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 

just an idea . . .

An idea popped into my head
when I was thinking about the inside of my sun piece.
I tried threads, a strip of old lace
but I wasn't sure about any of it.
And then I thought : why not
STONEHENGE

After some searching
I found the plan of the stones
that form the imposing monument of Stonehenge
Nothing better to fill in the heart of my solstice piece !

Sadly our (rather new grrrr) printer is not behaving well,
so only the big standing stones
(that were coloured black) were on my copy.
These are the ones I stitched so far
. . . . .
I will have to find a way to transfer
all the fallen stones (gray) on my cloth as well !

(it is really summer here : a heatwave and also
a major thunderstorm yesterday !!!)

Summer solstice (and more)

This time I had no time to stitch a special Solstice piece
(or rather : I didn't think about making one,
too many other things going on)
And after a good week
of really wonderful summer weather
we had some heavy thunderstorm days.
(with much damage in other parts of the country !!!)

But what a wonderful New Dawn !!!

*

Stitch Club had me busy with a new workshop
by Gwen Hedley
I really LOVE what she makes !!!
(a new discovery for me !)
Making marks with ink or paint
and cutting that up and stitching together
than stitching to
"blur the boundaries"

The start of a "scroll"

Not finished, but I had another idea
for another colour scheme
and design.

A lot of work cutting out, stitching and backing
all the small circles
but the necklace is almost done now
(no pictures yet  :-)  . . .)

(The next workshop by Haf Weighton started already
but has to wait a bit)

summer solstice

Ohhhhh, not much summer right now :

a cold north wind and no sun.

So I made a bit of  "summer" myself !

Little bits and pieces for a new necklace.

Daughter and I also did the last brushstrokes

on the window next to the door at school.

(looks like a bit of summer here ...)

 So, HAPPY  SOLSTICE ! 

*

(Oh yes, totally forgot my special date post on the 18th,

well ... what about it ... not very important,

that's how days rush by sometimes !)

day 10

One third of the month is over

but I still have plenty ideas !

(I will be switching back and forth

to one idea or another)

Today's jewel "belongs"

to the one I made yesterday :

cut from the same thick wet felted piece !

The PINK RIBBON Textile Jewel for day 10

Thick wet felted circle brooch

with flowers (water soluble and crochet)

stitched with seed beads, sequins and French knots

(6,5 cm diameter)

This brooch surely brightens up

any rainy day !

For a donation of

€ 10

SOLD !

this brooch will come to you,

a sweet memory of summer.

It makes a lovely present for a mother, daughter, friend 

(or yourself)

The only thing you have to do is send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

and we'll arrange the rest.

All the money

(and more is allowed ánd welcome)

goes to the Pink Ribbon Fund !

LINGERING  SUMMER

Hope to see you tomorrow

with the next Pink Ribbon Textile Jewel

summer fun

Just some FUN things
that belong to summer days

How big can soap bubbles grow ???

Brothers having a go in the "green" water
(not easy to determine what direction to go,
when each has one paddle )

*

Other bits of garden :

Filipendula rubra "Venusta"
(meadowsweet)
Always worth waiting for till they bloom !
(and they spread ... !)

Blue Phlox ... WITH fragrance !

Seedling from somewhere (?)

This one the same colour as the Filipendula !

Sanguisorba (obtusa ... I think)

Rose campion and  drum sticks

and this funny Euphorbia (...?)

Summer is such a good time in the garden

summer solstice

We're right here

on a hot first day of summer.

Right time and right temperature

for my little

Solstice piece

Summer Solstice 2017

It has a hot whirling center

in soft rainbow colours.

The cross hairs started as just a thin black line

in checkered fabric that I wove for the center.

Next I extended that line with dark stitch,

Then stitched my "magic thread" 

perpendicular of that first line.

At some places there's tulle on top.

Happy Solstice !

(either summer or winter)

nearly midsummer

Sometimes time rushes by

and I don't really notice

what date it is

(being retired does that to you)

But now I have started a small piece (15cm x 15cm)

for Summer  Solstice.

The weather is very warm right now

so why not take colours that match that !

Of course I started with

"glue-stitching" it all together,

so no nasty pins that catch your thread

when you start stitching !

In my stash was something a St'nB-friend gave me

It's the finest batiste

and believe it or not :

this is definitely hand stitched !!!

It's so hot right now

that the garden isn't the right place to do the stitching.

The sunshade down, the garden door closed,

to keep the heat from getting inside,

hmmmmmm ... that's better !

*

Here's the "Sweet Sunrise" piece of some days ago,

finished but not yet mounted on a canvas.

(I think the crochet is a bit from my Australian friend Jacky)

Love how the thick bundles of stitches work ...

A few weeks ago it was

"fish" time

See for yourself !

But not only for me,

also for Man who started drawing himself !

Around the drawings of his favorite colouring book

(always thought he couldn't ...)

Isn't that FUN !

moonday

Time and again

I tried to capture the moon on a photo

(but it was always

just a black rectangle

with a tiny hole in it)

Different this time :

I was really early in the evening ...

the ful summer moon

Yes, thát was it : 

the surrounding sky was always too dark already !

(the only problem now was keeping the camera steady)

*

Prepared some green scraps

the way Jude does, to get a fuzzy edge !

...

for more stitching !

... here comes the sun ...

The last few days were filled 

with stitching,

stitching,

and more stitching.

Done !

    Summer  Solstice   2016

(I'll have to check tomorrow,

with better (sun) light,

if the colours are okay)

More details of the left and right side.

It was really fun to use lots of different

embroidery threads :

silk, rayon, DMC  and thin crochet yarn.

I the outer circle I used all kinds of blues, purple and even green.

After I did the final bit on the bluish circle

I looked where there needed to be more yellow quilting.

In the end I folded the thin white backing fabric

over to the wrong side and stitched it.

I'll probably mount the quiltlet on a canvas.

*

There were a lot of wet days

this last week.

But sometimes when the sun came out

I could sit in the garden and stitch.

Some noise made me take a better look at the water :

(that runs along our garden)

a "baby" grebe and mama.

Mama had managed to catch a fish.

The little one was squeaking,

but mama held on to her fish

I had even time to fetch my camera,

and still she held on to her prey for minutes.

Bur the little one stayed close and alert

Then she finally handed the fish over 

and he finally could start swallowing the fish

(I did catch that, but the picture is unsharp ...)

Here he just had it inside

ha, you can still see where the fish is ...

Done

Hmmmmmm ...

I think he has a smile on his face !

Ahhhhh, that water is such a BONUS to our garden !

(oh, this is post 600 !)