Xmas 2023

I wish all my friends
near and far away
happy holidays
and if at all possible

warmth
joy
peace

and the best wishes and lots of creativity for

2024

(year of the dragon)

winter solstice

November ended and December began,
and on the fourth . . . daughter broke her ankle
. . . . .
she had surgery last Monday.

A small misstep can have
BIG consequenses !

So time is needed for helping out,
but that's no problem
I'm glad we are still able to help.

So now I need more time to finish the dragon
I made in Yara's class
and take pictures
so that will come later.

For now an "old" Winter Solstice picture.

Sleep well everybody that has the longest night now
we're returning to the    LIGHT  !

23 - 11 - '23

Oh my, this month goes fast !
But in Stitch Club there was a fun workshop
by Maggie Scott
that included some wet felting !
Maggie is a great artist with beautiful
and meaningful work,
and she gave us a workshop combining
the African "Kuba" cloth and Katha stitching.

This time I had to felt with rather course wool
and that is something I don't do a lot.
(and let me tell you :
I won't be doing it again soon !)

I had a bag with dark brown wool,
some Norwegian, some very course white wool
and some white wool I used for stuffing the Waldorf dolls I made.

I was lucky that I put some of the white course wool
at the back of the dark brown, because that had VERY short fibers !
Despite that, I ended up with quite some holes, 
so I had a repair job to do with my felting needle !!!

For the shapes on top I used my normal (industrial) needle felt
and I put some sari silk threads on the surface. 
The other "problem" was that it hardly shrunk after felting !!!

Now the next step will be some stitching.

back to Stitch Club

After all this time felting and stitching
for my Pink Ribbon challenge
I finally have time (and energy) again
to join in with one of the Stitch Club workshops,
this time by Dionne Swift

I've "known" her work
for quite some time and like the way
she uses the sewing machine.
Her way of transforming a landscape
into a line drawing
and later into machine stitch
is far more abstract than mine will ever be,
but I loved the workshop.

The translation of a photo I picked from the net
(thanks, unknown photographer)
in colour, after I first did one in only black and gray.

(I LOVE it when rapeseed colours the edges of the roads

at the end of April !)

The first try

Well . . . colour is more me

And the sunny yellow of the rapeseed
was no coincidence when you see
the bright Ginkgo in our garden !!!

This was last Saturday,

with still a hint of green
. . . . .

today it is golden
and leaves are falling already !

drumroll . . . . PINK RIBBON results

 (not yet four o'clock and the lights are on :
November is really here !)

I had to wait a bit till all the money was there
but now at this moment
I can finally announce the grand total of my

Textile Jewel Pinktober Challenge

€ 750,-

I'm sooo happy
that we are able to make this BIG donation to PINK  RIBBON ! 

A very BIG  THANK  YOU
to all the nice people who made this possible
for the tenth year !

LARISA, NINEKE, ALET, MO,
GONNIE, MARTINA, TWINK,
TINY, ANJA, MADELON,
BAUKJE, SILKE, SIETS,
SIMONE, JEANNET, JOKE, 
NAYLSA, SUSANNE,
INGRID, LESLIE, 
ELKE, JOLAN, 
MORAG,
JANE 

THANK YOU  for helping me to these great results !!!

(and because there were still some bits of felt lying around
and the jewel-making flow is still there
there was another heart
to thank you all !)

almost done . . . BUT

"Pinktober" is over

However
. . . . .
the last extra fish I worked on today is almost done
and five more envelopes went in the mail today !

BUT

there are still some little beauties for sale

a dintinguished gray beauty
(a hollow wet felted brooch)

a daring purple one
(a hollow wet felted brooch)

and finally : this elegant white pendant

SOLD !

(two-sided !)

For a donation of at least

 € 15,- 

one of these beauties can be yours !
A present for yourself or
for someone dear !
Just send me an email at
 fiberrainbow@gmail.com 
and we'll arrange the rest
Bank or Paypal is possible and easy.

And you KNOW :
ALL  the  donated  money  goes  to  PINK  RIBBON !

Don't let them get left behind !!!!!

day 31 : LAST PINK RIBBON - DAY

What better way the finish my  PINK  RIBBON Challenge
than with a bright sunny Textile Jewel !!!
I liked my new "doughnut-shape" so much
that I felted another one
with lots of yellows in it
because
I wish everybody LOTS of sunshine in their lives !

My  PINK  RIBBON  Textile Jewel
for day 31 :

a wet felted ring shaped brooch,
stitched with cotton, rayon and silk,
some sequins and seed beads
( 6,5 cm,   2.6")

Fro a donation
of at least

 € 15,- 

SOLD !

this gorgeous bit of sunshine
will make a bright joyful splash
on any garment !
You just need to send me an email at
 fiberrainbow@gmail.com 
and w will arrange the further steps.
Bank or Paypal is possible and easy !

(+ postage)

ALL your money will go to  PINK  RIBBON !

 "SUNSHINE" 

This is the LAST of my  PINK  RIBBON Textile Jewels, but

PLEASE
don't forget :

there are still a few of the older days
left for you

day  13
day  21
day  23
day  27

And of course I am STILL  WAITING for
the buyer of  DAY  9  to contact me !!!!!