Christmas!

The Christmas Tree was a little tiny this year - it's on the piano!

Meine Engel from Germany.

Hope you all had a very happy Christmas and are looking forward to 2021.  Some one made me stop & think the other day - instead of thinking how dreadful 2020 was - think of the positives from the year.

I think, for me, it was a release from the pressure of lots of meetings each month. I found out how to participate in Zoom meetings.  I certainly took things slower and enjoyed the freedom of sitting, hand sewing and having naps without guilt!  Hope you got something good out of this year.  

 

Stitch Meditations

A linen shirt has been taken apart and bits & pieces are being used in my little projects.  The button flowers come out of the pocket.

This fabric was thrown in to the left over water from cooking beetroot (can you see the pink tinge) and I enhanced the design with stitching and a button.

Batiks and stamped fabric, feather stitch and running stitch.

The purple was a hand dye and the outer pieces are commercial fabric.

Stamped leaves and batiks.

 

An Afternoon on the Mountain

Grumps went to the best hairdresser on the mountain and was transformed with bows.

Checking out the garden and rocks - one day it'll be a veggie garden.

Grandma also went to the hairdressers.

The it was Grandma's turn to transform the grandchildren.  I've never done girl's hair - so it was a new experience for me (I know the  part isn't straight!)

Shiloh ended up with a top knot and a butterfly.  We were all transformed.

 

Stitch Meditations

I couched a ring of fabric and really enjoyed doing this.

A piece of fabric told the story.

Using selvedge - love making circles around buttons.

The green is fabric that I dyed many years ago and worked out that I'll leave dyeing to others who do enjoy the process.

Another stitched circle around a button - although this one flattened a bit on one side (if you can have a side on a circle?????)

 

It's Christmas

Our Christmas tree this year sits on the piano.

My Santa collections turns the house into Christmas. Just enough for me.

May your Christmas be blest and may 2021 be wonderful for you.