Here Comes The Sun

  I don’t enjoy stitching with soie ovale but it makes wonderful fluffy flowers. And I do love making stems and swags.   I have been playing with and loving silk Cartisane Gimp.   The Sun […]

The Last Fable Panel

  The last fable on the “Fables To Go” casket is The Owl and The Grasshopper.   This fable will be on one of the side slopes. I need to finish stitching the border edge. […]

Golden Rule Retreat Day 35

Claire and William Here are four versions of Claire and William. Starting on the left are the original two figures made for the Red House. Next come the most current figures working hard to get […]

Golden Rule Retreat Day 34

‘Belling the Cat’ is complete! I finished the last two mice today. And I stitched spangles on each of the bells. Tomorrow I plan to mount it on paper and maybe even apply it to […]

Golden Rule Retreat Day 32

I am back to work on casket #3, Fables To Go. This is the front sloped panel and the fable is Belling the Cat. The cat had purple eyes but they were too wrong. I […]

Golden Rule Retreat Day 29

My SAL is finished!   I finished the border with the same dark blue as the sky. I knew I wouldn’t have enough to finish the border and I knew I wasn’t about to run […]

Golden Rule Retreat Day 28

Early versions of Once and Time   Some of my earliest attempts at stumpwork. This is the interior of the clock tower where Once and Time live. It looks out over The Village.    An […]