Praying for Texas & Gulf Coast

So many treasured hearts in Texas & Gulf Coast area...

Praying that you are safe and that the rains subside quickly~

Echinacea~ coneflower applique

Sharing my progress!

I found the prettiest Valdani thread~

#12 pearl cotton

At first I was concerned that it would be too bold.

The colors decided they would play nice together!

I'm glad I chose a brighter, variegated, color for the flowers.

I think I will keep the greens low-key and muted.

I think it would make a beautiful fall jacket for a mouse, too~

Time will tell!

Hope your week is off to a great start, Friends!

Wool applique August Echinacea

August Echinacea is so beautiful~

As it begins to fade & mottle it starts to resemble my watercolor palette!

 I purchased a beautiful piece of wool from Kimberley Severns

https://www.etsy.com/shop/NampaFarmgirlCreates

to make my very first wool applique project.

When I saw the wool on-line I thought it would make a pretty hydrangea blossom.

The piece had some deeper tones when it arrived & I immediately thought

Purple coneflowers! 

Little friend waking up on the sunny side of the day~

They fill the gardens with beauty starting late June, early July~

Soon they will lose all of their petals and American Goldfinch 

will be perched on top of them snacking on seeds!

I will leave them through early frosts & the first few snowfalls.

Swallowtails have been busy this morning...

Too busy to hold still for their portraits~

Wishing you a beautiful day, Sweet Friends~

Thank you for stopping by!

Hope your Friday is off to a sunny start, Sweet Friends!

This project was great fun... my third wool hooking project~

I was humming, "Here we go loopty loo~ here we loopty li"

the whole time I was hooking this...

Do hope a new tune comes in for the next projects planned!

(giggle)

I always find a favorite part in my art pieces~

Favorite wash in one area of my watercolors paintings.

Favorite 'happy accident' in my thumbnail sketch/illustration...

(So often becoming the main design!)

Favorite color combination in a punch needle piece...

How flowers cascade in one of our gardens~

The pumpkin is my favorite part of this hooked piece.

It has new wool that I dyed with a friend.

It has wool gathered from my favorite craft thrift.

Wool from an old skirt...

Wool from my mother in law that was hers & her mothers hooking wool.

Wool from my mother in law that she had procured from 

an estate sale of an elderly woman who had hooked rugs~

Loop by loop woven together!

Just like us!

Hope you have a wonderful weekend, Friends!

Sunflower in the pumpkin patch hooked rug~

I often spend weekends trying to catch up on special orders~

A fever decided to grab on to me so I gathered some

wool worms and passed some time with a harvest project!

I love painting, drawing, photographing, stitching, sketching... pumpkin tendrils!

Painting with wool...

I had such a great time working on the pumpkin...

Choosing my palette & adding some plaids for texture!

One of my favorite color pairs~

Yellow and blue

Hope your Monday is filled with blue skies, Friends!