Have a Blast Birthday Card

Rocket blasting off....copper contrails beneath with galaxy sparkles surrounding.

A New Way to Create Embroidery Patterns

Some quail were making quite a racket outside a window downstairs, searching for seeds or something....took picture out the window right next to the screen (which looks kind of "invisible" most of the time, but not in this picture!). Voila...a way to stitch...a bit abstract in this version, but with a bit of experimentation, piece-o-cake.  I am not much for grids, but they do have their uses for space planning/relationships -- guess painters have used this concept plenty of times...but, showed me something  new, which is part of this whole thing!

Felted Case with Stitching...Travel Protection

Needle felted from wool of local sheep...the spinner put a few strains of other fiber, thus the golden colors hinting through.  Hand stitched design I saw on pendant that person described as "Native American"

 travel protection design.  

First felted one round, then stitched. The second round needle felted in center, and not so fully felted on sides. Put the two circles back-to-back and felted the two-ply edge together to form case for special rock.  

Felted loops to help keep the rock secure yet a opening available to take the rock in and out. Stitched the corners of the opening to give more strength at possible pressure point. 

Roses...real ones

So many circles of roundness those petals form. The color, the shading, the gesture, and long long stems. 

The curl of the edges, the velvet on the inner side of each petal.  Oh la la. 

Let's See Why

Three variations on the same shoe, all the same brand, all the same color, right under my nose.  The three wearers did not know each other.  I get that Havaianas are fairly common, and gold in trend the last year or so, but really, all just standing there together? Oh...and the photo taker had a pair on too, but not gold.

Bike...Guest Artist

She made it for her Dad's birthday.  He had gone over details of bike parts with her the other day, so she wanted to make sure she put them in the design.  She drew a plan first.  I don't recall doing that when I was 5.5 years old.

Green because it is his favorite color. She was thinking of adding a kick stand, but then figured Dad's bike didn't have one, even if her bike does have one.   He did get streamers though...because naturally streamers are an important part of a bike.

Tomato

Grown in dirt created from compost from veggies and garden leaves. In the sun that hits it in the back yard.
My first "by hand" bottom to top produce product. Looked more red in real life than this photo. Nothing like a backyard garden tomato.