@Valleysgirl that’s very nice, considering we have a big wild garden, I can’t find anything interesting to use for a wreath. Ivy hasn’t any flowers, Holly hasn’t any berries, teasel heads have rotted off, and no pine cones because we had to have the conifers out.
A word of advice for anyone making wreaths to put on headstone, be careful of wire foundations, if the wire touches the stone, granite, slate or marble, the rust that forms quickly on them will stain the stone, we never did find a chemical to remove it.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Most of my creative efforts have gone into card making this winter. We raise thank you funds for our fabulous postman every year. Lots of people give messages to add to the card. About 50 neighbours join in and it's quite a community bonding exercise and much fun.
This card is embossed (over rubber block printing), so it's quite touchy-feelly in relief. It's in gold and silver, reflective, so, as ever, quite hard to photograph well. There are usually smears of gold somewhere inside or inky finger print, but I figure this is just part of the "handmade charm". "Perfection is the enemy of creativity", as they say. I have this written on my heart.
My Christmas week project is to make four pillow case replacements. They have been on my to do list for at least five years. Red velvet was found, delightfully, on Ebay as a large vintage remnant. I would also like to print up three large cotton table cloths. So, you can imagine my living room - a chaos of fabrics, ink, pencils, glue, lace, card and thread. Like normal, but more so.
I dyed this fabric
(above) and it is one of my most successful projects this year. I just adore
the colouring. A bit more terracotta in life than the pic. I'm sure I like it so much as dyeing always has a random element and you never know what colour will emerge as it dries.
@Fire The first one looks very William Morris I love them both,gorgeous colours. What a great purchase on EBay. We really should be getting together for our postie too,he does a wonderful job trudging up these hills in all weathers,always cheerful with a kind word. A nice way to get to know the neighbours.
Your living room sounds like bliss to me,mine would be full of crafty bits if I didn't have a husband!!🙄 But hey ho I have it all in my bedroom which is equally blissful, not the knitting though,as I feel knitting in the bedroom would be classed as a bit unsociable....😁😁
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Valley Gardener I am indeed a bit of a Morris fanatic. Well spotted. As a friend of mine commented, if I sat down on a WM sofa I would disappear, matching a bit too well.
I love WM designs too @Fire but prefer plain walls for every day living. Thanks for the offer but I only use my Big SHot for felt and fabrics so far.
I have, however, started doing embroidered Xmas cards. I buy blank cards and envelopes in a chain store called ACTION which is very much like Woolworths used to be but without the pic'n'mix and then prick and stitch - Amercian term so no tittering please.
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@Valleysgirl that’s very nice, considering we have a big wild garden, I can’t find anything interesting to use for a wreath. Ivy hasn’t any flowers, Holly hasn’t any berries, teasel heads have rotted off, and no pine cones because we had to have the conifers out.
Lovely wreath @valleysgirl. Haven't been out hunting for material for ours yet.
The first one looks very William Morris I love them both,gorgeous colours.
What a great purchase on EBay.
We really should be getting together for our postie too,he does a wonderful job trudging up these hills in all weathers,always cheerful with a kind word. A nice way to get to know the neighbours.
Your living room sounds like bliss to me,mine would be full of crafty bits if I didn't have a husband!!🙄
But hey ho I have it all in my bedroom which is equally blissful, not the knitting though,as I feel knitting in the bedroom would be classed as a bit unsociable....😁😁
I have, however, started doing embroidered Xmas cards. I buy blank cards and envelopes in a chain store called ACTION which is very much like Woolworths used to be but without the pic'n'mix and then prick and stitch - Amercian term so no tittering please.