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There are three finished, purely paper pieces here along with two larger pieces which were put together this morning.
The larger pieces are a mix of paper and cloth and as yet are just pinned.
I get a lot of pleasure creating bigger pieces from scraps.
My advice? Never throw anything away.
I know I said yesterday that I would show you my latest paper stitching next time I was here but that is not quite ready yet.
I wasn't intending to post today but I thought I'd share some bits I have been gathering for more paper/cloth/lace compositions.
I hope you're having a lovely Sunday.
Finishing touch, five hand wrapped white buttons to complete this piece you last saw here.
These white pieces you have been seeing for some time are all part of my new subscription learning programme as are the pieces you saw here.
This new way of teaching means you can sign up anytime and automatically get access to everything posted to this point without the need to wait for an email from me. It happens just like magic.
Back to embroidery though, I'm a little bit in love with each of the white pieces and hope I don't have trouble parting with them when the time comes.
Last night I began work on something similar but different. Similar because it's mostly white but different because it's purely paper (the other white pieces have small amounts of lace in them) it's also a lot smaller, it's teeny. I will show you that next time in fact I am hoping to have more than one by next time.
For the last few days I have been here with most of my family for a beautiful wedding.
I really didn't want to leave.
My boys enjoyed it too and very nearly upstaged the bride!
I have quite a few things 'on the go' at the moment, all tied up with my subscription learning programme.
The work with white continues, this piece is almost finished and the hexagon piece is a follow on from something I am working on with all my membership levels.
I am enjoying the more relaxed pace of this new way of teaching.
It will be a while until my next post here as I am going away for a few days with my wider family.
There will be a wedding and there will also be cake.
As you can see, white is still dominating here.
I'm piecing papers, lace and snippets of other things to create these little compositions which are then embroidered by hand.
(they are laid here on backgrounds I created some time ago to help with the photos, white on its own is horrendous to photograph)
The piece on the left in the first image isn't finished yet, there are still a couple of edges which need adorning.
That will happen later as will the piecing of the next one.
Paper, folded and stitched pages, cloth, hand embroidery.....so much going on.
I'd like to stitch and fold more pages to be honest but I have a pile of things waiting for a needle and thread and the last thing I need is another distraction.
Have a little self control Karen!
The collection of embroidered pieces for my 'stash tier' is growing.
I only hope I am able to part with these when the time comes!
Yesterday I had two wonderful sessions on Zoom with members of my subscription learning programme.
If you would like to join us you can read about the different subscription levels here.
This was the normal part of my weekend, making a video about notebook stitching and artist books for everyone in my membership tiers.
We discussed these processes again this morning in a Zoom meeting and found a way forward with something completely unrelated! Very productive.
The rest of my weekend? Well....no mains water for 32 hours, major pipe burst, the entirety of two towns waterless on one of the hottest weekends of the year.
I now have water. I'm not sure if it's mains water or water from one of the many water tankers lining the streets and I'm not sure how long I will have it for so if you could all do a water dance or something it would be appreciated.
Happy days! My sewing machine is back from the sewing machine hospital.
I am now on a lace cloth making mission.