This little guy showed up at my back door a couple of mornings ago. He is very cute, very friendly and very glad to have found me I think. I've put a box with a blanket in the small ante room at the back of the house. I can't bring him inside. My cats took one look at him and went ballistic. But he is so friendly, purrs as soon as you pat him. I saw him swatting at a bit of dead grass trying to play. It looked pathetic. So I grabbed one of my cats many unused toys and gave it to him. He played with it for hours.
I have printed out some Found posters, which I have put down at the local shops and I've made some smaller flyers for a letter box drop. I will get some out tonight if it's not too dark when I get home.
This is the rose slip at four hours work. I am loving working at 14 count, it works up so quickly!! Can't wait to get the black silk so I can do the outlining.
I got bored on the weekend. I decided to start work on the slips for the November WCOB competition. I was going to wait to see the outcome of the last comp, but thought I'd better get started. I knew I wasn't going to work on a high count fabric, as it would take too long and wouldn't give a big enough result. So I am working on some 14 count linen canvas that I've been saving for a special occasion. I am going to do 5 slips - four floral patterns and a central heraldic element. The floral patterns are taken from a piece in Traquair House in Scotland. I changed the orientation and the shape a bit to make them more suitable. The heraldic element will be based on an uncut slip in the V&A.
This is the slip at about 3 hours work. I don't have any black silk for the outlining, I have to order them. But I really wanted to start so I picked areas that I could do without the black being done.
These are some of the birdies for my quilt. I have stay stitched around the paper template. Next, they need to be starched, ironed and then sewn to the quilt top.
I worked on these last night. These are the four large corner flowers for my quilt. I have stay stitched around the paper template. Next, they need to be starched, ironed and then sewn to the quilt top.
These are the second lot of blocks for my "Old Fashioned Charm" quilt. I can now get on with putting the top together. And starting the applique.
I finished off the tunic for the young man in our Barony. Just a few very small bits of hand finishing around the gores and gussets to complete.
Finished adding all the trim to my brown stripy sleeve coat. That is now wearable. I will add pocket slits after the weekend. Or maybe, I might be able to do those during the day, depending how cold it is.
The fabrics are some larger pieces of some of the fabrics I got at the craft fair. The red fabric is some wool felt. It's a lovely deep cranberry colour. Not sure what I am doing with it yet.
I picked this kit up at the craft fair. It's a duchess set, with centre piece and two small doilies. The lady who ran the stall also told me you can use a winged needle to get the holes around the edge for crochet. She was very nice.
