Finished pieces of work

 

Mary has just finished this beautiful  baby playmat for one of her granddaughter's bridesmaids. This is the third she has made and puts us all to shame for the amount of work she gets through.

The patchwork is "Flying Geese" made up of triangles and the birds are geese to match the patchwork.

Any baby who is lucky enough to play on this mat will have a wonderful time following the triangles and trying to undo the bows on the necks of the geese.

Thank you Mary for sharing the playmat with us.

Mary has also finished her3D vase in a lovely cooling green with leaves twisting around the vase as if blown by the wind.

The photo above shows the join where Mary has carefully matched up the leaves and stalks.

Mary said she made her vase over a biscuit tin so she was able to use a hot iron to join the two ends. A very good idea because I melted the plastic underneath mine slightly!

Thank you Mary for a delightful atmospheric vase.

Sandra has just finished her 3D vase and the colours she has used make you think of Autumn.

The background was sponge printed with orange, yellow and green.

Herringbone stitch was used to blend the background together and grass, cow parsley and thistle seed heads were embroidered by hand.

Along the bottom small toadstools were embroidered and attached with rosehips embroidered across the top.

The join was made a feature, by cutting along the top and join in a curvy line,  to follow the rose stalks.

Thank you Sandra, the beautiful colours are just what we have been seeing over the past few days.