Feeling Good in the Studio

Also been discharging again

Dots and stripes

I plan to fit a thin strip where these two fabrics will join.

Just so that the viewer gets a peek of something in there.

I feel this one is too dark.

I Like the dots

they make me think of all the pebbles and rocks

that my woods seem to manage to survive on.

Or perhaps the rocky Fundy shore.

Think I will sew it into place

and go from there.

It is quite a large piece for me.

Lots of pieces to get started on

Lots of work to keep me busy

The ideas come easily

Bringing them to life takes time and patience.

Feeling Good and Grateful To Be Stitching Again

Feels good to have this piece back in my lap

Slow stitch

Rhythmic stitch

I am attempting to create a lighter full moon

which will hopefully show up more

once it is completely surrounded with the darker stitches.

A moon reflected in the flowing waters of the Annapolis Basin.

A Crumb for Monday

Finally put the computer and sewing machine aside

and was able to get back to hand stitching.

Filling in small bits and pieces 

with whatever came to mind.

You can see that I first couched with a grey thread

but wasn't happy with that

way too calm and predictable.

I like the little sharp specks of black

Perhaps like a kitten testing it's claws.

Just a few stitches in the background.

Playtime with scraps

Stitching as the mood grabs me

Hopefully will loosen up as the Crumbs pile up!

Winter Has Set In

After our third storm of the week

Rusty Pup Kayla....

....and Rusty up Shandy and me

decided to take a walk

This was all we could find of the stream.

No more islands to be found

just slithers of clear water every now and then.

We found baby Christmas trees awaiting their turn to

be decorated at Christmas.

We found snow covered rocks protecting the pond.

We found grassy remnants of warmer weather

and we found the scratchy remnants of Black Eyed Susans

breaking through a pristine covering of snow.

My goodness me, January seems to have turned out to be

a month of left brain work.

A month of computer work

A month of accuracy at the sewing machine.

Not my comfort zone.

But hopefully I can get back to stitching now.

Islands In The Stream

Funny how the ice gathers....

....around rocks in the stream....

....joining some together.

Eventually the ice will meet and completely cover the stream.

After that walk I went searching through

my scraps for islands I might have created.

This was the very first piece of batik I ever attempted

many years ago at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Years after that my very first Indigo dye vat produced these.

More recently these little discharge islands were formed.

Criss Cross Crumbs

I have been taking crumbs from the cutting room floor

and assembling them into wee collages

just so that they are available to play with

whenever a threaded needle 

might want to play.

very much the same as Daily Scratchings

but different!

Just as an aside

Some of you might recall "Rusty Gate"

It has been accepted into

SAQA's My Corner of the World show

that will tour Canada for the next couple of years

opening on May 21st in Stratford, Ontario.

It will be a show worth seeing

full of work by lots of great Canadian textile artists.