Monday 29 September 2008

Jolly Red teapots tapestry

Here is a tapestry I did in 2002, it was in kit form from Jolly Red in Somerset, I like this as the canvas is completely covered with stitches, it was framed by my Dad

Friday 26 September 2008

Orchids

This orchid was given to me two years ago by my parents-in-law.

There were 14 flowers the first year, last year 7 on one spike (I broke the other spike when we moved) and this year it looks like it will have 27 flowers in total.

I'm really pleased with it, orchids seem to be easy to look after, I water this once a week in summer and once every two weeks in winter, I use a few drops of orchid food now and then.

The flowers are each 9 cm (about 3 1/2 inches) across

David on a penny farthing

We went to our local bike shop to reserve two bikes for our cycle holiday customers, and David came out riding this. Our customers will get normal dutch bikes!

Wednesday 24 September 2008

45th Wedding Anniversary card

I made this card for my parents-in-law. I couldn't find a 45th wedding anniversary card in Assen so decided to make one myself.

The card is made from a piece of cross stitch tapestry sewn on to a pre-folded card.
I planned it on graph paper, cut the plastic canvas to size, and started sewing, it took about 3 hours in total. I attached it with the white yarn in 5 places.