I did try a few things before I settled on using tulle based embroidery. It's direct and quick and a method I'm very comfortable with....

I slipped a sheet of flat batting behind the tree trunk before I stitched all the folded dark netting. I was prepared this morning to...

I wanted to do something different. It was too big to use the smocking/pleater machine. I ended up cutting strips and pieces in three...

I had some green cheesecloth scraps with a fusible material on them so after a bit of shaping they were ironed on. A little black stained...

As part of a demonstration, I explained and illustrated to those at the workshop how I analyse a picture. This is to simplify the complex...

I couldn't find a picture of the original quilt on line but it's a good size, roughly 54 inches before the black border was added....

Garden is under control and I finally got back to fibre. I do have a quilt on my longarm destined for the Royal City Quilt Guild outreach...

It took me longer than I expected to recover from the jet lag and then I needed to prep for the Fergus Guild workshop as well as a round...

This seems so long ago, the 3rd of May. Thanks for these Millie

We got home almost a week ago and we're both still having trouble readjusting our 24 clock. My sister suggested it was a day for each...

After binding the top edges with more of the Ultrasuede grey the handles were the last step. Just a little hard on the fingers but it's...

Today the real work was done, stitching it together and adding the bottom. In spite of the angle of the photo, this is not a big purse....

Both sides are similar. Some decorative stitches from my sewing machine, some silk cut on the bias and a whole packet of embroidery floss...

I love making purses and I love using the patterns from Yoko Saito's books. This one is from her Study Guide on Japanese Taupe Color...

Last sample, #4, is thoroughly stitched and ready for binding. As this is a series of four teaching units I'm not going to bind any. The...

These last two samples need stitching still but there are no more additions to be made to the fourth and final landscape. The batting and...

I did solve my dilemma with the size of the cabin. Sometime in the night I decided to cut off the foundation (bottom) and shift it up. It...

There is no hard and fast border for this. Here more detail is seen and more colour blends as the foliage is closer to the eye. The...

How better to spend the first day of Spring in the kitchen making Pesto. Hubby grows herbs and others through the winter and the Basil...

The two derelict cabins were constructed of walnut dyed cotton. A good jumping off point but they were pale and lacked the weathered...