starshine

Two little pieces in progress

One is backed with very thin dark blue cloth

and the other one with some old bed sheet.

I stitched on both, but though the sheet was very old

it isn't easy stitching through that ...

(won't use it again)

Making the star "shine" was the first thing to do 

after glue-stitching (basting) everything together. 

I love the light shining through this very thin piece :

sunshine and starshine !

... and the next

There were a lot of tiny stitches done

these last few days

...

In fact it was going so smoothly 

I was done before I knew it

Here only the left hand upper corner and the right hand lower corner ...

(with a bit of magic thread showing)

and signed at the back ...

(I'll show the whole picture when I know it arrived safely

it should be a bit of a surprise)

... and on to the next !

weaving, pinning and basting down the tiny parts

It may seem like an automatism, but it isn't

(it's the flow)

new beginnings

The "Diaries" class over at Jude's

(which isn't really a class in the normal way)

has started this September.

And now, after finishing the Wedding piece and the Warm Heart,

my hands are finally "free" to start on something new and b i g

And I mean literally b i g, like a blanket,

which is nót the size I normally prefer !

In fact I bought some lovely thick cotton ikat fabric last year.

This fabric I want to use  in a way

that you still see part of the "ïkat" on either side.

(because I also want it to be double sided) 

So I unearthed it from the back of a drawer

and the rainbow colours,

that were still pinned on around the moon,

go just fine with my latest plans for it !

On the other side there will be a lot of butterflies

of which I still had some left

from the Patchwork Beasts class, two years ago.

Lots of new butterflies are being pieced

by the machine, and than the seams basted in Jude's way,

with all the lovely tiny dimples at the right side.

in a hurry

In a hurry ?

Yes, I am, with my little "in between"

Why should I do thát !

Everything else finished already ?

No

then ....why ?

Well, that's a bit how my clock ticks : 

I want to surprise someone

with a little stitched something

and that is sóón

some scraps

a bit of weaving ...... and some basting

and YES the magic thread is already there !

More ... ???

sorry, that will have to wait

I'll be stitching