the gathering wall - stage two

 ...the stitching journey of the canvases keeps being added to....I am loving the spare hours and a day or two that I devote to working on only these - my escapism of sorts - they are my labour of love for a couple of months-  a project that has no deadline is rather refreshing.  Not too sure I will want to sell them once completed they are just a joy to look at each day.  My patchwork wall.

the gathering wall

...before I make, I gather. 

Filling the walls with panels and fabrics and cut flowers...

how can you not feel cheery when your workplace looks so chirpy.

I'll record how it changes over the days.

I wonder what the end results will be....

for me, that is the exciting part,

not quite sure where the garden path with take me.

the research path to fourteen - page one

 

...the theatre of the seasons...

I don’t know what it is about this time of the year but it brings a wonderful wave of contentment.  I adore closing the curtains and switching on the lamps when evening is really only tea-time and I get a little confused by the time that the clocks display.  The blankets over the chairs have the most amazing ‘to sleep’ effect on me whenever I unwrap them and snuggle down .  Hot water bottles at bedtime.  I am not a fan of milky drinks but come November and I crave retiring for the evening with just that.

At the time of year when you are wanting to get cosy I love nothing more than a brisk crisp walk in the cold, wrapped up in layers.  The gathering of seed heads, brittle bare branches, grasses and berries.  There is something so therapeutic about enjoying this green and auburn land, we are so very lucky to experience the theatre of the seasons changing. 

This is a perfect time for me to define my next working year.  I throw myself into the indulgent path of research, construct lists and allow the ideas to entertain my giddiness.  I dust off my book that is filled with notations and sketches and cuttings.  Notes that have been made at many a time through out the year when I have wished for a spare hour or day to go off track from the working diary and escape into a little experimental bubble.  So the next couple of months I will be pottering in a productive manner which will also allow more time for me to stop by and document my little journey into 2014 and share with you some of my indulgent makings.

Enjoy the approaching warmth and cold of Winter.

...all images credited here...