The book has arrived

So my "Essentail Stitch Guides - Canvaswork" has arrived.

It doesn't have the range of stitches that the older books have but the colour photos are so much better.  There is an image of a sampler that has been worked for each stitch.  (I love how this is stitched in one colour.)

And although there isn't the number of different stitches there is plenty here.  The illustrations and instructions are clear.  And they include a line drawing and a picture of the stitched out sample.  Each one of these has a line of the pattern in another colour, great to show contrast.

And then there are illustrations of what you could do for inspiration.

I really like this book.  Well worth the wait.

WIPW

The quilt is finished,

and I made a bag to put it in.

I am ready to start the new knitting as I have finished my test square and I am still sampling tapestry stitches.

Now I have to think about the next quilt.

Easter is over, thank goodness.

Easter can bring beautiful or horrible weather.  I remember being stuck with three kids in a beach side apartment and it rained the whole time.  This year the weather was fantastic and we got the huge storm on the last night.  My family remembered that we live on the sea side and the teenagers decended, with their friends. 

(source: Redlands News.)

Noise, mess, sand, new friends they made jumping off the jetty and lots of noise.  They ate all the food I had on hand and then they were gone.  ( I had forgotten how teenagers eat!)

It was so quiet that a dugong swam into the beach.

School goes back today and peace has descended and I am left with hours of housework ahead of me. They said that they would be back next weekend as that is a 3 day break.  I need to have more food on hand this time.

Poetry

My project concerned with the Shakespear Sonnets has had me looking at the poetry of Ancient Greece.  This would appear to be one of the sources that he drew upon for inspiration.  There seem to be some similarities.  This in turn saw me searching the net for other references and here I found a video about rediscovering Ancient Greek Music.  We will never know if this is an exact replica but it interesting to ponder and the playing of the double pipes is inspired.  (Another rabbit hole has been discovered.)

 

 

WIPW

The canvas work book I ordered has still not arrived but my friend, Allana, gave me one of her books and I am adding stitches to my canvas.  I had no idea there were so many stitches in this genre.  At the moment I am concentrating on sampling stitches for texture.  Adding a couple of stitches each day.

I have some of the fabric for the next quilt up on my design board.  Still thinking about this one.

 

And the wool has arrived so it is swatching time.

And I having a terrible time trying to decide on a seam embellishment for the latest work bag I have sewn.

And I still have to put the binding on the last quilt.