On a beach

So many colours and tones epitomise St. Ives

Last summer, on the hottest day of the year,

the colour of the water was almost surreal

a sea of jade and aquamarine

I was reminded of these colours when a lovely parcel arrived from Margaret at Libbertybelle. I was very lucky to win her giveaway prize of a textile pack which included some hand dyed fabric, chiffon, hand dyed scrims, threads, ribbons, beads and buttons in these beautiful toning shades of green. Thank you Margaret ♥

Margaret also sent me this very pretty hand stitched postcard
with vintage lace, french knots, seed stitches and buttons

Margaret has family connections to St. Ives
so I wanted to stitch her a heart with St. Ives colours
using some of the bits and bobs that she sent me
and this is what I came up with for her

on a beach

each heart I stitch turns out a little differently
each one evolving on it's own with a tale to tell

"on a beach" is about beachcombing and gathering
things washed up on the St. Ives harbour beach

I used chiffons which I frayed a little to make them shimmery,
beads, knots and a limpet shell from the harbour beach

beach layers of sea, shore and shimmery sand

The fabric at the bottom is a piece of hand dyed cotton from Margaret's stash and I stitched on a piece of green seawashed plastic which I found washed up on the harbour beach

on a beach

I also made a small card from one of my photos of St. Ives
with texture from dommend (flickr)

This week has been a very busy one for me

Giveaway - I will be posting a catch up on Love Stitching Red later today with details of a giveaway. I am offering one of my textured hearts for Valentine's Day ... so please pop over there later if you would like to win one of my textile art hearts

The Brooklyn Sketchbook Project 2011 - I have now posted lots of photos of my sketchbook for anyone that is interested in seeing them ... they can be viewed here:

Below the Surface

I'm so glad it's the weekend. I'm looking forward to going into town for a few supplies and then catching up with as many blogs as I can possibly get round this weekend. I love you all ♥

Thank you for all your lovely comments ♥

Hope you have a good weekend too ... doing something that makes you happy!

Carolyn ♥