september 19th

Hope everyone has had a brilliant summer. Mine has been busy with lots going on. I am now getting ready for The Designer and Makers Fair at the St. Ives Arts Club 1st, 2nd and 3rd of October.

july 2010

Please say Hello to Lily and her bear.

and Happy Birthday to Evie my 6 year old grandaughter. xxxxxx

July 2010

The busy month of June is over with family staying, new granddaughter arriving and Mums 90th birthday. Still managed to start and finish a few things
and relaxed sketching when the chance came. This is a sketch of my daughters boots, she was wearing them when she was 16, she is now 31 and we have fond memories of Jude as a teenager! 

june 2010

1st may 2010

Enjoy the month of may with summer on its way.

april 2010

Bring on the sunshine.

In Springtime.

All Nature seems at work. Slugs leave their lair-

The bees are stirring-birds are on the wing-

And winter, slumbering in the open air,

Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!

S.T. Coleridge.

 

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January 2010

Knitting and reading January 2010.

Been a bit lazy doing the blog, so here are my excuses
1. Knitted a bear to celebrate a baby due in July.
2. Used sari silk wool for a cushion.  Lovely colours.
3. Very proud of my first pair of gloves, did the fingerless ones for a first attempt in wool that knits to a pattern. Soon realised I could not do the fingers watching the television (they looked like cows udders) 
4. Read a very interesting book called Stitching for Victory by Suzanne Griffiths. This book offers insight into the experiences of the stitchers of the second world war and the millions who depended on stitch to bring them through.

fabric bracelet January 2010

Happy New Year...no resolution for me this year, that's my resolution. 
Thank-you Julie mixedmedia-jem.blogspot.com for the fun I had doing this bracelet, the idea was from her blog and the book Jewellery by Miranda Innes 
   

Cranberry glass oil painting 2009

Finally found the beginnings of the painting of the Cranberry Glasses . I like to take photos of the progress, it helps when I mess up and I can look back and think if only! The unfinished does not look much like the final Merry Christmas painting but I was happy with the changes along the way.