playing and thinking

i started jude's "considering weave" a month ago and i'm blundering around a bit - i'm enjoying watching her and the others, as usual, but haven't yet fully got on board - i feel as though nothing i am working on is fully engaging me at the moment - i'm in slow butterfly mode, drifting from one thing to another, sampling here and there - maybe regrouping my thoughts after the energy i put into ToT

i think it's good to be away from home at this time, i have a limited supply of elements to play with here, that is enough for me to experiment and doodle with - a sort of lower stimulant environment, like a slightly bland diet after a tummy upset!

i brought a book on non-adhesive bookbinding  (vol 3) with me, it's on inter-library loan so i only have it for a limited time - funnily enough it's on loan from Leeds, so it's almost home - rather than working on full scale volumes i've done a couple of miniature samples to practise the stitching of the spine - that's the part that appeals to me - i'd like to get into some more decorative stitching across and along the spine but need to get to grips with creating a base for that - i'm not working with the precision demonstrated on the workshop, but i like that, i know i can be more precise if need be

two little tomes so far:

both about 10 x 1.5 cm  (spine only)

and i've been stitching into a  bit of ToT cloth patchwork, just doodling and building it up


it started like this:








now it's like this:

and i've had fun adding notes

not sure if this is finished yet, it will hang around for a bit while i ponder






i'm also doodling on another ToT cloth which i started  a while ago as an experiment (just for a change!!!) - i've worked a bit of weave into it but at the moment it's just sitting there looking out of place - it's not ready for display at this stage, pins and tacking all over the place ....... but soon......