finishing stuff

i have had a really good go at finishing stuff this week, so far i have finished repairing my daughters bracelet, her phone dangley i made and i also made her a pair of earrings from bits left from the bracelet, (sorry no photos).

i also finished a knitted top for my hols in a few weeks time, a scrapbok page called sisters and a new watch strap for my bigger watch, so i can read it at work.

embroidered book

well finally here is the embroidered book i made last weekend at the rsn at hampton court palace, it is a lovely venue for a workshop. the reacher was kelly aldridge, it was a very entertaining weekend.
kelly was very good at bringing out our designs, based on our fabric. mine was like cracked stonework.
prior to the workshop i had taken photos of winchester cathedral, i decided to do something different to my usual flowery/natural designs.
however when i was there i took some photos of the ceiling of anne boleyn's arch at the front of the palace and decided to use those instead.
i used the zoom on the camera to enlarge sections of the pictures and used those for my designs. kelly suggested we draw lots of thumbnails to develope our designs, it was a really useful way of doing it. i was please with my design, but i dont think the picture does it justice.

weekend away

well this weekend i am on a jolly..... i am doing a weekend workshop at the royal school of needlework at hampton court palace, i am making an embroidered book.
so look in next week to see how it turns out
no cooking , no housework , just play : )

greetings cards

hi

here are a few cards i made a week or so ago. a friend sells them at work and i donate the money to breast cancer research. i dont sell loads but it adds up to a couple of hundred a year which is good for the charity. i hope you like them, some are very simple as i dont like to spend too long on then as my time is limited and i only charge £1.50........i even charge myself.... bargain!