Rusty Gate Will Soon Be On It's Way To Ontario

I have been stitching new sleeves to Rusty Gate

in preparation for mailing it to the SAQA show

My Corner of the World - Canada

This piece is a favourite of mine.

It is nice to have it on my lap again.

There are lovely vague shapes down one side

which must have been touching

a row of triangles on the actual gate

when I wrapped this cloth around it.

This one is perhaps a bird.

Perhaps a bell

or a mushroom

or a lady in a ball gown.

Some are near perfect triangles.

What could this be?

It is fun to work out how you interpret shapes

and perhaps record them in a sketchbook for future use.

I am tempted to draw a wee face beneath this cap.

Surely it is a little person with big winter mitts on!

One of my favourite ways of edging pieces
is to fold the top layer edge and the backing layer edge
so that the raw edges end sandwiched between the two layers.
The backing layer is always slightly larger than the top.
I feel this gives a nice hint of a frame
Not too obvious.
(did I describe that well enough?)

Sometimes one just has to go around in circles

circle the wagons

or play

Ring-a-ring o' roses,

A pocket full of posies,

A-tishoo! A-tishoo!

We all fall down.

The cows are in the meadow

Eating buttercups,

A-tishoo! A-tishoo!

We all jump up.

Now that my little Baby-Grand is fast approaching two

I had better remind myself of all those nursery rhymes

from long ago and the new modern ones too!