getting ready for the season

Just a quick one today - my DH & I went to the local hotel for a free buffet lunch given as a thank you/encouragement to B&B & self catering people who send their guests down to eat there. It made us realise that altho Easter is at the end of the month the season starts this weekend coming. It's not a surprise but there's a LOT to do before then to make the studio into a presentable 'gallery' space.

I couldn't really concentrate on a finished piece this week but as I was pruning my Silver Birch I decided to draw it & make a collage using it. I stitched over the actual drawing but luckily I'd got a photocopy of it with the idea of doing some image transfer - I want to repeat the image up the side of a hanging with a large version of the drawing in the middle.....

Above is the sample using the drawing - I stiched with burgundy & gold on gold organza on top of the drawing.

The drawing, another thermofax screen idea?

The start of the collage, a way to go yet ;)

Helped along the way by one of our cats - thought it was about time I joined in with the cat pics! This is Sconser, named after a place up the road here, from a rescue place 16 years ago, my youngest was 6m old! She's laying right over the bits & pieces of fabric for the sample & some cuffs I'm trying to get finished & into the studio.

Once I've got my  work up onto the walls ready, I might have a clear enough head to make some more. Meanwhile I'm enjoying thinking about it!

I was weeding with a Skylark,  & bumble bees in the willow, delightful.