Felted Flower and Scottish Thistle Hanging

The weekend has been quiet for me and Ive not ventured out at all not even to church and today only as far as the nurse again :~(
I even had to miss college too ~ now that is certainly not good.

Anyway less of that ~ I managed to get to my studio and finish one of my flower corsage/brooches, I love the colour of this one and would love to keep it but its going in my etsy ~ I have to try and raise some money for us to rent a car whilst in Australia ~ Jim and I will be there for a month and we'll need one big enough to take Jim and me, Rach and Lu and of course Stevie and Scarlett, so that means a people carrier sort of thing!!! You know the sort Im sure.
Only 220 days untill take off....................................................



I'm also working on some "stitched sketches" with the lovely Scotland as my inspiration. I am surrounded here in Kinross with beautiful countryside and of course the loch ~ here is the first one based on the thistle ~ I love the colours in this piece and have made it using wool tops; which I wet felted, hand dyed fabric, recyled silk sari, hand dyed threads and ribbon and recycled Scottish slate. The threads used were beautiful silk noil and spun silk and Maderia Machine Embroidery threads ~ my favourites:) This too is going in my etsy shop.


After work tonight Jim made me some brilliant slate buttons which I'll photograph tomorrow. They are awesome but actually broke three of his drill bits, oooops.




Does anyone remember the music of the 70's, I still love the music from back then ~ and have made cd's for the car and my sis bought me the Jackie cd which has all the music from my teens, anyway I've just been listening to VH1 classic on the tv ~ T Rex, Diana Ross and the Jackson 5 have just brought back a heap of memories, when you hear them doesnt it take you back to being young ~ like it was yesterday .............................

The words of the Diana Ross song from 1976 I used to know off by heart I was 16 and madly in love I wonder what would have happened then if I knew what was instore for me??????

Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you?
Where are you going to?
Do you know?
Do you get what you're hoping for?
When you look behind you there's no open door
What are you hoping for?
Do you know?

Once we were standing still in time
Chasing the fantasies that filled our minds
You knew how I loved you, but my spirit was free
Laughing at the questions that
you once asked of me

Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you?
Where are you going to?
Do you know?

Now looking back at all we've had
We let so many dreams just slip through our hands
Why must we wait so long before we see
How sad the answers to those questions can be?

Do you know where you're going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you?
Where are you going to?
Do you know?
Do you get what you're hoping for?
When you look behind you there's no open door
What are you hoping for?
Do you know?

I certainly didnt know where I was going to, does anyone really? but what is amazing and wonderful just now is my gorgeous girls are 17 just a year older than I was back then and they do know where theyre going to, they have it all mapped out ~Australia, Uni, work etc. they are amazing and Stevie so are you if you read this!!! Cant miss you out :)

Heck!!! just got a little bit nostalgic there, still smiling though ~ heres to the 70's, those big eyes, long hair, bell bottoms, love and the wonderful summer of 1976!

That all for now, Judy x