New Look . . . but . . .

. . .  how do I get to the background mechanisms that let me do a new post, edit stuff etc??  IThere are no links to any of that on the blog page itself.  I got here by googling 'blogspot' and clicking on 'Blogger:  Create your free Blog', the main title of the top entry of the Google list.
 So that is a bit silly. 

Anyway, some intersting shapes -  a pond plant . . .

 

I can't resist leaves changing colour.

                            

And the squirrels had a good lunch here . . .

 

A collection of book covers . . .

 

. . .  paper, recycled / crumpled up brown, painted, printed on . . .

 

. . .oil pastel resist + wash over / crumpled, painted, printed with party popper, coffee cup (both ends), wine cork, foam square stuck on pencil end  . . . .

Stitched squares, cut up and restitched till small / painted, stamped on, ironed on to interfacing and machine stitched.

Free machining over scraps + sheer overlay.

Hand-stitched bits collaged and embellished.

Some careful running stitch patches / machined down scraps.

Nice lines of hand embroidery on strip patchwork /  painted paper collage machine stitched.

More fabric collage / brown paper + machine stitched lines in various threads.

Raw-edge pieced silk strips + satin stitch grid / running stitched hand-dye + buttons and suffolk puffs.

Pity the photos have come out with that blue tinge.

Upton Country Park visit . . .

. . . in the autumn.

 

The inner harbour looking a bit full, and the familiar railway bridge across the water.

 

Some amazing trees, with huge, twisting branches. 

 

Interesting leaf carpeting  . . .

. . . the big drop is starting.