Monday 25 February 2013

. . . . . . + . . . . . (part 012)



My latest embroidery test for the project based on a pattern from Tina's fabric selection . Image #3 is a plate from the collection at AGNS to go with my earlier blue-ish post.

. . . . . . + . . . . . (part 011)




I've used one of my embroidery tests for parts of the (secret) objects for the project

Thursday 21 February 2013

Monday 18 February 2013

. . . . . . + . . . . . (part 010)



'the bluish-white post - part II': this is an embroidery sketch based on these which I did a couple of weeks ago. The fabric is Tina's hand woven samples + yet another drawing-like photo of things in snow.

thrift store treasures


A selection of the many, many treasures I found in the Dartmouth Salvation Army Thrift Stores this weekend, when I came home the tiny crochet doily plopped out of the spool : )

Friday 15 February 2013

+ valentine's day treasures +



lovely treasures from my sweetheart; a beautiful vintage silk scarf + a wee Abegweit basket from Prince Edward Island

Tuesday 5 February 2013

. . . . . . + . . . . . (part 009)

'another blue post'; above is a continuation of my embroidery tests for the project, these two were done from the lovely old apron found in Copenhagen. Unfortunately, due to the very limited amount of fabric available for my two stars, they both got quite wonky as I had to flip my shapes around.

Sunday 3 February 2013

. . . . . . + . . . . . (part 008)

just finished another embroidery test for the project; this one's a version of the fabric used in Tina's first full-scale sewing test (images nos. #3 + #4) The coral yarn is from a local vintage shop in Halifax.

. . . . . . + . . . . . (part 007)

'the bluish-white post': working away on the project, these are some quick sketches on a photocopy of some embroidery that I'll be doing on fabric Tina wove some time ago + a photo of some cold looking plants which looked a bit like a line drawing on the snowy backdrop.