birds

seen at the M HKA some time ago

B made me a doll, similar to this one :)

home

home

I did some try-outs with strongly diluted silkpaint on cotton; this is not really the way to dye yarns, but I wanted this mottlet effect;
still with those kangaroo paws in my mind :)

some small red touches

happy weekend all!

peacock

someone recently asked me if I wanted to make a cushion in peacock colors
it was fun to do
the peacock needlework is part of the Wormhole series 1 & 2
and more Wormhole pics on flickr

Romanian point lace

I've got an interesting tip from a fellow blogger about the mysterious macramé crochet I was showing you a few posts earlier; actually it is very well known in Romania and is called Romanian point lace.
You can find every information about this technique here and many tutorials how to make the cord here
thanks for the tip Ana :^)

the droplet above is the only thing I've ever made in this technique so far, but there are also parts of the embroidery below that are very similar to Romanian point lace, such as the padding of the black leaf and the figure in the bottom center; both are examples of a crocheted border that is filled with needle lace,
for larger pics, please visit my flickr pages

the bottom pic is an illustration from Anna and
Eppo behind the chicken wire feeding the chickens

hope your weekend was Top!

Home.

:^)

Gift from a friend.

A nice set of embroidered fabric samples :^)









Happy weekend!

Black&white, or almost.

When looking back at my flickr pages, I'm a little embarrassed
about the poor quality of my pictures, especially those of my
sampler are really no class, brrr.
So, if the weather is ok, I mean, when there's enought light,
I will try to make some better ones, soon!
The pictures here are from a small piece of sampler; I was trying out
some leaves and flowers in different stitches; the black shapes are
a combination of crochet and embroidery, it was fun to do!
The cute cat is Amy, Luc & Zjé's pet, love the black pads
under her right leg :^)









Have a nice evening & sweet dreams!

Cocooning, 2

Strong winds, thunder, rain and hail almost the size of a
snowberry :^)
stayed indoors for two days with a sore throat and a running nose,
wrapped in a woolen blanket reading
Manhattan Transfer and browsing some magazines and photo books

but...

I wish for a bit of sun, no wind and a peaceful thick carpet of snow and then
make a nice walk in the woods!

Jardin du Luxembourg by Edouard Boubat
Sixteenth century embroidery, found here