Calendar Girl Postcard from Carol McFee

In the Calendar Girl postcard exchange it was Carol McFee's turn to make me a postcard for the month of September but Carol has been extremely busy especially with the latest Fibre in-Form online workshops that she and Lynda are running and so my postcard was a little delayed. It has, however, arrived and it was well worth the wait. It has a lot more "zing" than shows in the scan! Just in case you don't remember the Calendar picture (Hundertwasser's Green Town) that was the inspiration for September, you can see it here.

My October Calendar Girl Postcard

This month's Calendar Girls inspiration was a bit tricky for me (see below for the Alphonse Mucha image we were using as inspiration) and I couldn't see past the circle element so I decided not to beat myself up about it and to just go with it! I've appliqued hand-dyed silk in orange and lime green to a piece of dyed muslin and then couched fibres and stitched and beaded until I was happy with the result! And yes the half circle is as wonky as it looks on screen as I really wanted it to look a bit free-form (although maybe not quite so...)

PS I've been away a lot with work, had family visiting and then had some computer issues, hence the blog hiatus! Plus I've been reading lots of escapist books...

A Purple Missus Stunner!

Today's mail bought this absolutely stunning Calendar Girl Postcard from Lynda Monk (Purple Missus). It was my month to receive Lynda's postcard in the Calendar Girl Exchange and I had seen it on the CG blog but in real life it is even better!! Read about the techniques and symbolism here - it is well worth it.

And this was the second day in a row I had received overseas mail that had been opened and inspected by Australian Customs! Both times there was, of course, no problem with the contents so the envelope was resealed, with an explanatory pamphlet included and then delivered, but I can honesty say in all the years I have received international mail this has probably only happened to me a dozen times, so two days in a row is particularly noticeable!!