... and the next

There were a lot of tiny stitches done

these last few days

...

In fact it was going so smoothly 

I was done before I knew it

Here only the left hand upper corner and the right hand lower corner ...

(with a bit of magic thread showing)

and signed at the back ...

(I'll show the whole picture when I know it arrived safely

it should be a bit of a surprise)

... and on to the next !

weaving, pinning and basting down the tiny parts

It may seem like an automatism, but it isn't

(it's the flow)

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 !!!)

;-)

block ?

We probably all know that there's something

that's called a "writer's-block"

...

But, could there also be a 

"stitcher's block" 

???

Well I think there might be such a thing !

I have this to-do list

with several felting and stitching items on it :

things I promised to do

things I planned to do 

things I need to finish

(before September rushed by)

and all the time  ..... nothing happened !

Not that I did nothing at all

in fact I did a lot of fun things :

I read books

I knitted 

(and knitted, and knitted, and knitted)

(very thin yarn, bat wing sleeves, 3mm needles)

I visited a friend

but ..... nothing from my list !!!

Tonight,

after making a yummy dinner with home-made pasta

grilled vegetables, home-made pesto and salmon

I all of a sudden made a start with one of my stitching projects 

This a woven base for something I promised to do for someone

I think I'm in the mood again

yeaaaah !

mandala monday

Drawing mandalas is something I like to do

though I don't do it as often as I "should"

(this Wednesday our group starts for the new season)

But I often make one for special occasions

or for someone special.

Last Wednesday I decided I had to make such a mandala,

however, I needed time to get started :

I have to let it rest inside my head

before anything goes

...

today I was ready

I really hope she gets out of it, what I tried to put into it 

radiant

When we came home last week 

I saw one of my plants had a nice surprise for me :

two big flower buds !

(the plant is no longer very beautiful ,

she's in need of a new bigger pot, I think)

In the evening the strong (almost tóó) sweet fragrance 

told me they had opened up

Two little sisters hanging together

(they were quite a bit smaller than they cán be,

the white petals nearly 7 / 8 cm while they can be 11cm !)

Today I received in the mail my last felting-exchange sun

With it a very lovely (well chosen) postcard

a portrait by the Dutch artist Jan Sluijters

Thanks a lot Anneke

I'm very happy with my last radiant autumn sun !

(my circle is complete too)

odds and ends

Daughter's lovely bunch of flowers

immediately inspired me

to make my last piece for the felting-exchange :
flowers

The circle is complete !

Stitching on felt is so much fun !
(I know it has already been received by the recipient)

*

Stitching on the sun and moons goes a lot slower :

progress is barely visible ...

"just going" ..... o so slowly ...

*

And what might this be ???

some big hairy caterpillar perhaps ?

Oooo,  no !

it's just :  

108  cast on stitches pushed together 

to show how thin the yarn really is.

Rowan's "Kidsilk Haze Stripe"

Sóóóó beautiful

flora (and fauna)

Here we go again !

Lovely FAMILY-DAYS have passed in a beautiful setting,

with lots of sunshine

(and a wonderful full moon !)

We went to old towns, a fun museum, a tiny Zoo,

 and a wonderful garden.

All rode on bikes and drove a skelter,

we did a lot of playing, swimming, drawing, knitting, stitching :

... and some special shopping !

So everyone is again fully charged !

School starts tomorrow.

(with a new "school chapter" for our big granddaughter)

Summer is nearly over now, that much is clear in the garden

but there are still some flowers

(Sanguisorba officinalis and Allium cinensis)

and there were these (today)

:-)  ...  my crochet scarf, which was blocked before we left.

(the wonderful bunch of flowers on top of the post

were hand picked for us yesterday by daughter and children )