Sandy Snowden

Butterfly chain stitch and variations. Stitch on Paper This is done in two steps and so is good for 2 colours. Step one... Step two......

and then all of them are cut out... checking to see if that was enough to tell the story. I decided to add more houses in the refugee c...

So, just a glimpse of what happens to make these. lots of cutting out of lines and keeping houses in order so you have a better chance of ...

week 39 bead on fabric turned the corner

cow 90 You can hide your jammies in this one.

the next step... cutting out houses My back is playing up so, 15 minutes working then 15 minutes doing something else.Using the stop...

Some things I like this week... I like getting to the drawing stage for the new Ramshackle work. I sketch it straight onto the fabric. T...

I am finally getting a start on my new Ramshackle piece and finding new houses in the process! These houses are for the mountain area. T...

Half Chevron Stitch - 22 Stitch on paper As I have said before, these are samples...many of these stitches I have never done before. Thi...

week 38 - 2018 bead on fabric I tried photos from my phone this time. Not being careful about lighting, just getting a photo of the p...

Cow 89 Very small... from top of his head to bottom of her feet is about 5in. Awww!

It is still very windy out there. But, too cold to be leaving the back door open. So I wrapped a blanket round the WorryWort. And at last...

I have been making progress on the prep for my next Ramshackle piece. I like this very much. Why does it take so much effort to get started ...

Today I got the under layer cut (which will show through to the top when the houses are done.) And the wadding cut for each section. The...

Over the weekend I trimmed the fabrics to the right size. And today I finished fusing them with Mistyfuse®, fusible web. The lightweight...

Week 37 - 2018 bead on fabric plenty of friends, eyes, walks this week.

cow 87 A little wooden chest at the moment holding some beads for a possible project.

Bullion stitch - 21 Stitch on paper Well, I’ve not got on with this stitch before. Somehow doing it on paper made me persevere til I work...

I like it when solutions are easier than you thought. I like discovering sensible things when you thought it would be hard. I liked the pro...

So - Fabric. I want to have forest, mountain, desert and sea. As I say, these fabrics are darker than I am used to working with. I have ha...

Next was finding a fabric which worked for the background. (meaning what shows up as lines.) I tried the idea of a different colour to add ...

The new Ramshackle I am sampling for development is coming along. I am working on the idea of showing emotion through house 'characters...

week 36 - 2018 bead on fabric