Long time no blog.....

... sorry about not blogging for a while..... I have a very good excuse....... my son reorganised my computer for me, and it works so much better now, but I couldn't find where my photos were being put and now after an hour or so on S k y p e - I know where they are..... so here we go....  quite a back log I'm afraid, but will take it one day at a time...

We went on a Gillian Travis course which was held at Rydal Hall in the Lake district - Rydal in fact.

We were sent out to photograph anything and everything, because the weather was lovely when we arrived on 5 November.  This is the photo I decided to use and Gillian said I should crop it and use only a part of it.

So here is the cropped bit, which I traced from the photograph and stitched on my fabric.

I then painted it with intense blocks (thanks T+J - a very useful gift!!)

and a bit more paint...

and more paint

until I was happy with the result

I wrote a poem around the edge with the sewing machine. 

So that was the first day of the course.....