Monday 31 October 2016

Every Inchie Monday - Coastline

This week's challenge word at Every Inchie Monday is Coastline.  I used to live on the south coast as a child and coming into Dover on a boat from France it was always a joy seeing the white cliffs - so that's what I chose to portray.  Memories always  help with these challenges and it makes it very enjoyable.
 
There does deem to be a bit of a nautical theme going here - my last four inchies have included the sea! will have to try land for the next one!  Thanks for dropping by and any comments you leave - it's always fun reading what you think - thank you.

Monday 24 October 2016

Every Inchie Monday - Pirate

I loved doing this one.  When I saw this week's Every Inchie Monday challenge word "Pirate" - I immediately thought of Captain Hook in Peter Pan - he's such a great character so I wanted to do a hook against a sea background but unfortunately when I had completed it - (not using a fishing hook as first intended, I had to bend a gold pipe cleaner but then was informed Captain Hook's hook is silver so I had to embroider it!!) well it looked empty - the hook alone just didn't do it - so I was wondering what else to put in my inch to make it look like Captain Hook when I saw one of DeeDee's feathers on the floor!  (DeeDee is my white umbrella cockatoo)  So I thought - "hat and a plume" - so that's what the red bit at the side is supposed to be - the brim of the hat with the feather or plume coming off and the black ringlets at the side of his face!!!  I hope now I've explained it you can see what it's supposed to be!!  I had to do bullion stitches to get the ringlets - not easy I can tell you!! especially at the edge of the inchie!  So here is Captain Hook:

 
And here is DeeDee!
 
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Monday 17 October 2016

Every Inchie Monday - Dinosaur, Direction and Horizon

This has been such a task for me trying to get these inchies done for Every Inchie Monday and yet when I do finish them I feel so good!!  And that's why I persevere even though I don't have time for them!  Here again are three inchies.  My missed one for Dinosaur which I had started on the Monday and each time I tried to finish it something came up! So then I was trying to do two for the following week and I actually had in mind to have a sign post for "Direction" on a beach with the sea behind - I was all ready to put the sign in place when I realised that this week is Horizon and the scene with the sea as the horizon was ideal, so then I had to make another background for my signpost and I chose the sand dunes!!  So I finished them all yesterday afternoon after having been out for lunch with the family so I was nice and relaxed and was able to sit in the bay window with lovely light to sew by and not having a kitchen to clear up and washing up to do or anything!!   And so here they are.


Horizon
 
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