
creativebug. I am only just
starting on these. The stitch combination up the top, I enjoyed, however the red and blue stitches are supposed to be tete de boef or the head of the bull. Rebecca taught it differently to how I know it. She used three sepearate stitches, on the right. I was taught to do it as a fly stitch with a chain tail, at top left. I also tried reversing the fly stitch and adding the chain below that. The variations are interesting, and who's to say which is right. Stitch names are not really that important to me so long as I don't get confused.
The third sampler, is a set of samplers from
Christen Brown's book
Embroidered and Embellished. At present I am working on the first one with simple stitches.
I am also doing some crochet for charity for our local CWA (country Women's Association) branch of which I am secretary. We have decided that we will start the year with a drive to make hats scarves and blankets for the homeless as winter will be along soon. This is something I have been wanting to do for so long.
I have been doing a little journaling. This is this week's page for daily journaling.
Also The Tangled Textiles Group I belonged to has come to an end at challenge 15. On the
page, there is a grid for each of the challengers showing their work.
I thought I might show my grid here for you.
So, a quiet week for me.
Happy Creating!
