Little Holiday in Charmouth -✨Little Angel came too ! 💛

 

So we've had a nice little holibobs in both Somerset and Dorset, mainly to go dinosaur hunting in Charmouth which is in Dorset .

                   

We stayed in a sweet little 18th century period cottage in Somerset ; which meant a very long drive to the beach , but husband decided it was reasonably priced and that it would be very well worth it .

We visited Montecute House , Bridport , Lyme Regis , Glastonbury , Burton Bradstock and Groves Nursery and of course Charmouth beach . 

Because of the rainy weather and the country roads being unfamiliar to us , we always tried to get back to the cottage well before dark .

Then we would have our teatime in front of the woodburning stove , with cups of tea , sandwiches and cake .

Then I would leave him in the lounge watching his American football 🙄

I would go into the cosy and warm , little dining room , where I really enjoyed sitting at this lovely Georgian table sketching and doing my embroidery .

  I had brought lots of things to do .... no internet, no radio , just the sound of the rain on the window .

These colourful embroidery doodlings are from a Hildegard von Bingen project I am doing .

Whoever would have thought such bright colours and patterns could be from the 12th century illustrations/artwork !

I love them very much  . 

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                                     Naturally , my angel came too !

                                   I wanted to finish the background .

                 I soon finished the background and decided to outline her angel wings .

 I think it looks better now . I'm just going to do a little more work on her angel gown .

✨I do love embroidering Angels ✨💛✨ I was delighted to find this little Angel hanging up almost hidden behind the curtains in my bedroom !✨✨✨

 

I have been planning to start a Perpetual Botanical Watercolour Journal .

I have the journal , the paints the brushes and everything all ready to go at home but I just can't seem to get started . 

  I want to record the Snowdrops , the Mistletoe , the sweet lambs in the meadows and a tiny first Ladybird of the year .

 I will try again when we get home .

                    I did manage to sketch and embroider this Snowdrop .  

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Early Medieval Bird Illumination embroidery - update no 2

 

                                                                      

Almost finished ! ⚓

 

Took me a very long time to do all those lines ! It really makes a difference though .

I regret not using linen . This cotton gets very crumpled  .

I folded it over and hand stitched it into a little purse .

 I hemmed the top , in readiness for inserting a simple drawstring  . 

I have to put it aside for a while as I need to buy some drawstring cord or tape . Also I may add some tassels along the bottom of the purse ....but , I  haven't decided yet  .

So then , on to the next little project .......

My Little Early Medieval Embroidery Bag 🕊️🌿

 I embroidered a little more of this . I hand stitched it into a useful little needlework bag  .

                                          I think it is just about done . 

 I may just embroider an initial or some small thing in the space where my scissors are in this picture .

 I do have something in mind , so I will be coming back to this again soon .

              I could also add something , maybe , to each end of the toggle .

           It is perfect for just the few essentials I need when doing my embroidery .

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Robin and Me - Gool Peran Lowen !

                   Gool Peran Lowen !  Happy St Piran's Feast Day ! 

Robin and me

 A combination of it being a very busy time of getting my vegetable garden going again and also of not being well for a while . 

I was carrying my needlework basket around with me everywhere we went , but just had no time at all to squeeze in any stitching .

I have had a couple of birds that have become quite tame and who would fly in for seeds and nuts . The Jackdaw who strangely visited every morning at around ten o'clock  , the blackbirds who come to me for grapes and a couple of Robins who love biscuit crumbs or suet pellets .

The Robins are very familiar with me ,always watching as I turn the earth in my garden , and hopping about my feet .

During the recent  coldest weather , one of the Robins has been coming to my hands for crumbs . 

My heart almost stops as he flies in to me . He is the sweetest little soul in the garden . With the sweetest song 🎶🎵🎶🎶💚🌿

I did a little scribbly pencil sketch of him and later on I thought I might embroider it . 

 I'm still not sure whether to use crewel wool , cotton or silk . . . or even to just leave it as it is . 

I made a little start . . . but . . . 

I'm still thinking about it . 

         💐☀️🕊️     Happy Spring to everyone . . 

                    or maybe it is Happy Autumn for some down under 🍁❄️🍂🌙

             Whatever it is for you , be inspired !  

Of Sea Monsters , Ships and Mermaids ⚓

 

As tempting as it is for me to start filling this in .  I think I am going to hold back for now on that . I  think that just this simple outline will work for what I am doing .

This is for a family history project that I'm working on .

I need time to stand back and think about it . The other fish in my last project just wasn't right .

I think this one is more appropriate  . 

I think my husband's Great Grandfather would like this one .

Looking forward to doing something a bit different now for a while  . 

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Of Sea Monsters , Ships and Mermaids

 

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Of Sea Monsters , Ships and Mermaids

 

                                  Oh ! These dark and dreary , stormy winter days ! 

....and the last few days here in the U.K. have been particularly stormy and cold .

 I have Sweet Peppers and Passion flower seeds germinating on my bedroom windowsill  and in the surrounding fields of Cornwall the daffodils are beginning to bloom . Spring will soon be here , the flowers know !

While the wind is rattling the roof tiles , rain lashing against the windows .... 

I am snuggled up on my bed with two hot-water bottles , a bundle of wool and another fishy project on the go . 

It is another piece for a family history project I'm working on . This fish is from an antique sea-faring map . It is slightly different to the last one I was working on , which turned out lovely , but too much like a koi carp .

 Hopefully the colours I've chosen this time will be more suitable . 

I may not fill it all in this time . Maybe just do the outline . 

I'll just go with the flow and see what happens . 

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🦈 My embroidery fish - update ⚓

🌿 Just quietly stitching 🐬🌿

I am taking a little break , due to getting a teeny tiny thorn in my finger . It is not serious .....just a flipping nuisance !

 Hoping to be back to doing my embroidery again very soon  .

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🌿🤍Framing up my Embroideries 🕊️🌿

 

Up early to do some work in the garden while it was nice and cool. 

By lunch time it was way too hot for me .So after lunch  I spent a couple of hours in the summer house framing up a couple of my embroideries .

I thought you might be interested to see how I am doing it .

 After I have done this , I will stich a piece of cotton fabric to cover the back .

                 🤍  Here's my little Seraphim  🤍

                     Silk threads on Ecclesiastical brocade .  

And crewel wool on linen ,  the Anglo-Saxon Trumpington Cross  .

Been busy in my vegetable garden . It has been so hot here on the Lizard . My hands rough from pulling weeds .

I won't be doing any embroidery with silk for a while . Need to do some serious hand pampering first .

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