earth day

You have never too many trees

 

Earth Day !

Earth day

Isn't that a bit ridiculous

one day only ?

I think we should be a bit more aware

of what this little blue marble in the vast universe

means to us.

We should be more careful what we do,

what we use up, change, spoil, pollute,

thinking we can go on without end

...

Earth is very good for us

and we are only part of this vast mechanism called life

part of it

!

An "Earth" cuff to celebrate this day

(in the making)

and a brooch

And here they are finished

;-)

embroidery ... and exchange ( 14 - 8 - 14 )

After sewing some beads and doing a bit more stitching

on the "fire"necklace,

I started embroidering on "earth" with gold thread.

The big flat glass bead that's in the middle of the pendant

also has some golden shimmer in it.

Around all the "holes" I sewed golden seed beads

I love the way the pendant looks like a little woman :

mother earth  !

I also did the ends of the cord

Embroidery on felt is big fun

and variegated thread is one of my favourites :

a new brooch with button and beads felted in.

*

Today came another little felting piece of our monthly 

exchange

Something to hang, in red !

Isn't it wonderful that Jolanda also found a beautyful card

that goes soooooo well with it !!!

Lóve the light shining through 

THANKS  Jolanda ! 

busy felting

Apart from some minor internet problems

(which are  -more or less-  solved now)

I've been busy felting

not to loose my touch with my newly learned "Judit"-skills !

I have my notes and some pictures

.....

but, I need to practice too !

First I finished the red pendant,

made a necklace out of it : "fire"

Because it was fun, I dicided to start with some embroidery

(also took it with me on my Saturday Stitch'nBitch tour)

But,

in order to finish it properly, 

it was on the wet table again ...

(well hadn't thought of thát before ...)

However, I found the perfect solution :

a plastic bag !

So I could easily finish it off now.

Next was felting the little bag

that will be part of a belt.

Still a lot to be done, but this bit is almost finished.

Then I had another idea, when I was thinking about the necklace I called "fire"

Wouldn't it be nice to make "earth", "water" and "air" too ??

Here is "earth" in the making with a fixed cord, and the pendant.

Finished "earth" 

(but when it's dry I need to start with the embroidery)

Today I did the last bits on the ring that was already nearly finished when

the weekend with Judit was over.

(maybe a bit posh, but I love the old, old button that was in my stash

from times when I went to Austria with my parents)

So, I made a brooch to go with it 

(with the same colours : orange red and magenta

but the picture isn't quite right)

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The last thing I want to show is the lovely page I got

from my Challenge - partner Cathrina (UK)

front ...

and back

It was so much fun to see some bits I sent her during the Challenge

were in this piece  ;-)

And this crocheted "coffee pot" filled with flowers

was my gift for her.

(Ahhhh we're just waiting what Sara has in store for us again)

a bit of a puzzle

So far I've finished the butterfly centerpiece.

It will be in the center

at one side of the b i g project

Ha, you can still see where the last section was sewn

to the bigger part :

the seams were not yet basted down ...

Here it is pinned down on the ikat fabric

I did the outline with a running stitch

in order to know where it belongs when I'm working

on the opposite side.

This side will have an ikat bórder, the other side will have an ikat cénter

.....

( Mmmmmm the cats lóve it when there is something to play with

nothing much to do when they're chasing each other )

Now my puzzle is what sequense I should take
when stitching on the ikat parts ...

So I removed the butterflies.
They will be basted, or "glue-stitched", on some very thin fabric,
then I will add a thin batting layer,
and then I can start stitching on them.

In the meantime I will start with the stars around the moon on the other side

rainbow stars as you see

a star ... and ... a ghost star

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Yesterday evening was our mandala group together :

the second time with the theme "earth"

And a little bit of one I'm working on for a gift