Sitting in the Summer House

The sun is still shining and after working in the veg garden , sowing carrots , watering everything in the potting shed and checking on the Tomatoes , doing the laundry and hanging it all out on the line and cooking  lunch ,and a few other things , I decided to put my feet up in the Summerhouse and do my embroidery .
 The sun was so bright and cast dark shadows over my work . So I,m afraid my photos are not too good , but I am not going to complain about the lovely sunshine !

 Goodness me ! It is so good to feel the warmth of the sun . There is a slight chilly breeze , but in the Summer House it is quite hot !

           Continuing with my Halley's Comet from the Bayeux Tapestry .

                                                The tail of the comet .
By the way.....

I was feeling quite anxious yesterday , about everything in the news ,which was why I did that little "Peace...Be Still " piece  in my last post . I just embroidered  it quite freely ,  it was just a calming little doodle , not intended to be perfect or anything . Just a calming little affirmation and perhaps a prayer .
                   
                              I feel better today !

                                          Enjoying doing this again .

Bayeux Tapestry Stitch -prepare slightly larger sample

 I finished my tiny Halley's Comet , my first attempt at doing Bayeux Tapestry stitch . The thing is , this is is actually a process of working three stitches together , which I will be able to show more clearly in my next post .

                     So I am sorting through my wool again and deciding on colours .

                I even tried out the colours together with my colouring pencils .
              This will just be a little sample to go into my personal stitch book .

 I prepared this Quatrefoil medieval window and I,m going to fill it with Bayeux Tapestry stitch .
I chose my colours and as always happens ,  I haven't got enough of Appleton's crewel wool no 481 to get started ! So I,m now waiting for that (and a few others ) to be sent to me from The Viking Loom  .
Meanwhile I am going to put my feet up and have a lovely browse through these two wonderful books .

The Bayeux Tapestry  by David .M.Wilson  and   Herbier medieval by Bruno Fogliazza  .
 Simply the best book ever on the subject of the Bayeux Tapestry and  Bruno's book shows beautifully , how to do and use the Bayeux Stitch for other modern designs . I love your book Bruno !
 I also give here the link to Chantal James wonderful website https://www.bayeux-broderie.com/gb/  ..sigh ..I wish to go and see her workshop !