Linen embroidered cuff...

Inspiration struck last night...

Don't you just love it when that happens, and you can actually claw together the time to act upon it???

This is what I concocted in between catching up on my Master Chef reruns for the week...

It's made from pure vintage linen, using linen thread for the stitching...

I'll be putting on Etsy in the next few days...

It was a very productive night, for both myself and those hard working chefs....

Fibre wearable art...

I think it is my Hellenic heritage that makes me want to obsessively stitch and embroider, and thrown into that mix is the requirement for those stitches to be a little haphazard and folk-y...

I guess I just don't trust perfect handmade things.

And my stuff is no exception...

This fibre cuff has a base material of pure wool...

The base is overlaid with pieces of vintage lace and sari material...

then overlaid again with pure new wool - all blanket stitched...

The lining is from a vintage sari...

And lastly - it has a hook and loop closure.

Piece worked coffee cosy...

You know how I love tea cosies...


Well, I'm experimenting with optimum shapes for a coffee cosy...


This is the first attempt, and although I will change the base pattern I am pretty happy with the result...


I have used my hand dyed doilies and vintage fabrics on a felted woolen ex-jumper, and backed it with a vintage blanket...


...et voila!

Pieced tea cosy...

While I have been procrastinating over my Flora paintings, I have not been idle!


No- it has been a very busy procrastination indeed...


Check it out...


It includes some of my hand dyed doilies, my mother's scarves and pullovers, and lined with a World War II blanket.

Prototype teacosy...

I've been playing around lately with piecing and applique...


I've recycled one of my daughter's angora cardigans, used some of my stash of hand dyed doileys and felted wool, and this is what I came up with...