So the text is all cut up now, ready to be tacked to the little card hexagons, (lots and lots of them). For a little light relief, easy to pick up and put down I have also made some buttons. I can't decide wether these look like little jelly fish or tiny filo pastry cases...I really need to do some serious making, finished things, prairie points, putting pincushions together, little bags, cushions, embroidered fragments and on and on. Being back to work in the morning has slowed that down a bit and also the fact that I don't feel 100% but fear not, wednesday evening is the start of six whole days off and I am determined to make good progress.
and look what I bought!!! There is approximately 500? metres of pure silk thread here, glorious, beautiful, white, off white, different thicknesses I can't wait to get started.
and look what I bought!!! There is approximately 500? metres of pure silk thread here, glorious, beautiful, white, off white, different thicknesses I can't wait to get started.My daughter is well, It was lovely to see her. She has recently got the knitting bug so I had a great time buying knitting related things for her. She has never been interested in crafty things before despite being raised by me so I figure feed her interest while she is keen! And I came home to discover that my rolling down the hill in a huge ball son has had his left leg waxed for charity! He says on a scale of 1-10 the pain was 37! Maybe he was a stuntman in a former life, what do you think? Have a good week!x
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Glad you enjoyed yourself with your daughter and I hope you don't come down with this cold, it's not very nice.
Karen, I love and am in complete awe of your work and your output. I very seldom comment on blogs as I seem to feel the women who do comment are a little club who all know each other (nothing wrong with that!) just that I'm not sure how valuable a disembodied comment is to you!
I hope you continue to put yourself and your gorgeous work 'out there' to some profit, but don't burn yourself out! Your life seems very hectic.
I see your blogsite mentioned on several 'seriously good' sites, so being held in respect by the well-respected seems to me to hold more kudos than having loads of spurious comments by the Spurious Comment Brigade! Hang on in there!
thanks for this comment Lynne, it means a lot. I would have liked to have replied to you personally but can't seem to link back to you in any way. I value any comment, truly I do wether from one of my ''blogging friends'' or someone like yourself whom I have never ''met'' (in the cyber sense!), they are all important to me. Karen
Well here's another comment for the heap. I loved the pendolino train. When i used to go to college in the early 70s you were lucky if you got to London in 4 hours.
I didn't find the K&S show as invigorating as I imagined.
But I enjoyed the day.
Hello Karen,
I always find the textile art at K&S inspiring and it spurs me on to continue with my own work.
I always feel I should get back to my needle and thread when I visit you!
The silk white thread is beautiful.
That text is beautiful. I don't know how you could bring yourself to cut it up! I didn't make it to Ally Pally, because I already have the cold - I was hoping to get inspired, buy 'stuff' I'd never seen before, visit with ArtVanGo and maybe see some art doll makers and their work in person - Ah well, there's always next year! I've seen your mentioned many times, it's how I found your blog, so don't spend too much time counting your comments!!!!
Glad that Ally Pally inspired you this year - I loved it too. Hope you're not going down with anything horrid. I'm always amazed at your output of embroidery - you seem to do so much.
Glad your back with you beautiful work. You found some new artist who make beautiful work. Can you tell us who they are? I'm always interested in new places of inspiration.
I hope you are feeling better by now and haven't caught the cold.
I seriously wanted to go to the show-but didnt. Maybe next year.
The folded silk looks so luscious, I also cannot imagine cutting it up-but it also looks great when you do so. It is an awesome technique which is recognisably yours.
I have a a daughter who is just getting interested in knitting too. Snap. : )
I think I've told you before but it won't hurt to repeat it, your work is absolutely stunning! I think one of the things I so love about it is that it is very different from what everyone else is doing.
There is one particular artist who is very influential and it is interesting to see how so many mimic whatever current theme she is working on.
You are true to yourself. Very inspiring.
Really glad you had fun, and that you were missed! Those reels of thread are gorgeous in themselves aren't they?
I never get comments either, don't worry! I'm always popping over to see what you're working on, and it's always beautiful and you are inspiringly prolific.
Love those buttons!! The text looks incredible - I'd be terrified to cut it up, LOL!! I was wondering if you have trouble with the stitching raveling when you cut up the text and how do you deal with it?
It was fun to catch up with all of your posts. You've been busy! The buttons in this post are beautiful.
Hi Karen, Hope you're feeling better. And it's Wednesday so perhaps specially better! Pleased you had a lovely weekend in London. The silk thread is to die for! of course I would not make of it what you make! The text is delicious!
Janice.
Thanks for popping by...I LOVE your text...such time consuming work, but ooohhhh the finished piece will be so special.
Your new buttons are gorgeous...very light and airy looking.
Jacky xox
Lovely buttons! Sorry that I don't normally leave a comment when I visit - didn't want to intrude ....!
I hope you are feeling better soon Karen. Your daughter heard about Ravelry? If she didn't tell her to go there. Seriously.
And your son? Laughed out loud at that. Good thing my coffee was done.
Denise
Marie E and Leilani, I just wanted to say thanks for your comments. I couldn't find a way to link back to you.
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