Blew It!!

I do not have  many real disasters - USUALLY. Today was an exception. I got Patchen together, sans sheep- and discovered that the McAlisters were listing to starboard, rather badly : ( BOOO! So....I and my trusty pointy scissors picked out a LOT of invisible blind hem stitch and at last, I am back to a nice blank canvas- just sky, sea and foreground grass. I have confessed, but I will not embarrass myself further by posting a photo. Anyway, the picture is no longer snapable as it was not recorded before it was picked apart.I am away tonight to teach people how not to make the same mistake as I . Wish me luck! We are going to make our own patterns from photos we have taken ourselves. Wish THEM luck!

More Plane talking

 The rain on the Plane stays mainly ... on the bark, altering the colours dramatically . Who knew that Plane bark had PURPLE in it??

I took more pictures of by brother's Plane tree bark in the rain yesterday. The colours were very much more intense so they will be added to the mix when I make my little series of pieces based on these pictures.

I had a lovely experience yesterday. I was invited to share in a fibre art bonanza by a VERY generous woman . We enjoyed a cuppa and shared many bags of gorgeous yarns and fabrics all given to her by an equally generous woman. No time to play at the moment but very soon I shall be experimenting with these.

Right now, I am working on Patchen . It is coming along nicely but not much to look at yet. I am making it all in quiet misty colours , faded and hard to see. Patchen is full of ancient gravestones which are hard to read commemorating  ancestors all long gone. As history fades lives,making details difficult to discover, so I HOPE this little quilt will have an air of distance, time and mystery . The sheep in the foreground should snap us back to this century! Pictures will follow soon.