a bit of felting (14 - 11 - 14)

It's been a while since I did some felting for myself.

Now a lovely fine piece of woolen fabric

(which I bought especially for felting)

was lying around, waiting to be used.

The "problem" with nuno felting is 

that the wool fibres must be able to migrate through the fabric.

Sometimes it is easy and the fabric sticks to the wool in no time

sometimes it just takes

a LOT of time.

I wanted to test this fabric before

making something big.

Two very thin layers of wool,

and after rolling a bit I started to stitch circles for the wooden beads,

a kind of "shibori" you could say.

It's important to know how much "disappears" ... and the piece after felting.

Drying, but I still have to get the beads out !
(but I know already that the blue will not be very strong on the inside)

After that I did a second try with a gauzy printed cotton

(With this one I took the beads out immediately)

Well, not entirely satisfied,

but learned some things again 

...

a (late) exchange

It's been over a week now since I finished

my Pink Ribbon mandala month.

It may sound silly 

but it was a big challenge,

drawing that mandala every day.

And though I really enjoyed every minute of it

it took the wind right out of me

after the month was over ...

I felt a bit like a collapsed soufflé.

There was no energy left for quite some days,

though I'm very happy to tell that

dear husband sold three more mandalas

in his Italian class 

;-)

Don't forget :

there are still a few mandalas that are not sold ...

so go over and check out

if there is something nice for you !

(I'll make my donation to Pink Ribbon at the end of the month)

Though there was a little felt to be made 

for the felting-exchange

I could not get started till yesterday

...

but, it's finished now and goes to Jolan tomorrow !

The theme was 

"spring fever" 

and I planned to make something with daffodils (long ago)

spring fever

*

And this was the other was the other bit of simple work

that I fancied this last week

(mmmmmm : over 400 stitches now, and counting ...)

Have a good week

and don't forget to check the mandalas

for more donation to Pink Ribbon 

last pink ribbon : day 31

This last day of October

will be the last day I will be making

a Pink Ribbon mandala

(for quite some time  ;-) ...) 

It has been a considerable task I've set myself.

Sometimes it was easy,

sometimes I really struggled

Though I must say that in the end,

even during the times it wasn't so easy,

I was satisfied with the outcome

(otherwise I would definately have made a new drawing !)

Now, with this last drawing, 

you can make your final choice to buy one :

(though it might not be to everyone's taste)

I'm sure that there are still people out there

who would enjoy to have one of my works on their wall !

On top of that :

you will have supported a very good cause.

The number of breast cancer patients is still growing, but ...

the chances to recover from it

are ever increasing when we know more about it.

That's why I started this activity,

to add my share to the fight against  breast cancer.

So, let's celebrate life,

live it to its full extent,

make a party of it

"let's dance"

Karisma colour pencils on heavy weight drawing paper  (A4)

the mandala itself is  14 cm  (5.5")  in diameter

sold

If you want this last Pink Ribbon mandala

for yourself or as a present for someone dear

(or one of the older drawings)

please send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

This one costs  € 31, - 

(+ postage :  € 1,92 for Holland and  € 3,15 elsewhere)

Of course all the money will go to Pink Ribbon

A very good weekend to you all !

day 30

So sorry :

a very late start 

so it took some time before I finished my mandala today.

Then it wasn't simple to make a good picture after dark.

I used my day light lamp in the end

(better then flash light)

I made some fals starts

then there was this mermaid ...

A mermaid I thought ... why ?

Hmmmmm it's not always very nice and clean

to swimm in the oceans nowadays

NO !

We are dumping 

LOTS OF CHEMICALS AND PLASTIC WASTE EVERYWHERE

that finally ends up in our oceans

Right now sea life is duped

.....

in the end 

WE ALL ARE !

(so another awareness)

This is my Pink Ribbon mandala for day number thirty

"plastic soup"

Karisma colour pencils on heavy weight drawing paper  (A4)

the mandala itself is  14 cm  (5.5")  in diameter

If you want this original artwork

you can send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

It costs  € 30, -  (+ postage)

Psssssst  :

the little one was very busy today

writing on Grandpa's shopping list !

(so good when they are helping out

... and on such a young age !)

(see you tomorrow,

on my last mandala day of this October

breast cancer awareness month)

day 29

What a drizzly day it was

just a normal October autumn day

(only we had so few of them that we forgot ...)

I started the day with a LOT of autumn colour :

a friend needed her hair dyed with henna

and I don't mind applying

...

After that I had time to make my drawing.

I dreamed this up yesterday :

two figures sitting back to back

with birds over their heads.

I remember when I was little, what fun it was,

standing back to back, arms hooked into each other

and rocking from one to the other

(till one fell over, most of the time)

My Pink Ribbon mandala for day number twenty-nine

"joy"

Karisma colour pencils on heavy weight drawing paper  (A4)

the mandala is  14 cm  (5.5")  in diameter 

sold

If you would like to have this original artwork

you can send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

It costs  € 29, -  (+ postage)

Though it was a dark day

the autumn colours are wonderful

lovely reds and yellow

(the oak it not from our garden)

the leaves didn't rub off  :

that was the henna

;-)

(see you tomorrow)

day 28

Another baby-sitting day

but my mandala for today 

was well underway

yesterday.

So I just needed to finish it

(and with the little one in bed ...)

This time I wanted to portray one of the cats.

In fact they are our daughter's cats

(we had two exactly like them years ago)

But since her appartment is too crowded already

they are our semipermanent house guests now

(daughter and the children miss them though :

always extra hugs when they are here !)

What do we day dream about ?

Things that we want to happen ???

And what might cats day dream about, if they do ?

Hmmmm a lot of wishful thinking 

for all of us probably ...

Here is my Pink Ribbon mandala for day number twenty-eight

"day dreams"

Karisma colour pencils on heavy weight drawing paper

the mandala itself is  14 cm  (5.5")  in diameter

If you want to have this original artwork for yourself or someone dear

(don't forget Christmas and "Sinterklaas" are getting closer)

please send me an email at

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

It costs  € 28, -  

(+ postage : € 1,92 for Holland and  € 3,15 elsewhere )

These are big brother Bagheera and little sister Bella

(enjoying the warm afternoon sunshine !)

(see you tomorrow)

day 27

I don't know why ...

It is a perfect sunny autumn day

and yet

there was a fierce wind blowing in my mandala today !

Might be why there's not too much colour in it.

(are we getting storm soon ?

don't think so

but ... you never know)

My Pink Ribbon mandala for day number twenty-seven

"autumn wind"

Karisma colour pencils on heavy weight drawing paper  (A4)

the mandala is  14 cm  (5.5")  in diameter

If you love the fierce wind, you can have this original artwork,

 you just have to send me an email at 

fiberrainbow@gmail.com

It costs  € 27, -  (+ postage)

To show you that it really is a nice sunny day

look at this picture of our garden this morning :

quiet sunny weather.

Though Autumn is really there !

(see you tomorrow)