Into March

March came in with cold temperatures and sunshine.

My Christmas cactus seems a little confused about  the season

It's bursting into bud



















I've been doing a variety of stitching.
The blue ORTS bowl is complete with added bullions, beads, and tatted flowers.

a layered tatted flower beneath a bullioned edging, accented by two beads

the opposite side of the bowl has bullions and beads on the edging

a wee tatted flower on the inside of the bowl covers up the stitching for the outside flower

for those who asked, here's the inside story on the green bowl 

one piece of my gelli plate printed fabric is being titivated with a bit of variegated thread
hmmm, what happened to that bottom right curve? Ha! What curve, you ask? Yea, that one.
To frog, or not to frog.......that is the question...... : b  ...lol



The last few
 weeks have brought wonderful treasures in the mail:
 Createology sent me a magical bubble wand. I can hardly wait for warm temperatures and sunny days to test out my new wand. I bet it makes fabulous bubbles!

In the same envelope was this little fabric pocket, perfect for carrying a credit card, or two or three.......













From Diane came some dyeing thread.

This thread is not colourfast, so it can create interesting marks on fabric........I need to find some more play time.






Jillayne sent me some Season's thread to try. It's a lovely floss with a nice sheen to it. I wish local shops carried it...........I'm using it on the gelli fabric above......and I really like it!

I treated myself to some pretty thread by Lorraine. Aren't the colours wonderful?

Then, Mary Corbett had a giveaway, and I won a Blackwork e-course with Tanja Berlin!

I'm so excited to learn from Tanja. My class supplies arrived! I have some reading to do........ :-)












A little package arrived from StitchMAP with a couple goodies inside.

a pattern transfer sheet for monograms, and a kit for a needle box! What fun!





I am so blessed.







Progress continues on the Wedding Piece with a few additions........

a few grapes on the left side tucked amongst bullions and curlicues

beginnings of structure and leaves on the bottom right

curlicues on the bottom left await leaves and wee stitchings

the big picture




I'm getting there........

 a wee bit more stitching on  the gelli painted cloth.....you can see that wonky curve is still there.... :-!

layers on layers on small fabric pieces, gelli plate and stencil painted

 a large cloth in progress
I love playing with my gelli plate!




That's all for this week
Hope yours has been creative and full of fun!

Thanks for visiting.
Hugs from Suz