Solitude

I had a lovely long day all to myself yesterday as DH was down in Exeter for an Open University tutorial so out came my embellisher and my stash and I managed to finish this piece. The flowers are french knots and the birds are in fly stitch. It's mounted on some canvas paper with a few more birds inked in and then framed up.

Autumn Trees

Well I must stop making these - they are becoming addictive!!!! My friend Anne gave me a bag of bits the other day and amongst them was a length of hessian and I wondered whether I would be able to use it for this drawn thread work. As you can see it turned out fine - I was really pleased with the colours on this one. Again, this is a variation on the "Enchanted Woods" kit by Tracy Curtis.

Reflections

This is a free machine embroidered and embellished piece of drawn thread work. It's only the second piece I have done like this but really had fun doing it. The background is a piece of painted silk. Again, a variation on the "Enchanted Woods" kit by Tracy Curtis.

Embellished ATCs

Crafty Individuals had a competition going to create an ATC using either their stamps or images and I had lots of fun creating these three ATC's using my new embellisher machine.

Enchanted Woods

This is the first piece of drawn thread work I have attempted using free machine embroidery, an embellisher machine and silk painting behind. There are also beads sewn into the tree tops and french knots embroidered at the base of the trees. This was made up from a kit entitled "Enchanted Woods" which was purchased as a Christmas present for me from Tracy Curtis.