It's been a funny week, I couldn't quite get down to some needlepainting so I decided to sketch my bunch of tulips from Lidl instead and straight away I came up with an idea for depicting them in fabric. I got out all the bits of fabric and made a pile ready to get on with later, but first I had to finish off a few other projects.
Here are 2 new A5 notebooks ready for the garden party in April.
And half a dozen sketchbooks filled with proper drawing paper in 3 sizes.
I found a fascinating fabric backed cork textile in the sewing shop recently and designed a sketchbook to cover it with which incorporated a beautiful wrapping paper I've been hoarding for years. I made the end papers with the turquoise as well as putting some on the cover, I just love this colour combination, don't you?
Yesterday in the post a lovely parcel of silk fabrics arrived from Kirsty and Justine and I couldn't wait to get started on making a couple more sketchbooks. I've already torn and folded 7 large sheets of drawing paper and cut out the covers. I'll be hard at work stitching and glueing this afternoon while Bob enjoys the rugby.
I've been wanting to recover this little lampshade for years and I finally got around to it this week on a rainy Wednesday morning.
So as you can see I've been very busy doing lots of bits and pieces and maybe next week I will catch up with the portraits and a bit of needlepainting!
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