My Last Post for a Little While...

Just want to wish all my blogging friends a wonderful joy-filled Christmas and a great New Year. We are "on holidays" now and leave tomorrow for Perth. I'm driving back on the 2nd of January so I will be back blogging that night probably!! (I'll have withdrawal symptoms by then I expect.)

Yesterday's mail brought this gorgeous card and stunning silk postcard from Sue Smith - just beautiful Sue! I probably shouldn't have scanned the card with some rust fabric behind it(!) and the silk was so reflective the scan is hopeless but believe me when I tell you it really is a beautiful brown silk and not a rainbow pattern!!

Last night, when I should have been packing and/or wrapping presents, I got this overwhelming urge to have a play with a background for an autumn themed art quilt I need to have finished by the end of January. I don't know whether I will actually use this piece for it but I was really happy playing around with the technique!

(The left side is just the tissue paper in its original but crumpled state
and is there just for comparison in the scan)

The result is quite leathery looking. It is a variation on a technique I have blogged about before which I learnt from the wonderful Dale Rollerson - it is based on tissue paper and cotton quilt batting. It is very soft and pliable and will be great to machine or hand sew onto. At this point I am imagining adding some applique, hand stitching/quilting and some beading.

So now I am off to pack and wrap and clean and generally get myself ready for 10 days away from home. As much as I love holidays I miss my home when I am away, especially all my art, craft and sewing supplies! As this holiday involves some relaxing I need to pack some things I can work on, but of course I can't make up mind what to take and will probably do what I usually do and take nothing other than reading material!