A diary - it is March 2022

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It is time again for the bear leek (Allium ursinum) - Bärlauch, wich is a perfect herb for salads, soups and more. It is growing in our region as early as this -  in March.

My inspiration for little charming things made of fabric is Ann Wood. These are mushrooms - quite a crafting and it takes some time. You need patience, cardboard, different fabrics, filling material, copper wire for the stems, needle and thread.

My knitting experiment

The yarn is beautiful, natural, linen, silk and cotton. I was however not satisfied with the pattern, I changed my mind, three times, undid, knitted backwards. Started new. 

This time I will pull through with 134 stitches on the round needle for the back of the summer vest, instead of nearly 300 front and back together - when I  could never see the end of one row.

The Chinese bowl is perfect for the yarn ball.

TextileArt.org offered a free workshop - the Stitch Camp! We needed  fabric, three different fabric colors, many different devices to spread the color - paint brushes, bank cards, I used also a fork. The painted „art“-work is being cut into small rectangles, sewn together and embellished with hand stitches.

Below my first try - the colors are quite ok, but the fabric! Actually very fine - but impossible to stitch through with an embroidery needle which would have been essential for this piece. So

I decided to do machine embroidery.  Open the photo and you will see the lines.

I love to do free machine stitching - it is effective and fast. I use Madeira viscose threads, made for machine sewing. They have a lovely sheen.

So much for today. Corona is not over - we still take care with masks and distance. Occasional  meetings with friends and FaceTime with family and children who are living abroad.

Lucky fish

The very inspirational Ann Wood published this lovely idea

Fish - lucky fish - they bring luck to the presentee

- if she or he believes in it -

Anyway - there will be a happy smile when the fish

is hanging from a wrapped gift for christmas

You can find her on Instagram and her website is

here

Some of her tutorials are free - others you can buy



Much fun to make them

Creating during Corona

There were the „very nice mice“ of Ann Wood, fascinating

to make - and they are all gone and living somewhere else

Grandchildren took them as companions for summer

 

Those „keychains“ are practical and vey much used

Tanja Steinbach of SWR Kaffee oder Tee had this crochet lantern

in her little show - I - not lazy - of course had to create it

Dotee dolls - I love small things to make

My every too small hip bag was replaced by this one. Finally

large enough to carry the cell phone, the keys, the cap, a scarf 

This pair of mice are still waiting for their tails

Stitched eye - I used Milas photo as model

A tutorial with Emily Tull of the TextileArtist.org

and my eye

This was another workshop with Emily Jo Gibbs, 

week 5, appliqué. I took a branch of our Magnolia

it is stitched with a shadow






The branch of the Magnolia

The paper cup

To drink fresh air from - the answer to a question ....

and a fantasy beast from Mexico marvelling at it.

Teatime

Now, whats that - I am working with paper - I am going astray -
what will be with my high stashes of fabric - yes, they will mutate into vintage fabrics
when a great-grand-daughter should be interested in the contents
of her mother's granny's cupboards

This is the start - I did not invent it - I wish I had.
No, it is from the blog of Ann Wood. It is so appealing to me that
I absolutely had to try it.



The light cardbord is joined with Tesafilm

and then I stuck a napkin to the outside. The s-shape will be the handle.
The white cup is in preparation. I am not satisfied with the outcome
it has bubbles.

Better you read the tutorial by Ann Wood:

And my finished cup will follow soon.