Before I forget. This month's recipe on the calendar is Lardy Cake - not the most figure conscious thing you can eat. My Grandmother often offered a slice with a cup of tea, but the word "lard" usually put me off. After making this I realised this was a big mistake. The recipe was provided by my Mum because I couldn't originally find my Grandmothers version, popular recipes were often cropped in various sources, and we suspect she knew the recipe by heart.
Canvaswork, that is. I didn't mind it when it was asked for - it gave me a break from the wallhanging which was all machine stitching. This is a bit 70's but I wanted to stick to a palette of orange and turquoise and was too lazy to use anything other than tapestry wool. 
Things have been a little quiet recently. There is a reason for this. I have been working hard to get something finished......... the end is nigh.
Whilst munching my lunchtime salad I was reading my blogroll for the day and found this prompt generator from Sharon B's in a minute ago blog. I clicked on it for it a bit and this one appealed to me: "Write a Haiku about what you see out of the window". Its obvious from this blog that I am not the world's greatest wordsmith, nevertheless I got a little advice and then came up with this:
Little blue car
Towed by yellow van,
Around the car park
Bascially there is an AA van in the car park next to my building, with the AA man attempting to fix a blue mini (old style). Ironically enough it was parked next another blue mini (new style). The van towed the car away (orginally 3rd line was "Off to be mended") but then it came back around now they are just sitting there again. I really must get out more....on that note better go for my lunchtime walk.
p.s. does blue count as my kigo?
Silk viscose satin applique-ed onto a double layer of silk organza. Further embellised with machine wrapped cords and stitching on soluble fabric.
A few burning experiments. Nylon Organza leaves bonded onto acrylic felt. Acrylic felt bonded on to acyrlic felt. All the shapes were "cut" from the cloth by a soldering iron. Some of the felt was stitched beforehand with preprogrammed patterns on my Brother sewing machine. I used a Madeira Rayon thread so had to snip the thread on the leaf cutting line as this thread does not melt. The bonding was completed by fuseing with a soldering iron.
As I have decided to use natural silk and silk/viscose fabrics I will have to find another method to cut the leaves out crisply.
