Spots and stripes.

 Last week I found a scrap of tape with spots on that I love and have used every inch of in the past and not seen again in the shops. So I made a card with a guinea fowl feather with a spotty theme. This week, lo and behold I found some striped red legged partridge feathers so am in the process of making a companion card.

 Also working on the field map piece slowly. Herringbone stitch is hedge, long running stitch -road.

Feathers for Nature in Art.

My postcard for a fundraising exhibition for Nature in Art, Twigworth near Gloucester. It is a marvelous museum with a wonderful collection of paintings, sculpture, contemporary exhibitions all on the theme of Nature. They are hoping for over 300 A5 postcards to be exhibited April 24th- June 3rd. You buy a ticket for £30 and wait to see which card you have won. My feathers are pheasant, peacock and goldfinch. Please support the museum, if you have never been there it is well worth a visit - good cafe and they have artists in residence working there.

Birds exhibition at The Guild at 51, Cheltenham.

 Collecting up all my work for the Birds exhibition at Cheltenham and delivering today.

 2 concertina books and their travelling bags, this is the feather book.

 The Spring swallow

 and Winter Birds- straight from the framers.

Falling feathers hanging. There are cards and 3 unframed pieces on feathers too. The show within the gallery runs from July 25th-10th Sept. And Hello to some recent new followers, thanks for looking in.

Jay feather.

A grey day, with a little patch of light. A gift. ( 20cms x 11cms)
This tiny feather from a jay was a gift. I started working on it before and during the exhibition. All hand stitched and begun by putting coloured fabrics together in a small strip - inspired by Jude Hill at Spirit Cloth. Finished now and I will be away for a week. Going to the seaside. Now where are those binoculars........