18 - 7 - 18

Some fishy business ...

These last few days I've been busy felting fishes.

On Saturday August 18, I will have a stall

at the Textile Market "Verweven" in Zierikzee

Because Zierikzee is so close to the sea

I thought I should make some fishes to take with me there.

(I made some fishes before, but there was only one left)

It's hard to believe I made a tiny ("pink") fish last October

with the template that lies on the blue/yellow one ...

Fish in progress ...

(no logic in it : but these fish are drying ...)

*

Daughter is making a new outfit

for her youngest when they go to Castle Fest

the first Sunday in August :

last year (you might remember) he was a dragon ...

Now he will be "Hiccup" the dragon rider !!!

(from "How to train your dragon 2"  from DreamWorks)

part one

(the original)

A very skillful daughter,

a shop with not too expensive fabrics,

a tiny bit of my stash,

and a lot of time

.....

what a fierce dragon rider our grandson will be !

a pod ... ?

After I finished the little sheep

(which has arrived safely on its destiny)

There was room (in my head)

to finally make the last piece for the felting exchange :

something RED for myself.

The plan for it was in fact already in my head 

when we had to pick our theme for the exchange.

So during this last year it was always "there"

That might explain why this little piece of felt

turned out the way it did

.....

I wanted a pod like shape, so made a template to go with that.

My only fear was that the tape would come off with all the water

but luckily it didn't !

Building up the layers,

wetting them and felting them was tricky.

Making antenna, tentacles ....

(yes, felting is thinking and planning in advance)

After more layers ...

and working very hard ...

the template could be removed.

Done !

Ha ! you can see it's still (more or less) the needed

size of a postcard !

Ta-daaaaah

"something  red,  you can hang"

Yes, I adore the berries of the spindle tree

And I confess I put a bit more work in this one that the other ones,

but it had a lot of time to "simmer" 

(the fact that the different colours I did on the inside

don't show that much ... well that's for another time 

to try and do better)

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Underneath this funny "pod" of mine

spring is really getting on its way

And when I lifted a pot that was in the garden for some time

(to fill in an empty spot)

there was animal life hiding away still

(I put the pot back on for a while longer)

fishy business ?

Working for the Christmas Fair 

gives me the opportunity (or urge)

to try some new things.

This time my inspiration is what lives in the sea.

Not very Christmassy you might think,

but that isn't specifically required.

I love seahorses !!!

(though  NOT  the dried ones cast in plastic !!!)

in progress

Then another creature came along

They're waiting to be rinsed in vinegar,

but I'll do that later,

when there are more 

Both templates tore when I pulled them out

(never mind that : I have lots and lots more of that)

When they're dry

(I will probably do some stitching)

and stuff them (a bit) with wool .

just slowly going

It's so much fun

to go through my little plastic box

with the tiniest scraps I have

to see if they fit into the new little quilt.

This sun might Jacky recognize, she once send it to me

A Kaffe Fassett scrap I also used on my Night Wings jacket

(Oh my, I will have to start something else real soon :

blogaversary coming up !!!)

Though today wasn't only for stitching :

daughter came over and I helped her a bit 

preparing a template for some "window painting"

she promised to do in the school.

(ha : the next generation goes painting, though maybe I'll go help her, it's fun !)

And finally I múst show you this :

the shawlette with beads daughter was working on

during our holidays is finished !

Her first ever spun wool !

(I have some of the same yarn in my stash !!!)

;-)