BLOG 422

Blog 422

I have had another bitty week, making a little progress in a lot of different directions. With it being December now, my concentration has become focused on Christmas and all the delightful upheaval that that entails. I have started to add iron-on bias binding to cover the fabric raw edges on the Xmas candle project.

 

 

 

            Bias binding

A granddaughter needed two costumes for her school play. One was for the ‘ghost of Xmas past’ and a black cloak (Hallowe’en) did the trick for that. An ethereal costume for the ‘ghost of Xmas present’ was more of a challenge but it was easily solved with a charity shop top and an added piece of gossamer fabric which catches the light when it moves. It will fit the bill, and very cheaply too!

          Ghost costume

 

I have prepared two wet felted backgrounds for a couple of pictures. I am going to put a colourful house on each one with foliage and sewn detail too. These are in their early stages yet and more layers will be added until I am satisfied that they work.

             Wet felted backgrounds

 

           Pallete

 

 

             House

 

I prepared more fabric with fusible so I could start to construct a wall to go with the flower pots. This experiment is in its early stages as well and needs much more attention to detail.

          Fusing

 

 

 

          Wall building

 

The water-dissolvable medium has been soaked off the thread bowl and this has been stretched over a ceramic bowl to dry.

             Thread bowl

 

My friend Gwenda celebrated her 70^th (Sod it) Birthday and for a treat we took her for afternoon tea to Bodysgallen Hall near Llandudno. We had the library, a grand private room, to ourselves with an open fire and this scrumptious platter of goodies. Little was left at the end of our time there.  It was a real calorie-laden treat for us all.  

 

 

            Bodysgallen Hall

 

 

And here is our Wine Advent Calendar!! It is our Xmas gift from our granddaughters and it has to be said that our daughter (who purchased it) knows us so well. It will be a very happy December IF we can keep up with it!!

         Wine Advent Calendar