GRIETMARKT . . .

In three weeks time I will be at the
on 12 September  10.00 - 17.00

GRIETMARKT

the Art Market in
Amerongen

Today I finished the third of my brand new hanging dolls.
You've seen the Flower Spirit (Flora)
the Tree Spirit
and now the Sea Spirit
is also finished.

Hmmm I broke three needles of my embellisher machine
on the lovely velvet tricot with little sequins on it
. . . . .
(now I have to find out where I can order new needles !)

Making holes in shells isn't an easy task either
(even with my nice Dremel tool !)

It shows "you can't win them all"

Even the backside is now nicely finished
with my "Fiberrainbow" label on it

I have found a nice box so the can be transported safely
in three weeks to Amerongen.

BUT
. . .
first I'll have an Art Market with only my paintings 
next Sunday August 30 in

WARMOND
 

Hanging 2 doll finished

 My visit to the hardware store was successful
so my Tree Spirit is finally finished :
I drilled tiny holes to attach the wooden arm,
fixed the hand and added another twig to the shoulder.

Now on to the next one : a Sea Spirit 

:-)

hanging doll (2)

I've been working on two more hanging dolls,
number two is nearly finished
though I need to drill some tiny holes
and my Dremel is missing a special part
(so to the hardware store tomorrow first)

Tree Spirit

 

Stitching the face onto the doll
is always kind of awakening of the personality !




Stitching a second hand 
(the first was part of the needle felted arm)

hanging doll

Meet :

FLORA

The hanging doll that I've been working on
for the last two weeks is finished.

It wasn't an easy one,

a lot of choices had to be made,
things tried out and then left behind again.
But now I'm happy with how she looks.

I had some trouble with the wool I was using
because the best wool for needle felting
is NOT the fine Merino tops I have
(and normally use for my wet-felting projects)
I don't had many colours left
of the much more useful Bergschaf wool !!!
So it took a lot more effort to get the Merino ready
to use under my machine.

The extra fun part was making all the flowers.
I made the crochet flowers that I 
often use in the "Pinktober Jewels"
but I also found a new way I found on the net
using two long needles.
And last but not least, the wire-and-nailpolish flowers.

(a good look at the nailpolish flowers)

FLORA in her own domain !

doll

Many years ago I made a hanging doll
in an online course with Sara Lechner . . .
I always wanted to follow up on that idea
but never did
(until now)

I started with an 8cm wide strip of cotton
and drew some faces
(just like I did for Jude's course years ago)

Some very fine cotton (like organdie) on top of the drawing
(easy to see through !)

I can't stop at just one of course
(ideas, ideas)

My wonderful embellisher
(a kind of sewing machine without thread but with felting needles)

was happy to see the daylight again !!!

So far . . .

And just for fun of it : painting some silk and scrim
to use for this and future projects.

The first is some printed greenish silk,
the second one margilan to sweep up the leftover paint on the glass

 

Tabula rasa

In fact :
NO
my "Tabula rasa" isn't  empty anymore.

I started with this "clean sheet" in January
and made a vow to keep stitching on it till the end of the year.
Because I started with white snippets
on the strip of (old) white sheet
the name was still appropriate.
Since then
COLOURS
have joined in.

The last two weeks I've been catching up
because I had neglected this work a bit.
(too busy with other things)

This dark red and pink is for this month.
In August the colour will change again a bit into red
(and to end another white strip for the background !)

summer solstice

 Happy Summer Solstice !

Not yet finished.
For that will surely take a lot more time
and a better copy of the Stonehenge ground plan,
one with the fallen stones and the lintels on it.

What a lovely combination with the sunflowers !!!
(that I received yesterday)

One of our house guests for a few days was interested.

Normally they love to sit in my work-chair