First of all I want to welcome my new followers, Anna,
Gaby, Amy, Daisy Jones and Lindevrouw.
Here, the trees are starting to turn into glorious
colours, as the days get colder. I took
this photo on my walk this morning – wonderful!
I can’t wait for the reds to appear.
With such colour around me I can not but help create
crochet and art in these tones.
I have been making a cushion cover out of the variegated wool that I used for the Mandalas last week. I was thinking of having a pretty flowery
cotton backing with a frill.
While I was doing the edging last night, I realised I had a wonderful use for a
mandala. Do you remember the circular
cushions that used to have tapestry or embroidered centres. The material was gathered at the edge of the
embroidery. I have no idea how to make
one, is the material cut into a large circle and gathered? Will have to research it.
Anyways, this morning – murky damp day – I got stuck in
and crocheted this simple mandala in grannie stitch, I think it will look nice
with some flowery cotton. Actually I
might undo the shell edging and crochet a few more rounds, but will wait till I find the right material.
Oh I nearly forgot, early in the week I did this pink
mandala for a friend’s daughter who is crazy about pink and purple, what little
girl isn't! This is for you Samantha.
Autumn
inspiration!
I love lace and I love playing around with photos in Photoshop. So this afternoon I have been playing with the autumn photos and two
vintage Victorian ladies I have downloaded from http://thegraphicsfairy.com/
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Have a great weekend and week.
Linking my crochet to Chrissies Mand-a-Long
Lovely mandalas, I'm sure Samantha will love her girly pink and purple one :)
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Thank you, She loved it and wants another just purple!
DeleteBeautiful mandalas and pictures !
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Anna
Thank you, I haven't forgotten will post it next week.
DeleteLove the mandalas - especially the purple and pink! Fabulous!
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DeleteYour mandala's are lovely!!! I hope that you can work out how you want to make your cushion. xx
ReplyDeleteThank you I have had a look on printerest and found a picture and I think I have it sussed out.
DeleteHello Zana, I'm loving your blog and so glad you popped into mine and found me, thank you! Your mandalas are gorgeous, and so are your cats and your 're-plays' of pics on Photoshot - very inspiring!
ReplyDeleteJust a suggestion - I had been thinking also that cushions would be a nice way to use the mandalas and have previously sewn an embroidered work onto the middle of a round linen cushion, and thus made a feature of it. Mandalas would work in the same way, I'm sure - why not give it a try? The fabric needn't be linen of course!
I've had a quick browse through a couple of your posts and love how you vary your subject matter with very interesting subjects, thank you! Joy x
Thank you for your suggestion. I actually found some white linen remnants in an op shop this week. Worth thinking about.
DeleteYour mandalas are beautiful
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Lovin' that variegated yarn! Looks like you have granny square fever too ;-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for your lovely comments about my spring mandalas. x
Amanda
The picture of your trees is stunning. We are just entering spring here after a LOOOONG! winter. Your mandalas are both so pretty. I love all the color in the first one. Very happy!!
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