..some piccies of THAT purchase....

I hinted about this in last weeks post about Artique...

Of course, whenever I go there....

...it's never a short visit....

...and the plastic card is ALWAYS employed :-o

The only problem is WHAT to buy!

I do try to get things that can be used as inspiration pieces....

...that can be employed as samples to work up....

...or as pictures for publication.

This time I struck GOLD with an Afghan blanket...

...8ft x 6ft...

...and made up of over 100 pieces of hand embroidery that have been applied to a backing and stitched together with couched thread bundles.

Here are just a few fragments...

(high-quality photos to show close detail as well as possible)

What a BEAUTY!! :-)))

.....just a peek.....

The new issue of STITCH magazine is out now...

...and have a look at what's coming up in the next issue....

....recognize that little red fella  (click click) anyone? :-))

...Textile Heaven (Warning ...lots of piccies!!)

Sorry for being a bit of a blog-slug lately...

..but a bit of boring production is required and I don't want to make you go to sleep :-o

After a busy day at Busy Bees....

...we decided to have a mooching day on Sunday.

The sun was out....

...it was lovely and warm....

...so we went to Artique....

...as one does on such a day. :-)))

Enjoy!!

Uzbek yurt bands...

...camel girths...

Piles of rugs....

Uzbek embroidered hats...

Silver and embroidered anklets...

Talismanic protection on an afghan dress...

Ralli bag...

Kutchi embroidered dress...

Beautiful beads...

...and blessings...

...on every one of you.

x C


(Next time I'll let you see "the purchase" ;-)

..a couple more bits of stitching...

Here are a couple more bits of my "Tribal Print & Stitch" samples....

...I'm going to try and find a bit of time to write a website page for workshops sometime over the next few days...

...but I have a load of other things going on too. (As ever!!)

Saturday, I'll be down at Busy Bees for their 2012-13 workshop launch....

...where I'll have the opportunity to meet loads of stitching folk. :-)

....and after that...

...I'm working on half a street of little houses for Festival of Quilts.

You may have noticed (or not :-o) ...

...that I've changed something in the right side bar here.

My new work "Stitched in Stone" will now have to be shown properly at Harrogate rather than FOQ....

This heart problem has caused all sorts of problems and I've gotten really behind with things. I've calculated that I've lost a good 6 weeks of working time over the last few months. I've had to call off choir until October too ....

...just struggling to cope with it all.  :-(

Hopefully another appointment with the consultant will help.

Only 2 weeks away....

....then....

...two weeks later....

....all the fun begins to happen! :-)

Back home and playing catch-up again!

I've had a little break visiting Pops down in Cornwall....

....and meeting up with lovely blog friend Carolyn in St. Ives.

The weather (actually) wasn't too bad...

...and we managed to get around and see a few places before heading home again.

The only photos I took this time were at Mullion Cove...

...but seeing as I got LOADS on the last visit...

...I'm not about to fret too much! :-)

The next few weeks are going to be VERY BUSY INDEED....

...and I'll try my best to keep up with blogging, but please forgive me if posts are a bit spread out.

I was going to put more info up on the sidebar about the workshops at FOQ, but, after checking yesterday, they are almost SOLD OUT!!! Only 3 places left for Sunday with Friday & Saturday all gone.

Even the ones at Harrogate are beginning to fill..

...and that's AGES away yet.

I'm off upstairs now...

...lots of things to do.....

x C