Be love - another page for my little cloth book

                         Saturday stitching - So next I chose " Be love "

 I embroidered over the words with green thread and then wondered for a long time , about what I should do next .
        I felt that I should  keep this very simple and uncluttered .

I lightly sketched on a dove carrying an olive branch , a symbol of peace and love everywhere .

 I used my own design , that I had embroidered before on this felt heart .

I used DMC Pearl cotton thread no 8 to stitch the  outline and then DMC cotton embroidery thread to fill in with satin stitch . I used all six threads , as it pulls off the skein , to make it nice and chunky and to stand out against the cream linen .

I had an relaxing afternoon sitting in the garden in the warm sunshine , slowly stitching my dove .
 Other people on the Facebook group have finished their little books, some are saying they have done three already ! I look at the photos they are sending in and they are so lovely ! I just don't know how they can do them so fast !
  I just couldn't get going on mine , I thought about it and thought about it and had a few false starts , which I felt were rubbish , it was as if I was hitting a brick wall .
  I was reassured that there was no deadline and the idea is to just enjoy the process of stitching from the heart and turn it into a little treasure book for yourself .
 I am going to embroider my  little cloth book and hopefully find some little treasured scraps , beads and buttons to add later on .

                  Anyway , I am loving making my little cloth book now .

                                    I might finish this page  tomorrow .

                                          Love and Peace to you !

Happy to be me :)

Ha ha ha ! Belly Dancing me !

 Scribbled on with pencil and stitched with Perle cotton thread and DMC cotton threads . Mostly back stitch , stem stitch , satin stitch , a few Colonial knots for my ear-rings and flower centres , some of my hair is couching stitch , Lazy daisy stitch flowers  and very raggedy Button-hole stitch around the edges of the page ... especially at the bottom to give the effect of long grass .

                                                I love to dance !

 A very simple and roughly stitched Button-hole stitch around the edge .

And for those who always want to look at the back ! I started and finished with a knot and tail on the back . 
 When I do my crewel work , especially more precious projects , then I usually start and end on the front .
  For my simple little cloth book , its free and easy who cares kind of stitching !

So now the first page that I did , does not look colourful enough !
   I think if I do a more colourful button stitch around the edge , it might help to make it work again .
    I,m making this up as I go along you see . I,m really loving these cheerful colours .
 I was deciding which page to do next  .....

                                             ....... this one maybe  ?

       At that very moment I looked up and saw these two hearts in the sky !
                                                 A sign maybe !

Briggs "Garden Lady " transfer no 12305

                                       She's in the frame and we're off !

After working the trellis , I thought I,d do the red climbing roses ...possibly the lovely softly fragrant Climbing Rosa Guinee I think ..I need more practice with that fiddly Bullion stitch !
 I decided to call her my Briggs Garden Lady...rather than No 12305 . Also ,I only have the very fragile transfer .There is no colour picture or instruction leaflet . So I,m making this up as I go along  .
 Hope you are enjoying your Bank Holiday and half term week .