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  1. A colour moment

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    Peg doll groupI was just updating my peg doll blog with an image of some dolls that arrived on my doorstep this morning (in the post not under their own steam!) I have been recently writing the colour section for the silk shading book and noticed that I, completely subconsciously, arranged the dolls in a rough colour wheel order! There was no thought about it, I took them out of the box and laid them out for a quick photo. I like little moments like that!

  2. Working hard

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    I've wor Silk shading threadsked very hard today, I started stitching at 8.30 and stopped at 6.30. I've nearly finished all of the silk shading projects for the book now, and noticed how many different colours are going to be in it!
     
    As you can see I'm not too good at keeping my threads in order, although any thread ends are wrapped around the skein so they won't knot together.
     
     
     

  3. Exhibition visit

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    Went to the V&A quilt exhibition on Tuesday. So did many other people, probably because it finishes at the weekend!
     
    V&A Quilt exhibitionThere was an excellent collection of quilts on show, just enough to not send you glassy eyed. I like the stories behind the quilts: from soldiers who worked them as they recouperated, to prisoners counting down the days, to quilts with a social commentary of their time.
     
    My favourite section was 'Meeting the past' with the quilt made my female convict prisoners on their way to Tasmania (it was finished by the time they arrived!), and one made from black out lining and red cross food sacking (no quilting shops in those days).
     
    I couldn't come back without a little souvenir and what better than some quilting fabric! Exhibition is on until Sunday 4th July.

  4. Why you wash your fabric first

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    I tried to iron the creases out of a piece of purple sari fabric but they were well and truly staying put. I'm not a fan of steam iro Purple fingersns (however expensive they are they always seem to drip water and that leaves water marks) so I always wet the piece thoroughly and iron it dry. Half an hour later however, the purple dye was still coming out of the fabric (synthetic fabric I'm thinking which is why it wouldn't hold the dye).
     
    Problem is now my fingers are purple...
     
    One of lifes little mysteries: why won't it stay in the fabric but it will stay on my skin!
     
     
     

  5. An embroidered doodle

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    Embroidered doodleHow many of you, when you are sitting chatting on the telephone, draw squiggles on the telephone pad, or the back of a nearby envelope? I turned one of these squiggles into an embroidery. It was fun to work something free and I chose just three colours so as to keep things simple. I adapted the doodle slightly but basically worked with what I had intuitively drawn.
     
     
    Don't forget to save those doodles!