day 18

An early bird this time
:-)
(that leaves a bit of time to do some more felting !)

For this jewel
I just started by making a BIG textile bead,
and after that the rest of the idea emerged.

On a background of "Hobbs" I start with all kinds of snippets of fabric.
Then comes the fun part of random stitching
with my wonderful shiny polyester/rayon threads with different machine stitches.
After rolling it around a skewer and stitching it tight
I finish the holes at the side with matching coloured thread.
Done !

Here is my PINK RIBBON Textile Jewel
for day 18 :

a wet felted half circle with a long textile bead and on an adjustable homemade cord,
stitched on both sides with silk and silver thread,
and many seed beads.
(6 x 8cm,    2.4 x 3.15")

For a donation
of (at least)

 € 15 

this marvelous piece of night sky
can be yours !
It would also make a wonderful present for a dear friend
(wife, sister, mother, daughter etc. )
You just need to send me an email at
  fiberrainbow@gmail.com  
or say that you want to have it in the comments below.
Then everything will be arranged.
Paypal is possible and simple !
(+ postage)

ALL your money will go to PINK RIBBON !

  "UNIVERSE"  

And tomorrow ???
YES 
there will be a new Textile Jewel for Pink Ribbon again !

 

day 18

I started drawing my daily mandala early this morning

but I could not finish it, 

I had to go to Rotterdam.

I took with me mandala number seven

for a friend of the Stitch'nBitch group.

That was easy : special delivery by hand  ;-)

(sorry I can't do that to all of you)

And another one was sold too !

I missed the boat I wanted to return on,

so I payed a short visit to a friend

who lives downtown

(and nearly missed the next departure !) 

There were still some preparations for tomorrow's party

so I only just finished the mandala.

I made the picture with the daylight lamp

I use for stitching on dark rainy days

.....

but here it is

the Pink Ribbon mandala for day eighteen

"starry starry night ..."

Karisma colourpencils on heavy weight drawing paper  (A5)

the mandala itself is  12 cm  (5")  in diameter

If you love this original artwork you can buy it for yourself 

or somebody else. Please let me know by leaving a message at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com (or here in the comment space)

It costs  € 18, -  (+ postage)

The money goes to Pink Ribbon breast cancer research

(see you tomorrow)