It has been more than a year since my last entry, and much has happened since then. Most of the year I have been working hard to finish my accredited course in Machine Embroidery, level 3. My final piece were this Muff, the design inspired by the Oseberg Viking ship

.The back is decorated with a row of old knives

and it is lined with fur to keep my hands warm.

After a long winter, it looks like spring is finally here. These crocuses are popping up through the icy ground

even though the rest of the garden is still covered in snow.

One of the things I have been working on lately are these Dragonflies. I digitized some drawings, my machine embroidered them and finally I painted them to make them stand out from the background.

I will try to be a bit more active here on my site, I am also working on some changes. I hope you like what you see.

Last year I made this row of trees inspired by the pattern on an old Egyptian bowl. And the last couple of days I’ve been playing with them and try to fit them in my new wallhanging.

First I made a quick sketch to get my ideas on paper. Next I scanned the original drawing and fed it to my 6D Design Creator, and one of the options I was presented with was this stylised version. I liked it so much that I had to let my embroidery machine do a bit of work:

I have also started on another version, using freehand embroidery on water solluble plastic, and I guess time will show what comes out of this.

It’s been a long time since my last entry. There is still much work to be done with my new page, it is a work in slow progtress since much is new to me.

Well back from Festival of Quilts with many ideas to work on, but unfortunately, too little sewing. I have worked hard to finish Module 5 of C&G Level 3 Certificate in Machine Embroidery, with the result of my Portfolio presented in 3D. I made a zigzag book, with 10 of my designs:

The back of the zigzag is decorated with a repeat pattern

and some of the pages have pop up elements

I have also been playing a bit in my sketchbooks, acryllic ink rolled on with a vine cork

and best of all, finally my studio is being built in my garden

I have been waiting for this all summer and finally the building has started. I just hope I can move in before Christmas.

And next year, i can start to fix the garden. That is all for now, hopefully my entries will come more frequently in the future.