Butterfly Nature

I don't know if you've noticed but I sometimes flit like a butterfly between my works in progress. I've had to leave this work for now because I need more supplies to complete it and haven't had time to get them yet.

I kind of like working on several pieces at a time though as it gives me a break to work on one instead of another for a while. It also allows me to be flexible; if I'm feeling tired or something, I can work on easier things like simple sewing or drawing, like this, my drawing of an ocelot:

If I'm feeling at my best, I can work on more complicated things like intricate sewing, painting or detailed work, this painting for example:

Then there's all the other stuff in between for when I'm feeling in between. 😄

If you remember, I carried out an experiment with rusting fabric last year (you can see my post by clicking HERE) I left it for a while to decide what to do with the fabric I'd coloured with the rust and now I've carried on with it. Here is the result of the rust dyeing:

I've added a rust heart to one of the fabric pieces using rusting powder:

And this is how I've sewn it so far (complete with pins holding some of it together 😊 )

I've printed a key onto fabric which will be involved in some way.

I'll show you the developments as they come.

I found this in my garden the other day:

I love the shape of it. It's only a little piece of faded plant but I find it really beautiful. Maybe it'll end up in a piece of work. 😉