A scattering of applique petals on white silk....the second chapter in this piece of cloth. The first was ruffles....do you remember those? There will be a third but not until the applique is finished and not until the girls have seen it. For the petals I used some shop bought Broderie Anglaise and some cotton cloth that I had embroidered with cross stitch. There is something very satisfying about using your own embroidered fabric for applique, for any form of surface embellishment. I feel that it makes the work more ''mine''....that there is a little bit more of me in there.
I was up with the lark again this morning. The car was filled with things to take to the tip....the local refuse collection centre for heavy, uncollectable items to be more specific. It is a Holiday day in England but the good people of refuse collection were still open, working hard and helping me unload enough packaging to make 4 zillion toilet rolls once it is recycled. Just call me ''mother earth''.....