pin swap

I have been working on some pins ..........for a pin swap - I have to make 4 - this is the beginning ...................

now to bead and embellish

Zaz;-)

T-bag ted

T-bag ted has some news! ....

He is off to the USA

better hurry T-bag ted - no time to lose

tut tut - no time for games T-bag...............

you have a plane to catch ...............

time to get your hat on T-bag ted....

T-bag ted has got a modelling job .....

well ........not that sort of modelling job - T-bag ted!

quite!

Bye T-bag ted - have a great time .............and be good!!!

Zaz;-)

angel on my shoulder

my rather idyllic life styel of stitching, swapping and talking to my texiley friends took a real knock this week. I was involved in a car accident- a nasty one - that wrote off my car - put me in hospital and suddenly pulled me up short on how fragile we are, and life really is !

I am taking a little break from blogging until I am totally recovered!

Zaz;-)

now we're talking the same language

at last - the garden people let me know what they want and how they want to look ............ and they are coming on ..............now I have a hair problem to sort out - and shoes - and finishes !

to hat or not to hat??? that is the question................

Zaz;-)

not given up yet!

The garden people lay on the floor this morning - in disgust after yesterdays waste of time ...... but there was something about it - after all

and whilst they keep talking - I keep working !

so I am continuing ............still not sure where this going though .........

Zaz;-)

garden people

the garden people did not want to be created last evening! They would not do as they were told and ended up stilted and stiff!

Why is that? why is it sometimes we can produce a whole row of stuff and it just flows - other days (like a whole day yesterday) is spent being totally fruitless!

I gave up in the end ........I am rethinking this project - and will go back to original cloth doll patterns to search for something simpler - less complicated........perhaps that is what they want ??

I think I am going to try a simple, hinge jointed figure, flat face ..............almost gourd like - that is in my mind and wont go away until it is worked out!

anyway in the end I painted some faces in the hope I could use them for a pin swap with the yahoo group Surface Design - but I am not that thrilled with them either! Far too dolly for my liking !

oh well.................. back to the drawing board

Zaz;-)

new work

I am working on a new set of figures for a fair in March/April........

I am using nature as a base and these are the first drawing of ideas .......and thoughts .......

although a long way from final decisions , my first thoughts are to have these figures on a tripod of twigs......... swaying .

I like this much simpler face - I am going too print it on fabric and see what effect it has

Zaz;-)

TAST

I have had another go at the chevron stitch for TAST - Take a stitch Tuesday - and this time I wanted to explore the layering idea with this stitch.

Bearing in mind that it is basically a smocking stitch I tried to encapsulate that feeling by layering papers and sheers and then sticthing over and under.......

I prefered this more thought out approach than my first attempt and I also prefer the destruction of its uniformity by the layers

Ok - fairly acceptable

Zaz;-)