Not lazy

I start being lazy - walking on the high plane Schwarzwald 

We (DH and me) love to walk a little then sit and admire nature

Mushroom - I am delighted but didn‘t take it - 

„himself“ is distrustful

This one is edible - and a beauty



But then - I am also stitching 

EPP English paper piecing - I am sewing along without 

plan - it is still lying around like this - waiting for an idea

how to proceed

I am not wasting the backside but cutting it out and making  my 

meditation stitching on it 

Still no plan but fixing it on a background

How awkward -  I want to add more embroidery

Some painted Vliesofix  „Wonder Under“ from years ago

added and a date



It is a page for a collection of small works
And here again the front, quilted

Yes this is a butterfly bound book with little stitcheries

I bought a bookbinding tutorial of Anne Lange and I love

this kind of binding folded pages

Another page - a stitched leaf 

Sharon Boggon is still publishing TAST stitches - and everybody

interested can take part - it is free

And yes, we met our grandsons - at MacDo‘s like always.

L is studying in Karlsruhe

Y came to visit

and the beautiful young lady - L - is the girlfriend of L

We are living 10 km outside of Karlsruhe so meeting in town 

is more convenient - students have their own tight schedule 

 

Again back in Schwarzwald - Blackforest

Our luck must be limitless with so many ladybugs/ladybirds

on the window outside 

An invasion - they gather there when we start to heat





This is autumn folks and my view out of the bug-window

Gardennews

Its my corner in our garden - herbs, rhubarb but also sedum

because it is so easy to grow and has a lovely colour till late in the year 

Kapuzinerkresse, Tropaeolum majus 

a little bit of colour at the entrance

Again scraps, scraps, scraps and a landscape

Autumn - mild - a little melancholic -
Our village in France -

L'automne est un andante mélancolique et gracieux
qui prépare admirablement le solennel adagio de l'hiver
(George Sand 1804-1876)
She, George Sand, expressed herself in musical terms -
I am sure you English speaking people will understand this.
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My present expression is rather traditional - it would
probably fit very well into the times of George Sand....

Looks like a big mess

but papers have to be taken out

My stitches through the paper didn't make the business
very easy.

The reverse side -

After pulling and pulling ...

I had this remarkable heap of shapes

The top with a few half squares in green
now waiting for the finishing touches -

Knitting backwards ...

Undoing - I think this was the best idea.

I took off 3 1/2 cm of the length of the sole up to now

No problem - I could unrip easily. it was simply too long

even with the estimated shrinkage of one third - 

Patience - I must go on knitting 

The autumn cat is finished - wind blowing and leaves swirling around

All hand sewn - the border as well.

The leaves are made of hand-dyed scraps out of my scrap box - 

I don't throw away anything related to fabric.