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There's a bit of everything for you today. Some of these were taken on dark, gloomy days. Some were taken at night. The last image is the counter of a vintage shop where I browsed and purchased whilst I was in London. The next to last image is my haul of purchases.
I'm not here again. I went North today...a mercy mission not pleasure and no, there won't be cake....
Tomorrow there will be embroidery, titivation, embellishment. It's a promise.
Number eight of nine is now finished and damp stretched. These nine handkerchiefs will be made into a ''hankie cloth'' over in Simply stitch five very soon, a wrapping cloth, a small comforting cloth created from old men's hankies.
It's been a real pleasure to alter these basic, functional pieces of cloth, to titivate them and make them a little prettier.
Meanwhile I've also been working on this. It has new additions....time consuming additions that I will show you later this week....I'm a little bit in love with it.
I'm back...did you miss me? I am running late, bad traffic. late night return, supermarket run to do, laundry pile to attack you know how it is. If you're waiting for an e mail reply just give me another half hour...thanks......phew. London was great, London is always great. I'm always exhausted when I come back though and would you believe I only spent £6 in Liberty? It's true....I did spend a little more in a vintage place I know and am now the proud owner of some rather lovely old white cloth..........lace and such. I will show you when the light is better for photographs. There are a few pictures on my Instagram feed from the last couple of days if you want to see some of what I got up to.
Back to today...these images. We've been playing with bling in Simply Stitch 5 and this is my effort at a ledger page, a bling ledger page. There are beads and French knots, there is couching and machine stitch along with some silver purl. This is a very crammed page, lots of information that can be used as a prompt, for inspiration, as a reference. I completed this before I left. I was also working on some stitching that I'm anxious to get back to. It's good to be home amongst all my stuff.....
The shop is now open again to register for Simply Stitch 5 or Doodle Gather Create....
I'm still away, gallivanting round London. Today I hope to be here. Are you missing me? No? I don't blame you, enjoy the peace and quiet while it lasts.
Meanwhile, a short video for you of me stitching.....
I said I wouldn't abandon you. I made you a video. When you see this I will most likely be stuck in traffic on the M6 around Birmingham, Spaghetti Junction.
I took some photos of a cloth page I am making in simply stitch 5 today but I'm not showing them, the light is appalling, it's dark, I can't edit them well enough to do justice the work. It's a page made from silk and lace and as soon as I see even a glimpse of the sun I will take more and show you the piece which is my cloth ledger page.
Meanwhile I've been over at my old blog, reminiscing, comparing...it's very white over there, so much white on white....... I chose these few images for you today, I hope you approve.
For some time I have been planning a new page for this blog, a kind of video compilation, all the videos I have put on here in one place, easy to access. I started that today, got up to page 15 of my you tube account. So far there are 17 videos and you will find those here.
Finally, (I just changed my mind) one of the poor images I took today.....a little glimpse of my cloth page.
Progress is slow on this one but it's progress all the same. I have a half finished seam of bullion loops, some bumpy bits and some elongated stalks with knots at the top which to me look like flowers. It could just be me but I feel as if I am stitching a garden. Not that there is anything wrong with gardens or stitching them, it just kind of crept up on me that's all.
Now to the mystery of the disappearing visitors.....I had a mail from someone who subscribes to my blog via e-mail. It seems they found all my posts in the trash file...hmmm...
I concede that this place could be thought of as trash, I do appreciate that I can waffle and whine about nothing very interesting but still......trash is a bit harsh :(
If you are a subscriber by e-mail please check your trash if I'm not appearing daily. You never know, I could be lurking in there.
Paper, paper pieces, pages, doodles, playing. The last image are the three oldest pieces, all created around the same time ages and ages ago. I told you I never throw anything away. These pieces were the closest to hand, easy to get hold of and photograph. It was a whim, no planning. My favourites today are the blue and white ones. I'm in blue and white mode. That could be because they are the most recent pieces I don't know. We'll see if I change my mind next week.
I'm sorry I didn't explain properly yesterday what ''gimp'' is. I found you a definition.
Love this, just love it. I know I've said it before but please indulge me...............you have no idea how wonderful this feels in your hand. The silk is light, the lace is like breath as is the metallic tissue and then there are heavy pieces added to the surface, leather, beads, crystals, gimp and lots of hand stitch. It gives it a weight that you notice secondly after you first notice how light the back ground is.
It only measures 8 x 8 inches and is already heavily embellished yet I could continue to work on this for a long time. It lends itself to richness, to more and more titivation. This is a case of more is good, more would live here, more wouldn't overpower.
A quick question now about something boring........those of you with your own blogs, have you noticed a dip in visits? Has it gone quiet for you? It's been positively dead here for days. Where is everyone?
And finally, today's Flickr mosaic for you, a preview.