October - purple

 Purple was the colour this October's Challenge at 2QAQ.  The one above I called "Petals on the Footpath" - free motioned quilted with purple thread.  One below  is called "Jacaranda Seeds" and the bottom one is "Purple Tree".  Only 2 more months - November's colour is Rainbow (think Melbourne Cup, jockey's colours) and December is Black (bush fires).  Nearly there.

Photocopied images of seeds on to fabric, hand appliqued on to purple background, single lazy daisy stitched to emulate the seeds.

The tree is an image from the internet, copied on to fabric, then I over stitched (by hand) the purple blossoms.  The trunk was machine stitched.

Playing this afternoon

Made up this little piece (5 1/2" square) as a practise for a much large piece - just laid down torn strips of fabric, free motion stitched over the pieces then added the grasses and trees.  The large piece won't be anything like this apart from probably same techniques (maybe).  The large piece can't be shown when it's finished as it's being entered into a juried competition.  Really enjoyed this.

February - RED

 February's colour was Red.  The A4 piece is called "Red Square"  I free motion stitched Russian style buildings and overlaid it with some white nylony fabric to give a feeling of snow.

 Postcard - "Roses are Red" - homage to Valentine's Day.

Post Card - red fruit - cherries "Cherry Pie"

2QAQ Challenge

Our challenge this year is related to colour.  So we have been given a colour for each month & can make whatever we like no larger than 10" x 10".  January was orange - below are my pieces.  We only have to do one, but I got a bit carried away - not sure if I will be able to keep up the momentum.

 "Dust Storm" - an A4 piece with an overlay of an organzery(?) type of fabric to give the dust storm effect.

 This is a post card entitled - "Orange Juice".

Another post card - "Bird of Paradise" both cards are fused and free motion stitched.

Weekend retreat results

 Was feeling a little miserable on retreat - had a cold, had forgotten or brought the wrong projects to do & so, I had to play.  Drew these little pictures & proceeded to thread sketch.

 Can't believe I drew this face & really happy with the thread work.

Jugs - first try - bit random but I like it.