Carrot tops

A bit of dyeing, left to right, carrot tops with copper, as they come and with washing soda. Woollen yarn pre washed, no other treatment. The carrots are from the garden and very carroty tasting.
I have also dyed with avocado stones, still more brown than pink, waiting to be washed.

Transformation: Earth Matters

A detail from my nearly finished weaving for an exhibition next year with the above title. The weft is woven with plastic from the beach and plastic from the home, title 'Plastic Sea'.

My favourite Season

Autumn colour

Harvest

Rose hips

Squash in the hedge

Marigolds

Autumn is my favourite season, mellow and bright. Still warm at the moment, still a lot of colour in the garden. We have began harvesting squash, a good year for all our vegetables, I have frozen pounds of beans, and during the year have also harvested potatoes, onions, garlic and salad crops. We are still harvesting carrots, beetroots. winter salad leaves mooli and have just began to dig the parsnips.

Rowan berries

Cosmos

Late ripening

Still having trouble with my wrist so sadly no hand sewing and slow weaving happening. I am having an injection on Tuesday which will hopefully keep me going until I can have an operation. At the moment I am still waiting to go on a waiting list despite having been diagnosed with carpel tunnel syndrome six months ago. Unfortunately that is our modern NHS or at least in this area.

Sunset

 A recent sunset, just caught the moment, gone a few minutes later.

Quilt and Textile show

We would like to thank everybody who visited our stand. We had a fantastic time talking to such interested and interesting people,  so many lovely compliments about our space. Hope to see you all again next year.

Our stand

 Some photos of our stand at the West Country Quilt and Textile Show mostly my work, the two indigo and rust pieces are by Liz Hewitt. For some reason a lot of the photos I took didn't work. The show is open until Sunday at 4.30pm. For details check the website http://westcountryquiltshow.co.uk
We have had loads of positive comments and its been tiring but fun.Will try and post more pictures tomorrow.

Phew, nearly there

 This is the final large piece that I have completed for our stand at the The South West Quilt and Textile Show, stand G56
http://westcountryquiltshow.co.uk
I have been very busy completing work hence no blogging. This will be wall hung at the show.



















 This is of a small piece that is waiting to be framed.

Small piece, limpet shell. weaving, rust dyeing

I will take some photos while I am at the show which opens on Friday 1st September.