Update on heart stitchings

I'm trying to finish my heart pieces before Jude's next whispering class begins.
                                               
                                                          BEATING HEARTS

this just needs a backing. it was fun to stitch but it's a bit eery to me.

close-up

still working on red and white heart piece. couldn't get the deep red color with the camera.

                                               

A little bit of garden, stitch and shibori

I'm working on several things at once as usual. Some pieces are just waiting around for some more inspiration. Glennis posted the last shibori lesson but i have just done a little bit of experimenting with that. The garden is taking some of my time these days. It's been weeks since we've had any rain so I'm having to water the potted plants every evening and the yard twice a week as we are on a restricted watering schedule.

looks like this bird is in need of some straw for his nest

some 'beating hearts'. a cotton sandwich with silk shibori in between

just playing around with some ideas

not very successful shibori on cotton dyed with beet juice and liquid from seed pods soaked in water

A Little Bit of This and That...

I'm still playing with hearts along with all my fellow heart whisperers led by Jude. And Shibori class with Glennis is still in progress so there's a lot there to experiment with. I've been all over the place the past couple of days going from one project to another as you can see.

follow your heart

shibori hearts on shibori cotton dyed with onion skins

an attempt at a shibori tree on batting with onion skins

arashi shibori on tea bags