What Twice in One Week

I have increased my internet "allowance" and going to try and at least blog once a week. I will have Deb to remind me!

My first award!

I thank Deb for the Blogging Friends Forever award and being new to blogging keep forgetting to ask on Wednesday's about the etiquette of blogging awards thus the delay in acknowledging the award.

The rules are: for passing on the award are:
1. Only five people allowed
2. Four of them have to be dedicated followers of your blog and one has to be new and live in another part of the world.
3. You have to link back to who gave you the award.



This is not easy as alot of friends read my blog but are not bloggers themselves.
So I pass this award onto Cait at this time.



I managed to get the afternoon yesterday to start on some ATC's and hope to finish them tonight. I have used all the scraps and bits from other projects.

I had to share this photo of one of the Supervisors.

Quite happy to sit in anything!

A worry! But what is going through that brain?

Caught Up!

I have been really busy with work since returning from holiday,then had a visit from my sister with her husband and two little boys, took a few days to recover once they left and then the flu struck. The craft side has not progressed very far at all. I did make an ATC for a Angela as a thank you for going shopping for me in Perth before coming up to Kalgoorlie. I used some hand dyed fabric which I had stamped on then covered with organza, added the lace, FME and added the flowers and a bead for the centre.


I will share with you in a later post a photo of my flower stash. Deb did admire and comment on the stash the first time she saw it.

Deb and I attended the local Spring Festival on Sunday. There were a few stalls were we parted with our money and returned home with goodies to an to the stash!

Not Lost!

I notice my last post was 25 July! Not lost just been away. We decided to hitch up the caravan and head for the coast - not Esperance which is five hour drive from here but Denham 22 hours later. Long drive but great to get away and see more of the country

Denham from the beach below the lookout.

There was lots of work to do before we left and I have been catching up since getting back. The time in Denham was lovely with great weather - sun on the body after the cold in Kalgoorlie. DH went fishing with little luck but was testing and learning as this is a new venture for him.

We spent one day at Monkey Mia to see the dolphins and the pelicans and have a walk with the dogs on a different beach.

The one great enjoyment was the wild flowers out closer to the coast, as up and in from Kalgoorlie in very dry.

The white Everlastings near Billabong on the Northwest highway

The yellow Everlastings on the side of the road in to Denham

Pink Everlastings near Mullewa - area know for the great wildflowers.

The greatest find was the wreath flowers out at Pindar. Growing on the side of the road in a small area. You can see the foot prints of the tourist having a look at the flowers. They are amazing growing out from the centre and all the flower around the outside.

Friday

I have done my BAS (Yes!!) and now have to do DH's, but first with work committments I could not join the plastic inchies swap through Aus/NZ Art Quilts. I enjoyed watching Deb make hers, then on Wednesday a lovely surprise Deb had made a set for me. Thanks Deb

I had another surprise on Tuesday night with this lovely postcard from Heather. We belong to the same local patchwork group but both enjoy our fiber art more than quilting.

Back Again

Another month has gone since my last post. How time flies!! I have been busy with work and then hassles with changing the Internet to wireless and then back as it would not let us network our computers.

My DH went to watch the rugby at the weekend so the embellisher was given pride of place in the lounge after finding a new light bulb and replacing needles after they had shattered, I had fun finishing off projects for my embellisher course with Dale at Thread Studio.

Wool embellished onto the felt in a cross hatch pattern and the flowers and beads sewn on.

Purple slushies (wool/silk mix) purchased from Dale at the Thread Studio then purple wool embellished on top, cut into 1 1/2" strips and woven together. The flower is embellished organza ribbon.

Postcard and ATC. Knitted background having been embellished onto painted vliosfix. The knitted squares where embellished too and the sewn on with colonial knots and the flowers attached. I can sit and knit for no reason now other than wanting to make backgrounds for art.

An ATC foliage swap with Deb here in Kalgoolie and Cait in Bunbury who Deb and I hope to meet soon.

Deb Annie

Cait

Monday

Been out for walks - out bush with Geraldine - (breeder of our Jack Russell's) as she is up in Kal visiting and friends with our dogs. Walking 5kms each time over the last few days my poor legs are feeling it as I donot normally walk that far and at the pace Geraldine sets. Blaze gets half way around and attempts to fine the shortest route home through the bush.

Sunday morning managed to get to do some off my embellisher course. Yes! Was going great guns when my embellisher died. Not very impressed as I still had lots to do! But Fred (local sewing machine repairer) has looked at it and there is a problem with the foot control. He has lent me another foot control until mine is repaired so I am back in business. Lovely man.

Sari fabric embellished into felt Hard work in some places to convinve the fabric to stay in place

Bits and pieces cut and added to felt with organza over the top to hold everything in place. Then needs some embroidery on the top.

Varigated Adore nylon embellished into felt then organza embellished over the top. Used as a base to do the ATC below. Time consuming but a great result.

Embellisher Course

Two posts today after not posting for over a month.

May was really busy with a quick trip over a weekend (8.5hours one way) to celebrate my Mothers 70th birthday and then a last minute decision to go to the Craft Fair in Perth at the end of May.

I have joined Dale's Online Embellisher course - great fun! Thanks Dale.

I have had my embellisher for a year now and already had great fun with it making ATC's and an entry for an Art & Craft Exhibition in Perth run by my friend Angela through her work. Did not win anything. So I have not done Lesson 1 although there are great ideas I am going to try as this is what I wanted out of the course.

I ironed painted vliesofix to felt, then embellished srim and organisa ribbon on top then beaded with the gold beads.