Monday, March 26, 2018

Monday Finish and Finds!


This past week I was working on some small stitcheries offered by Theodore Cleave. She lists free stitcheries from time to time and I still have to make my garden ladies into a quilt.

This was one of those stitcheries and I reduced it, so I could make some small lavender pillows to put in my wool boxes, yes, I have quite a few of them. This was fun and quick to do and I did two different types. One is basic stitching and the other I colored. I think the coloring makes them fun. I use Faber Castell watercolor markers. They go on nicely, are steadfast and archival.

These would make nice gifts for friends too, especially filled with lavender. You can find this and other freebies on Theodore's Blog, by typing in free in the search box. This one is found on the second set of blog posts.


This weekend I was planning on starting my new paintings, but life got in the way, lol. Saturday Bill had to work, so we went to the beach in the morning which was perfect, since the tide was low. I got a nice stash of glass and a few stones, upper left pile in the photo. Then they cancelled, so we could have gone out again, but I was too tired. Sunday they cancelled again, so this time we went to the island for more beach combing. The problem was, there were scattered clouds, so one minute the sun was out, the next it was snowing. It was a bit tougher with the wind and snow, but with no one at the beach, we were able to find lots of old glass and stones. This time we dug into the piles of stones and found some nice ones hidden underneath. The piles on the lower, left and right, are from Sunday. The larger rocks are for painting on.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and hopefully Spring will be here to stay.


11 comments:

julieQ said...

You know I love those bits of glass...and I spy some heart rocks! Hurrah!

Kate said...

Debbie, I love what you did with Theodora Cleeve's designs - they are awesome!

Rugs and Pugs said...

What a haul of rocks and glass!
Fun stitcheries as always 😊

Sandi said...

I can't choose which of the two garden angels I love more, they both are wonderful.

Thanks for the link in going to check it out Tuesday.

Great rock and glass finds, have fun with them.

Julie Fukuda said...

Oh, I see some nice heart-shaped rocks too....

acorn hollow said...

nice finds and as always nice stitched pieces.
Cathy

Allie-oops Designs said...

Those little pillows are just darling! Her designs are in my someday pile, love them. I really like the one you colored in. You are getting quite the collection of rocks, I love what you do with them!

Karen said...

I have never heard of those water color markers. Are they easy to use? I might just need me some of them.

Fiona said...

your cushions are lovely - the different techniques show up well.... great pebble and glass hunting...
Hugz

theodora said...

The Pillows look amazing... thank you for doing my work so much more justice !!!
Barb xxx TheodoraCleave

Raymond Homestead said...

Never thought about using the watercolor markers. You're inspiring me to do some stitching!