Sunday morning stitching ...

Aquarelle pastels - love the clear colours - this is the first stage in making a base for one of my embroideries. With a lot more hours work it will hopefully end up something like this ...

 

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Three pieces ...

A peek at three pieces I have been working on over the last few weeks - they are based on our fields and the tracks and traces left by ourselves and animals. Free motion embroidery, hand embroidery and appliqué on waxed papers, vintage papers and lace.

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Hats ...

These are embroideries of my grandma and grandad - free machine work on cotton batiste with vintage lace appliqué and hand embroidery on their hats.

 

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On my work table today ...

Another new piece in my "Map" series - free motion embroidery on cartridge paper with watercolour, beeswax and embellished with hand embroidery.

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Application ...

That's it - all done! My application for a big event in 2014 - keep your fingers crossed and wish me luck!

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Tracks ...

A couple of pieces from a new series looking at where I live and the marks we leave on our surroundings, the tracks we leave as we walk, signs of passage ... And a pic of me and my husband having a fab few days in the Lakes with our beautiful daughters. We stayed in a hotel that I used to visit every summer as a child - revisiting the tracks I made with my family then ...

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Update ...

 

Have been working very slowly over the last few weeks and not getting very far!! Here are a few close up photos of samples I have been playing around with. I have got some ideas brewing ... More to follow shortly I hope!!

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