Forestwalk Laura ......Art and other odd bits.....

Just a quick post showing some goodies that arrived in my mail.........
If you haven't already visit Forestwalk Laura in her amazing Florida home .......her fantastic photos of woodland flora and fauna .......today she has wonderful pics of Barred Owls and her art work is quite beautiful and reflects her love and respect for the natural world.....Laura is a warm caring person who I'm sure would love you to visit.....
Also visit Lisa who makes the most amazing digital art ATCs and her wonderful paintings of flowers .....Lisa and I have virtual friends for quite some time now .....she is the most brilliant supportive person who shares the love of all animals with me ....especially my dog Gracie......who Lisa calls Gracie Marie........
here is a funny video of my other little dog Stitch ....he is drying himself after coming back from the river (unfortunately i am still not well enough to walk with them yet )

A stitch in time ......saves insanity...........

See I am resting on my lounger........but I've been itchin'to be stitchin'......


The process.......







Finished ............


I have been able to do my first bit of hand sewing since my disc problem started 5 weeks .........I maybe on the mend .....I am a VERY happy bunny.........don't worry I won't overdo it .....but I just had to pick up a needle and thread.......x

Stop me if you want to buy one.....

Woven .........



handmade paper pulp machine stitched........


Printed and machine stitched with bead embellishments........




Some painting on fabric......I think I am going to do some more painting I haven't done any for ages and getting this work out has made me realise that I do enjoy painting.....





a piece of handmade felt .....I have some other pieces I need to do some more I love making felt.....

Chopped up fibres ........these are chopped up fabrics and fibres free machined then hand stitched ...in fact this first piece was the very first one I EVER made in 1992 .....a historic piece !!...




Fun with plastics .....I love working with plastics these are mostly free machine embroidery....I encase threads and bits in between layers of plastics then melt them together and stitch on top ....








fabric collage based on dia de los Muertos ......lino cut centrepiece and bits and bobs......



My back is slightly better today ...Yay ....so i am up and about for a little while.... I decided to take some photos of some work that I don't think I've posted about before but i may be wrong .....there's are allsorts of work..... some melted plastic work....handmade stitched paper.....painted......machine stitched....collaged .....dyed vintage lace ......printed......handmade felt....woven.....i think that covers everything .....I will be selling a lot of this work either on Etsy or if there is something you like email me artymess(at)yahoo(dot)com .....hope you enjoy looking as much as I enjoyed making these .......I just feel they need to go on their own journey now as they have been cooped up for far too long .........they need some wings to fly ...xx

Weaving a tangled web......

Not really just some hand weaving I did a while ago on a hand loom with embellishments....still no stitching going on here but I do think I am turning a corner as far as my back problems ..........but it does mean that i am just lying flat and watching films after films after films ...still LoveFilm do have 413 world cinema films I can watch online .......OK only 309 to go ............xx