Beginning Embroidery

I have finished my piece for Susan Sorrell's Beginning Embroidery class on Joggles.

I started smallish, attempted to go bigger but ended up 6"x4" again!

I entered this piece into Fife Art Exhibition which opens on Saturday 3rd October.

I'm still not sure how I feel about this piece, it hasn't quite worked out how I envisaged , I think I wanted it bigger with more negative space... or maybe smaller with more stitching and texture.

I didn't really put much thought into the design, I just doodled, so that probably why I'm a bit ambivalent about it.

I did stretch it over a box canvas so that is a bit different for me.

Anyhoo, at least I completed something!




This is my favourite detail...

a long random list

1. design Microsoft Access database and easy to use interface to store customer special orders, subscriptions and wish lists for Kingdom of Adventure
   
2. continue to develop record keeping for Kingdom of Adventure
   
3. organise a surprise for someone - sshhhhhh!
   
4. baby gift - paint fabric, stitch and frame
   
5. contact lots of various people re an outdoor space for local playgroup including grants and funding
   
6. finish my Beginning Embroidery piece (now called Beginning Miro) for the Fife Art Exhibition 2009, i.e. 19th September.
7. start to clear garden of summer flowers plant some bulbs in garden
8. write my definitive Christmas list and execute it!
9. rip out wall cupboards and extractor fan in kitchen, paper and paint walls and fit open shelving
10. fix living room curtains!
11. make lots of soft furnishings (cushions, curtains, rugs, towels) for Big Girl's Big House ("Its the biggest house I've ever seen!")
12. finish all the unfinished knitting projects, including 2 ugly bags and a monster
13. finish my ECDL in Excel spreadsheet course
    
14. start an advanced Access database course
15. plan my route to Art College
    

Painting

Whilst painting with Big Girl (who is currently fascinated by colour mixing) I knocked up this little masterpiece...

this is the best thing I have ever painted. EVER. Usually when I paint the colours go muddy, my use of colour is predictable and its all very flat. But I love this picture, painted on copier paper using poster paint and a crappy brush.

in a few minutes!

I'm not entirely satisfied by the quality of the materials used (painted on copier painting using poster paint and a crappy brush) so I used my current favourite tool (Microsft Picture It!) and applied some effects...

this is one of my favourites...

Beginning Embroidery

inspirations in nature - part 14

inspirations in nature - part 13

Knitting - Penelope

another christmas present in progress...

Penelope a pattern from Dangercrafts.