A Love for Old Blighty part 2

 Hi all, I hope you're not going to be disappointed with today's big reveal. This commission wasn't a large scale thing you know, lol. Well not physically anyway.

 It's was for one of my heart brooches, from a lovely lady many miles away.

The brief was right up my street, a love for England, the Union Jack, cottages, the White Cliffs of Dover, bluebells and most importantly the RAF.

And although I couldn't fit the White Cliffs of Dover on, lol. I think I've given it the right 'feel'. It definitely says, a nostalgic love for GB.

Gosh! I hope the lady in question thinks so!

Fi x

A Love for Old Blighty.

The RAF eagle has landed!

Well nearly.

My latest commission is underway.

Headless Chicken!

Just keeping my eye on  you!

 I've just been checking my photo files and I'm in great danger of getting behind with my blog posts at the moment. I found these pics languishing in file from a whole 2 weeks ago! tut tut!

 I'd obviously been a stitchin and a sewing like mad, look I'd even broken a needle, lol.

And the object of my stitching frenzy...

 Big fat hen doorstops and...

Big fat owl doorstops. Oh how sweet a little parliament of owls too. They have all flapped and swooped their way down to the Gallery which wasn't easy as they are all full of wheat grains and not very aerodynamic I can tell you! I had arms like a Gibbon by the time I got there, lol.

Look what else I've neglected to share with you! Felt brooches!

I'm afraid these'll have to be a 'next time' post as it's way past my bedtime now.

Thank you for the cupboard love.

Till next time

Fi x

Not usually my thing.

 Before. 

Looking a little worse for ware and bit tired.

After.

Spruced up and ready to store again.

Back to normal stitchy stuff next time, promise.

Love Fi x

See! I'm not really doing it justice am I? It'll just vanish under all the junk! lol.
It really needs it's own little special place. 

Drawing with stitches

 Do you ever feel in limbo, not knowing what direction to take? Hmm..well that's how I've been feeling lately.

 Maybe it's not actually limbo, rather procrastination. Dithering about not knowing what to do or which direction to take, instead of just getting on and doing something, anything! Sometimes there are just soooo many things I want to try that I can't decide what to do. Or is just middle aged indecision, lol.

 Procrastination was one of the reasons I started this blog 4 years ago. Well if you're going to write to the world, you'd better have something to write about. So at first, blogging made me make things, so I  had something to 'show-and-tell' if you like. It worked! I sew most days and I'm now lucky enough to sell my 'makings' in a local gallery and online. 

Thinking about it now, you have all been a huge part of my journey.You have all contributed in helping me find my direction by reading this blog, commenting, emailing me, purchasing and commissioning work from me...supporting me with many gentle hands. I suppose, since mine is not the only blog you read, you'll be doing this unknowingly to many others out there, doing something really quite wonderful and understated, without even realising it. Well I've realised it and I'm so grateful to you all for each individual tiny little nudge in the right direction. As a whole you're a powerful friend. 

So here is my latest, 'what shall I do?' A little drawing done on the sewing machine of a friends daughter. The old linen napkin seemed a perfect choice for my subject matter as they are both what my life has been about, home, children, domesticity. They just seemed to go together.

 I came across the photo in one of my files whilst procrastinating! It was taken about 8 years ago in the back garden on summers day. The children kindly stopped their play to pose for me. 

Little 'A' sitting at the end was my chosen subject. I just loved the pose, the long gangley arms, the clasped hands and the lopsided bunches, lol. It's making me smile even now, lol.

Love Fi x

Thank you, both bunnies have now been re-homed :)

Bunnies are for life, not just for Easter!

Last two bunnies, 

Both looking for a loving new home. x