Wet Felting - That's More Like It!

A friend had sprinkled some lime green silk thread on the brown wool.
Seems a long time ago.
I liked it
I still like it.

Add a little roughage (sticks...and ginkgo......so cliche I know) and a black? background......

Revisiting Some Summer Work - Wet Felting

I had originally thought of this as a scarf, not knowing how stiff it would become.

It's length told me it should be made into a Triptych piece. This was the first step.

So I played with some backgrounds? Most of my hand painted pieces weren't large enough. Then I layered on some cutoff pieces of cheesecloth.

Hum..........

 This doesn't come instinctively to me....

Time out for a Toddler Quilt

Now that my GS is turning two and out grown all his sleep sacs, his mother is considering blankets for the fall in the crib.
A quilt!
Nothing fancy.

I spent a few days looking for some suitable fabric with themes he'd recognize and the closest I could find was some charm squares and yardage from the "Pout Pout Fish" line.
And a crib quilt also needs a 'stuffy' 💗 (loosely based on the backing whales)

found on the internet

So this is made up with an 'eye spy' concept, bits of everything.

And I couldn't resist stitching a few characters into the border and scattered across the surface.

It's big enough to make the transition to a big boy bed, but that's doesn't matter right now.

Lino Block Cutting - Part ... DOH!

A month later the other half of our intrepid group found their way to Jim's dining room studio.

Another great morning was spent carving and looking at colour effects and the myriad of images we choose to use.

One of the interesting observations was the variety of carving materials that showed up. Some were 20 yr old blocks from a lifetime ago, some were hard as rocks and some were squishy and a few "pink pearl" erasers even found their way to the table.

I had lots of questions and spend most of my time chatting, unlike some of the more productive members.

What will we do with all this new info.

And many thanks to Fearless Leader Jim.

New Season Walnuts

Last summer I started recycling sweater wool from one my husband could no longer wear.

I wanted a nice big warm wool sweater, nothing fancy just long enough and wool.
I batch dyed all the wool with walnut. The lovely grey tone of the original just didn't seem to go well with my grey hair!

After finishing the sweater using a free on line pattern for a 'cocoon' style sweater, I over dyed it yesterday by dipping the lower edge and the sleeve cuffs into a fresh hot walnut solution.

I'm very happy with the results.

August Indolence

Had family visit for a couple of weeks but now this wonderful August weather has Hijacked me to the back porch. Now I sit and watch my garden.
I'm never quite fast enough to catch the Monarchs or the Hummingbirds.
Maybe that's a good thing.