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Phew!

I am so happy!!!

My little girl is now a Mrs! 
She makes me very proud of the way she has conducted her life so far.  An honest, hardworking, empathetic smasher of a daughter!

She lives in Australia now with her new husband and they had decided to get married here in Liverpool, UK!  So not only have we all had to cope with the 'stress' (if that's the right description?) of arranging a wedding but poor daughter and husband had to do it long distance!
Any hoo after 8 months the wedding went off beautifully! 

I had to walk her down the aisle as her own dad died 17yrs ago...I cannot remember being that shaky nervous EVER!
 
They look lovely together!
 
 
Arrhh well back to 'normal' life and plans to get myself over to the land of Oz for a hol!
 
 
 
I had a good week selling my wares last week...(well won't pay the bills yet!!)...most important sales were the fabric I make and the dyed fabric I sell.
 
Funny I miss looking at my sea view fabric!
 
 
Oh well I must move on!  Let me show you what am working on now....Choc-lime....
 
lime silk/satin iron onto muslin.  Fixed with wavy lines of machine stitching giving waves and folds of fabric.

 
Then lace, brown lining fabric sewn on and in between the waves and folds.



 
Here I felt the lime was a bit too brash (!) so before more machine stitching I put some dark green lining fabric on too.
 
 
Loads more machine sewing down.  Then hand stitching on shapes and attaching leather.


So here I am stuck and waiting!

 
I love what going on.  I love the textures of the fabrics against each other....but there needs to be something else....I'm playing with snippets of fabric...knobbly large stitches (French knots with fabric)...or couching of lace tubes....and which colour...there's hints of pink too....dunno...it's hanging on a wall so when I go past it I can consider it in different lights and views!!!
 
I'm thinking the fabric will make fab cushion covers....WHEN it's finished....
 
Thanks for reading!


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Lesnes said…
Congratulations on what was obviously a lovely wedding. Your blue/green fabric now has a loving home - make sure you print out photos of your work - don't be like me who leaves them as jpeg's on computer.

Your new piece of work reminds me of our woodland in winter....
1 October 2014 at 11:39
Miss D @ Fibre Dreams said…
Yes I can see a woodland too...arrhh some clarity very helpful...thank you.
Yes it was a lovely wedding, she's my only child, so very special and I'm grateful.
1 October 2014 at 12:27
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