Feather On A Wire

Should I not have designed it with such tiny bits of background showing? And having done that should I have ignore them? It is actually wo...

I would love to say I got loads done but that would be a lie. Having said that I have put in more hours than it looks like..... I did have ...

Someone asked how I do it. So at the risk of asking you to watch paint dry, here is my process.  I chose the area I wanted to work on, an...

With a classic spelling mistake on the first one (grin)

is to try out new things. I've used something like a longarm technique (I have no idea how they do it) but I liked the effect. I went up...

Finally, it's quilted. I had planned to wash and block it today. When Fliss came home and we had less than 12 hours to get her packed, o...

Thursday was lost in my search for a mattress. Currently I have the worlds most comfortable bed which is a combination of pocket springs and...

it is 6 and a half hours work. and nearly 1,000 yds of thread today and yesterday. Click to see these larger.

Yesterday was quite frustrating, with a lot of unpicking as the horrible black batting had distorted the fabric. I did manage in the end to ...

Not much is it? Just about 2/3 of the feathers. I'm debating soaking it in warm water to dissolve the water soluble thread before I e...

The back before the fireworks. My current favourite pen for dark fabrics (though you have to wait a little while for the white to show up). ...

These ones are all done in a 6" square. The first one is couched thread using the Bernina freemotion couching foot. This one is a pale ...

Today I did a couple more samples and had a play. I couldn't resist doing a Patsy Thompson feather (they are much quicker to do than my ...

I was so excited and at the same time feeling a little aprehensive as it's so long since I've sat at my machine. I know when I'v...