Free motion stitching

We arrived home last night from a nice long weekend and a family gathering at the cottage on Prince Edward Island.

The old folks are a bit slow.

We hadn't thought it was going to be warm so although we had bathing suits on, Ollie didn't have his. It didn't seem to bother him.

 I had a clinic appointment this morning and then picked up a few groceries. I'm feeling pretty tired! After lunch, cup of tea in hand, I went into the studio to putter which often gets me going. Since black thread was still on my machine, i sat down to stitch a few sea shells onto deli paper.

These are meant to be added to my mixed media piece and painted and stitched over.

Before removing the black thread, I also finished stitching the left hand flower on this Gelli print that I started as a demo for my workshop.

I'm always thinking ahead; I knew there would be lots of Queen Anne's lace growing in the ditches by the cottage so I packed an old phone book. 

I like to press wildflowers late summer into fall for winter to be used in my printing sessions. Finally, I took off the black and threaded the machine with a variegated color that I picked up while away to match my collaged piece.  I had time to get started. This piece is made from various prints of wildflowers picked and pressed last year. I have phone books full.

I can't wait to finish so i can add some layers of hand work and other shear fabrics.