Finally?

                       Can you spot the hand stitching? Not much done, but I already think that it helps.

A Bit of Hand Stitching Needed.

I don't usually do much hand stitching, it's too slow! Sometimes however, a few well used hand stitches can lift an otherwise 'not working' piece, so here goes....

Old Crazy Patchwork.

While searching through my textile photos I came across this one of an old piece of crazy patchwork. It's amazing what a vibrant colour scheme was used, as this was made many decades ago.  I think it was used as a small table covering.

Getting Better.

I'm starting to feel a little more confident that this piece will turn out O.K. I've made use of a lot of fabric pen marks to designate the grasses and some 'daubers' to alter the colouring of the ferns along parts of the fronds.
I must admit that I'm getting a bit tired of this theme and will be glad to move on to another one very soon!

Not Working!

 I decided that I definitely needed more free standing fern embroideries for the fringe Lily piece, but overall I'm really not at all sure that this is piece is working.

I have 'auditioned' the various bits of fern that I have made, and just plonked them on the background, but they don't 'do' it for me at all. I'd hate to waste all the effort that I've put into the piece so far, but unless I can see a way of fixing it, then it will have to be ditched!

Toadstool in the Dew.

My camera focussed on the grass and dew drops, not on the toadstool unfortunately. It was such a bright shade to yellow too.

Who has taken a Bite from this Bracket Fungus?

I suspect a Wallaby or a Possum has taken a few bites from this large Bracket Fungus. Good tucker for some-one, but not me!

Amazing Texture.

Isn't the texture shown in the gills of this old field mushroom wonderful, like the pleating of taffeta or perhaps silk.