again red

March already
and the weather is really spring-like.
Snowdrops, aconites and crocuses are gone
but bunches of small daffodils
and wood anemones are taking over.

The lava-piece is growing slowly.

The center section will be the flowing lava
so there will be lots more dark stitching
on the top and bottom
(20 x 50 cm)

Of course there are some lovely
Kaffe Fasset bits in this piece !

("Roman glass" and "Paperweight")

There will be another RED piece in the making in a hoop
that has to be finished by the end of the month !

("Playing with red")

And even more red :

for earrings

gold is a metal . . .

The Stitch Club workshop of these last two weeks
by Hanny Newton
was a bit of a problem for me
because I didn't have the gold passing thread
that you need for it.

But gold is a metal
and metal things I have . . .
(in my box of screws
and nails
and washers
and other things I might need again some day)

So I turned the goldwork
into metalwork !

First I stitched the washers and rings
some funny spring and some coins
onto the light blue shot cotton fabric
The embroidery hoop I started with was too small :
normally you can replace the hoop
to the next space you need to stitch
. . . . .
NOT  SO  WITH  METAL PIECES !!!

Luckily I had a slightly bigger hoop
that did the trick,
though in the end, when couching threads
I had to take it out of the hoop 
to do the edges and corners.

I added some safety pins to the collection
and even found some push buttons on the sidewalk
(they were waiting there to be found by me !)

day 27

There was that special colour of wool ...
It fitted exactly to the colour
of my favorite "Cora Kemperman" dress.
(so, is was often : NO, don't use that bit !)
But after my special bag was made
it wasn't so bad anymore :
there is still some left !
And for the Textile Jewels
not very much wool is needed.

My  PINK  RIBBON  Textile Jewel for day 27 :

A wet felted triangle pendant, couched silk on one side,

stitched and some seed beads on the other side
and a flat glass bead at the bottom,

hanging on an adjustable wax cord.

For a donation of at least

€ 15,-

SOLD  !

this cobalt blue pendant

can be yours,
to give a loved one as a present
or to keep for yourself.
Just sending an email at
fiberrainbow@gmail.com
is all you need to do for that.

(Paypal is possible and easy)

ALL the money goes to  PINK  RIBBON !

"YONI"

Tomorrow there will be another Textile Jewel
for  Pink Ribbon
Will I see you again then ?

March ?

Already ?

YES

We had some wonderful springy days

last week :
a lovely Zoo-day with the youngest grandson,
much needed gardening
and even some stitching outside !

Though the cold (and drizzle)

have returned today,

I finished the last bit of a small piece

that really looks like SPRING, I think.

"our beginning"

(cell, sun, earth ? )

I started with a very THIN piece of striped cotton

that was resist indigo dyed, 

of course with some felt as backing.

The theme for last week was "couching":

sewing thick thread (too thick to embroider with)

in one way or another onto the surface.

You often use plain strait stitches,

but in fact a lot of other stitches can do too.

Here I used cross stitches to fix the long floats around the circle.

It was fun to see the light shining through the thin piece

I finished it all with some seed beads and tiny gold specks.

P.S.

Today my dear friend Mo
had the opening of her exhibition
of her wonderful stitching project
in which a lot of our friends were allowed
to participate :

"I dream of a world where love is the answer"

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