Sleeping Circles

Curling up into circles after a long walk

is a good thing to do

 Fixing a puppy bed circle

They take great delight in ripping out the stuffing

Fixing it was an hour I'll never get back!

Duct tape next time?

I reckon puppies would win over mighty duct tape!

Sometimes we prefer a semi-circle

I've found snippets of time to work on my beaver dam spiral

Working out how to best express the feeling of

water flowing through it.

Before I decide there will be some unpicking I expect

Always part of my process

Blending into autumn's woodland

Sniffing early morning smells

Not a circle

Nor a semi-circle

Just a bend in the road

The Solomon's Seal looking very yellow on a misty misty morning

 Leading the way back home

along an avenue of brambles.

Happy Thanksgiving to too of us in Canada.

We have so much to be grateful for

One generous person unknown to me

has been mowing the top of the dyke all summer long

Thank you for that.

It has made walking so much easier!

Brown Glorious Brown

Handy Hubby and I were photographing finished works

on the weekend.

As I hung this piece about woodpeckers and berries in our woods

I decided it wasn't finished!

So more stitching to be done.

I am noticing the deep rusty browns this year

and, if I show the slightest interest in something
the Rusty Pups have to come and investigate!

The marshlands are deep rusty brown in morning light

The RP's and I walked the dyke as a bright sun rose to the East.

They were happily trotting along when all of a sudden
they noticed our shadows walking alongside us.
This was a shock to my five month old pups.
They didn't like that at all at all.
To start off with they just wouldn't let me take another step!

re:FASHION.... a Connection Fibre Artists Show

Those of you living in Ontario

should go to The Wellington County Museum and Archives

in Fergus

to see the Connections Fibre Artists Show

re:FASHION

Each artist in our group

chose a fashion item from the museum's collection

and used their choice as inspiration

for their piece.

The museum staff have now created a wonderful show

of our works alongside their inspiration.

It's a beautiful museum gallery

It's a beautiful show.

Well worth a drive to Fergus!

My readers might recall me working on

'She Loved the Woods'

and

here is the dress from the Museum's collection

that inspired my piece.

Another source of photos is here

Many thanks to the staff of the

Wellington County Museum

not only for a great job

but also for

giving me permission to use their photos

of the show.

Stitching on the Front Porch

Summer's heat is cooling down up here in the North

Early morning walks are cool and misty

 but the days do eventually warm up

and it is a joy to stitch on the front porch

with Rusty Pups basking in the sun

eager to receive visitors.

It is thrilling for me to be given a chance to stitch.

After two months with the pups

they have settled, giving me more stitching time.

Thank you girls!

Couching down layer upon intertwined layer of twigs and branches.

Just the beginnings

of a piece inspired by our Springtime adventures

discouraging the beavers from taking over our garden.

They did leave eventually.

After all, in these parts, they have hundreds of streams and ponds

to choose from!

Deep in thought watching her sister chewing something or other!

Never had a seagull on the chimney before

he must be wondering if any of the Rusty Pup toys

littering the garden

might be delicious edibles!

 They haven't yet worked out how to get into the car unaided

and they are getting heavy.

Hope they learn soon.

Working with Rusty Pups Underfoot

We have started walks

And they can join me in the studio for short periods now

so I have been able to play on the design wall.

This is often how a piece starts

 Pinning bits and pieces up on the wall.

When I visited Judy on her beautiful island

we decided my mottled grey fabric

really needed the company of Judy's dyed grey and brown velvets.

Thank you Judy

Sending you grateful hugs over the airways.

Now that I am home

I think I also have to include that strip of black discharge linen.

Jut playing around adding and subtracting.

I am where I love to be

It is calming to be in the studio 

even with pups fighting over a scrap of cotton

at my feet.

 We have started walks up the mountain.

They have learned the beep of the tailgate opening

means a ride to fun times!

They are not big enough to jump in yet

but they try and help!

We also took them to meet beautiful Willa next door.

Oh, boy did they love her

Willa was so patient

Two excited puppies at once can be a bit much!

She Loved The Woods

She Loved the Woods

finished and nearly ready to mail to Ontario

for a Connections Fibre Artists show

Re:Fashion

Each one of us chose one of the fashion items

in the Wellington County Museum collection.

I chose this dress

I thought it might have been dyed with black walnut or Alder

perhaps both

I imagined the woman who wore this

might love the woods

as I do.

Connections Fibre Artists

is a group brimming with talent.

Do go and be inspired!

Rusty Pups and Their New Skills

They have worked out how to climb the stairs

So nowhere is safe anymore

All doors are shut tight.

And it appears the stairs are quite delicious.

 I have been thinking of changing their collective name from Rusty Pups

to

Adorables

but then sometimes

Deplorables

is more appropriate

Sleeping beneath my box of dreams

would be considered an 'Adorable' moment.

When those moments of quiet occur

I stitch waves of bushes and foliage

I think the title of this piece will be

She Loved The Woods

The Deadline for this piece us coming up fast

So I'm hoping it will tell me it's story is complete pretty soon!

Right now I am adding an evergreen canopy...

....above woodland bushes.

But the pups are awake again

deciding whether to play with a long legged rooster.

an old sock

or 

wouldn't it be even more fun to dig up the garden.

We've never had diggers before!

They love greeting visitors

especially Handy Hubby on his return from golf.