w 11...

Not a working Wednesday yesterday, oops, one day late!

Inspirational all the same.

Went to see the Degree Show at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee. It is on until this weekend. Plenty of fantastic things to see and inspire me.  

Saw these guys out of the window when I was going up some stairs. You can see the Tay Bridge in the background. Pretty hazy as it was really hot yesterday, eventually 25*C. Ok not that hot compared with some countries but hot for us!

 

Church steeple, one photo from the stairs through the window and one down on street level. I loved the geometric construction round the top from the scaffolding.

Maybe not that clear but these sets of stairs facinated me (not the ones at the top of the picture). It looked as if they had an underground area as well. You can see what looks like a vent in the middle of the grass, it looked pretty old. Another image from the stair window!

These two beauties came from the building site outside the college. I loved both the green hats and the shadows they cast.

The pictures above are a from the work I did following my last Wednesday post. These are definitely for brooches. I still have a few teething problems to work out about construction but otherwise I'm pretty pleased with them. So for now they are still WIP.

So that's all for now. I'm sorry that I haven't got any pictures of the Degree show but I try to only show work that is my own then there are no copyright issues.

Bye for now, until next Wednesday!

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W 10...

Can't believe that this is my 10th Wednesday post.

I've been doing a bit of hand stitching for a change and quite enjoying it which is nice.

I've been watching a selection of YouTube videos lately and one of them was Teesha Moore. She makes these great little pillows to make a fabric journals. I've been wanting to make one for a while as well as making smaller seashores/landscape pieces.

I thought that I would combine both ideas which I could then take to my embroidery class. They are working on landscapes at the moment so this would fit in nicely.

This is what I've come up with so far. I'm not very sure if the border goes with this type of stitching but it'll have to do for now.

 

I still have a few stitches to do at the front and then I may have a look at the borders again...

later.

Bit of a dark shadow on this one, sorry.

That's it for now, byeee!

x

Wednesday...

 Here we are Wednesday again. I've only taken a few photos this time. I was working on a project this morning which I hope I can reveal later but for now it'll have to be what I did this evening.

 I've had a few bits and pieces lurking around for a while so I decided to try and revamp them. I added a little more machining in another colour on the flowers. I had a few pieces that basically haunted me, I could never get rid of them! So I decided to add a few snips of fabric on top then a quick whirl of contrasting stitching.  

Sorry the photos are a bit dark. That's what happens when you take them under an electric light with no flash. Basically too late at night doesn't help.

Another blast from the past, this one definitely has been around for a very long time. I was determined to do something to enhance it so I did some free (motion) machine embroidery in a dark blue thread. I think I can use it now.

This one I like but am a bit concerned that it looks like an eye! That'll probably annoy me.

Also I see that it looks like I've added beads but it's just the lurex thread catching the light.

Got to go, I think I'm into Thursday now and that'll never do for my working Wednesday!

Byee...x

PS> I'll probably use these on cards...surprise, surprise!

w...

...decided just to make it w for Wednesday. Not very original, I know. I think if I'd kept up with triple 'w's' then it would have been 'wasted work Wednesday'.Not much of anything done today so I thought that I'd post a few pictures. from the other day.

 These  were taken the other evening. Some lovely colours.
 

These are a few of my heart cards or at least they are copies of what will become cards. I have no idea at the moment about how to use the printed paper sheets. I'm sure something will come to me if I just give it time.

I need to go now as I'm falling asleep on the blog!

Byee!

x

www 7....

...this weeks Wednesday work...wow, three 'ws' . I have to say that Wednesday started well. Met a friend for tea and bacon rolls, loads of chatting then cream cake and cup of tea! We were there for quite a while!

Didn't start this until late afternoon, break for tea then a bit of work into the evening. Just more of my usual strips of fabric, mostly silk and a few hand dyed pieces a bit of a break from the sheers, I've couched on a selection of fancy yarns. I knotted one of them first which you can see below.

Nothing new, just some of my heart shapes cut out to make into cards. Not quite sure if I've got them right or not, it's a while since I last made them.

I've added the usual button and a few little kisses (cross stitches). I've even cut out a flower shape from lace. I don't normally do hand stitching on my cards as they are usually free machined. These I felt needed a little extra touch hence the kisses.

Sorry if these photos don't show up well, the light was going, I took some at the window with the remaining light (don't think I've used any of these) then used the flash on most of the others. Think the last one was taken under my light rather than with the flash.

I'm off to finish some more....no changed my mind I'm off to bed, falling asleep infront of the screen!! 

Byee.

x 

www.6...

Ok so here is my Wednesday show and tell. I wasn't sure if I should show this or not but I decided that I'd just go for it. The next two photos are todays view from my studio window. Yes I know that I'd been keeping it a big secret. I think  it's because I'm not in it very often which I know is really bad but hey, that's life. I'm trying very hard to go to it at least twice a week. I was there yesterday and today for 4 hours each. Not very much but enough, not sure how much work I get done especially with such a great view. Maybe because I've made it public I'll make a greater effort to produce more work. It's more of a painty place than a stitching place although I do have an old sewing machine there and an iron so there is really no excuse...

  The next two photos are a piece of cloth I painted yesterday. I decided to wrap it round a plastic container with thread round it to hold it in place. I then dry brushed on another colour, the darker one. The first picture doesn't show much as the cloth was really too long for it to work properly. The second photo shows the area that worked a bit better. I've used acrylic paint for this.

 Now the next five photos show todays work, working Wednesday. I took them on my phone, loaded them onto my computer and turned them so they sat straight. Right then, why are they all at the side and upside down then? Sorry haven't got a clue and don't know how to fix it so you'll just have to get a warped view of it. Hey this could be 'warped Wednesday work'! Trying in vain to get the three 'w's' featured...oh well. :o)

I'm sure that you can figure out that there is a bit of a landscape, seascape theme happening here. I'm preparing some ideas for my ladies stitching class on Friday so that's all for now. Let's not get prepared too far in advance!!!!

I'll leave you with a couple more views from the studio window...aaah....!

x

www 5.....

...remembered it was Wednesday, just! I'm intending working a bit more on all this but I thought that I'd be better to post something while I remembered.

 
I've enjoyed working with some of my hand dyed fabrics. I love dyeing them but never use them much, maybe this is the start I need.

Here are some of my dyed pieces. I love how they all go together. Please ignore the spotty ribbon and the commercial fabric!

I've decided to stick with the strips of fabric on this one, similar to how I normally work. When I started it I thought that I'd make a large piece of fabric to make a whole bunch of heart cards. Now I'm not so sure, I may try a bunch of daisies on this like in a previous Wednesday post. It's quite a long piece so I may even cut it in two and try both ideas. As I said I'm going to do a bit more work onto this so I'll let you know what I decide. I may post the results on Flickr...or maybe not...depends on how far I get with it.

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