Super Lazy

I have added more to this piece. The cape is in the process of being appliqués on. It is a piece of Libert fabric with an Australian theme of wild flowers. I am now in the process of looking at size and placement for the words. I have changed the wording slightly. It now says ' I am having a Super Lazy day. It's just like any lazy day....except I am wearing a cape"
I have done this on a found vintage white cloth. Love the edge detail. There is more scope here for some stitch as I attach it to the cloth underneath. It is labeled  Semco and has a green border of 4 leaf clovers.

30 days in June

I have just finished stitching down the silk squares on to the vintage damask table napkin. It is from my Aunt Joan Larkin's linen cupboard. Love the soft green colour and the stains or marks of living, evidence of a time long past, evidence of family gatherings of my ancestors. The little 2 1/2 squares have just random embroidery for what I was thinking or feeling at the point of time they were worked, no pre planning, just going with it, thoughts, memories, happenings. Little cross on the day my beautiful dad passed away.

September pebbles

my 30 pebbles stitched for each day in September onto the small silk square. Now ready to stitch down onto the damask table napkin. Now just November's 30 days to go! Have to think of a new daily challenge. Greys from my stash and friends in the quilt world.

Frogs and Pizza

I made this years ago in answer to a challenge by Qld Quilters. We were given the small pizza box and had to put in a fabric pizza. A lot of fun to work on.


     

Couldn't resist making the sign for the cover. It was done by writing with a bleach pen onto black fabric so to discharge the back ,leaving only the underlying original colour of the fabric.
The pizza is an image of a pizza printed directly onto fabric cut out, turned, stuffed lightly and then tiny pieces of fabric to represent capsicum ,olives and cheese were stitched on with a few beads for added texture.

100 day project

I have been participating in a 100 day project with its founder from New Zealand , but participants from all over the world. My project is to ' unpack' the embroideries, doiley' s and stitcheries I have from my Grandmother, mother and Aunties as well as the many I can't resist purchasing from charity shops. A few given to me by friends. So I write a bit about the embroidery, think of how I could interpret it to include into my textile art . Cut up, embroider more, appliqué, sketch, join all together to make a background for further work.

Paper Angel

I made this angel out of half a Yen magazine. At Queensland Quilters meeting on Tuesday night. Pat gave a demonstration on how to make them. So I made one and gave to my artist friend Annamaria Mays when we went on an op shop hop yesterday.

All I had to buy was a styrofoam ball for the head. So when op shopping yesterday I found a bag of ten balls ,the right size. So is this a sign I need to make more!! Not sure as I don't like the repetition of making the same article. But I bought them and have a stack of magazines mainly old Frankie's.

Migration

On my sewing room floor at the moment. All recycled woollen fabrics cut from old coats from op shops. Starts with the Graham clan tartan and comes down under following the birds from Scotland, Ireland and England to Aeoteora and Australia. To the centre the red square as in a traditional log cabin , the centre ,the heart .