HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
2006


I spent most of New Years Eve working on my samples for my C&G course. Looked to see if I could work with twigs with teh leaves still on ...

Looks OK but the leaves are not going to stay for long. Will think about creating leaves with machine embroidery then wire them to the twigs..

Did try some ideas with having lights in the center too. Have added two pictures for you to see what I mean. Used a candle as a temporary measure - but will think round using a bulb so that it is not a fire risk. Perhaps will see if there are any small sets of Xmas lights which could be used !

Had a lovely surprise, a plant -Gardenia- arrived from my parents to thank us for helping with the PC & at least getting some of it sorted out =)

DH and I stayed up last night. Thought about going out, but changed our minds. In the end I sat watching back to back re-runs of Fraisier while stitching the second Rainbow square for the Embroiderers Guild. Working a couched wave over the fabric, it came out OK - picture below... I think the first piece (see old note) was better ! Did enjoy sorting out different textures of threads to use !