You will need:
Red wool roving (you don’t need all that much
Heart shaped cookie cutter
Needle felting mat and needle
Embroidery floss
Brooch back
Custom embroidery
I embroidered all the design outlines and then filled in the white with corresponding colours in colour pencil. I then made it up into a cushion.
Isn’t she sweet to want to give such a meaningful gift?
Teapot rest or mat tutorial
The 4 year painting
Farm inspiration
Persistance.
As I was the better vocalist, you might be wondering why? Was her father the school Principal? No. Was she somehow connected to the musical director? No.
It was her character. She was an extrovert, a supremely confident performer, she was driven and never gave up.
I was quiet, reserved, didn’t believe in my own abilities and seriously lacked confidence. This lead me to miss out on many opportunities (not necessarily as a singer but in life thus far) and it is something I’m still battling today.
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, but I do have a serious ponder over what I would like to do differently at the beginning of each year.
This year I want to believe in myself. As I now move more towards art and design, I want to be confident that I can have some measure of success in my endeavours. I want to believe that my designs will start to sell, that my art is good enough to make prints, have exhibitions and that there are really people out there who would like my art in their homes. I want to know that if I persist with the guitar I can become really good and bring joy to others and glory to God through my music.
I want my children to benefit from having a positive and happy Mother.
I have a long way to go and a lot of work to do. But maybe, just maybe, this year will be the year for positive change.
Thanks for reading. God bless š
Completed watercolours
New embroidery pattern
It’s with great excitement that I announce my second embroidery pattern is now available in my Etsy shop. Why the excitement? Well, it’s a lot of work to create a pattern, beginning with the first sketch, then the embroidery itself and finally the writing of instructions and having the file ready to send. So for me, it’s an achievement to start and finish a project like this. But I do so love it š
Hope you love it too. Happy Stitching!
“So much scope for the imagination”…
As Anne Shirley so delicately put it. My lovely husband gave me a beautiful little set of German watercolours for Christmas. They will compliment my watercolour pencils and the garden is the perfect place to look for inspiration.
I hope you’re finding some time to relax and look around you too š
God bless.
Too tired, can’t be bothered etc…
It’s not that I haven’t been doing anything, rather that I’ve been doing a lot and I’m all tuckered out!
So I’ll wish you all a Happy and Holy Christmas early in case I don’t make it back here before the big day.
May your hearts be filled with the joy that Our Lord so kindly offers and be at peace, surrounded by love this Christmas.
God bless