I have been working on my challenge piece - the horrible nasty revolting delightful foundation-pieced landscape. The little bit you saw yesterday was the start of a row of trees. I then added the trunks
then I added a higgledy piggledy fence across the bottom field
then I thought I would have a bit of fun and add some sheepies. Unfortunately the best field for them was the green one at the top, so the sheep are way out of proportion to the rest of the picture!
I made the sheep with little bits of wool, held in place with some free-motion stitching, and machine embroidered the faces and legs
feeling reasonably pleased with the results, I showed it to Malcolm. Once he had stopped laughing at the gigantic mutant sheep roaming the hills, he remarked that my trees look as if they had been drawn by a five year old. Regular readers will know that my drawing skills have never progressed since I was five, so I wasn't too insulted! Following his advice, I did some more stitching on them - and Malcolm then said that they looked like palm trees! At least that means that the monster sheep are terrorising a tropical island, far, far away!
the next job was to quilt the little sashiko wallhanging
you can see the quilting on the wrong side
I also finished the quilting on this little landscape, which I started at a workshop with Sheena Norquay
I also did my stage-by-stage samples for this week's class
tumbling blocks
friendship star
to finish ......... if you had one of these, what would you do?
if you are Malcolm, you start making a planter for the garden