Joined up writing.

Good morning. The sun is shining through the back window, which shows I haven't cleaned them for a long time. A job I must do soon.

No Crafty Club today. There is work going on at the Village Hall which may be very noisy due to equipment being used to rectify the problem. So I will sit here and get on with my next arty project. 

I have just finished this piece. A nine inch hoop with lots of wooden bits and bobs, which were supposed to be assembled to make a clock. My friends gave up with it when they broke one of the pieces. They passed them on to me and said, can you do something with this. 

I used felt tip pens to colour them. I first stitched them onto a dark fabric background with matching cotton thread. Then I blitzed it with embroidery thread to add more contrasting colours. At that stage I wondered if it was finished. Then I came up with the idea of joining the pieces together with running stitches in yellow. It brings all the loose pieces together, a bit like joined up writing that we learnt in junior school. 

It is covered at the back with a piece of dark blue felt, hiding all the messy bits. It was fun to do. I like the idea of working with limited resources. First visualising what the finished article might look like, and making changes along the way to achieve something pleasing to the eye. I think every creative person will understand that. It's like a journey with minimal planning, which hopefully will work out. 

The back window will not get cleaned today, because Mayze has just decided make camp there. I haven't the heart to move her. She is increasingly losing her marbles and is totally deaf. She has started to go out into the garden now the weather is improving. 

Happy Monday everybody. Toodle pip.   ilona