What a beautiful week!

We've had sunshine with showers, I got laundry dry in between them ;) sunshine with hail, with stunning rainbows & sunshine in a cloud free sky. No more swallows to be seen, it's still Baltic! Where do they go while they wait?

Spent some more time in the garden which is why I didn't get as far as I'd hoped with my collage

I was inspired to do a couple of these to replace the last 2 similar ones (scroll a 3rd of the way down) which have gone off to the Elgol Shop along with a small card order. Elgol is at the beautiful end of another peninsula on Skye. I'll add some beads & possibly some hand stitching after work tomorrow. Strips of recycled fabric, velvet heart & a tiny piece of matching  painted paper. I wish I'd printed that fabric, too. (I miss that dress!)

While looking for the golden orange velvet for the heart above I came aross a piece of velvet about 2' square covered in beautiful flowers & I thought perfect. So I stitched round the petals, cut it out & applied it to the 2nd background of strips. I'll add a bit more to the bottom along with some beads. They're only about 4" x 7" but I like the approachable size.

I've had a better week in the studio, nice when customers appreciate your work enough to take it away with them. I also sold a little purse so got as far as making some fabric along the above collage lines while I was about it.

Hopefully I'll be able to make a button out of the trimmed bits & maybe a brooch & an earing out of the corners when I  cut them off;) Hope you're all well, I haven't managed to get around as much as I'd hoped ....but I will be back!