A visit to the Kimono Exhibition at the V&A

 14th August 2020

A birthday treat for me, very quiet in the V&A and very safe....

...where the old meets the new...

...beautiful embroidery on these sashes...

...close up of embroidery...

...modern designs...

..love the design and colours...

...a wedding dress for the ceremony...

....over Kimono for the celebrations...

...close up of embroidery....

...modern padded Kimono Jacket.

I am afraid my photos do not do these garments justice, the colours, designs and embroidery were soooo beautiful!

Three finished projects and walks in the park.

 9th August 2020

So lucky to live near Richmond Park......

.... beautiful markings on these young deer...

...just love this 'bug hotel' made from recycled materials on my walk along the Thames into Richmond

....been making flowers for my yarn bomb project.

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Made this beret using yarn left over from a blanket....

....up-cycled a coffee tin with fabric and ribbon from my stash, useful for dried flowers/seed heads, pens, pencils and paintbrushes....

...a small piece from my bobbin wall hanging using eco/rust dyed linen and stitch...

...eco dyed cotton and hand stitch...

...rust dyed cotton and rusty washers and stitch.

...finished hanging.

Lovely walks and knitting

2nd August 2020

I have been making myself go out for more walks the last few weeks!!!

I live very near to the amazing Richmond Park where social distancing is fairly easy to achieve and was delighted last week to see the grounds of Pembroke Lodge were open again. The flowers were so beautiful in colour and design and buzzing with bees and butterflies.

At last my mixed media experiment is finished and hanging on the wall. I used my hand dyed fabrics and old linen embroidered cloths then stitched over the whole piece as suggested by Anne Kelly, this took ages and a great deal of thread but I do like the effect. Used some of my old handmade cotton indigo dyed lace to finish the bottom edge and a stick collected on my rambles to mount it!!

This beret was made using a Drops 80% wool yarn from my stash, left over from a blanket, quite pleased with the result.

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Another walk in the park, I try to walk different paths each time, this was early morning but still very warm....

.....there were deer roaming free in these ferns but was unable to take a clear picture.

Yarn bombing project in the pipe line, more on that next time.....