another PDCC colour challenge, this time it's needle felting!

I did start a journal page with this week's PDCC colours but some extra colours crept in when a blue butterfly wanted to take part!

Then, following a bit of blog hopping this morning, I decided to get out my needle felting after seeing Jackie's wonderful pieces over at Dog Daisy Chains.  Jackie's base fabric is wet felted but I don't often have the patience for that and got out a few scraps of wool and fabric and my trusty embellisher.

The images were inspired by some patterns in my V&A fifties patterns book...

Jackie's work had really made me think of Angie Lewin's prints, jam packed full of imagery and texture.

Virago have recently republished some modern classics and as one was in an Angie Lewin print I had to read it!  I enjoyed it actually.  It was written in the 1920s and it turns out I own a book by this author - it's in my nice second hand books to recycle pile, or it was, I'm now intending to read it lol!

So, a happy hour 'dumpfing', as Twiglet would say :)  I'm not sure yet what this piece will become part of yet, but that's ok, it's purpose will appear at some point!

happily dumfing :)

I just LoVe that word!  It's what Twiglet and Wipso call needle embellishing as it is the noise the machine makes.  

I have spent such a happy evening with my sewing machine and embellisher side by side, working on pieces for my exhibition.

I've since added a few seed beads and the piece is framed and waiting to be displayed :)

Pay it forward and spread a little happiness!

Oh the wonders of the internet :)  Whilst hopping around some wonderful work spaces on a Wednesday afternoon in January, I spotted this on Twiglet's blog and thought I would join....I'm always up for spreading a little happiness around.

Its a brilliant way of making the world  a better place without expectation of anything in return...just giving for the sake of giving, to make the planet a bit more cheerier.  Always remember if you smile at someone you get one back.
If you would like to take part, then you need to be one of the first three people to leave me a comment on this post letting me know that you want to join in pay it forward. I will get in touch to ask you to send me your address, and in due course I will post a little something out to you!

The first three people then in turn, will send out a little goodness to three others and so the love and the happiness continues to spread around our little globe!

So - how about it ? Do you fancy joining in and spreading some love in the world?  Look what the wonderful 'Twiglet' sent me:

A gorgeous felted brooch in my favourite colours :)  and one of her stunning, stunning felted seascape pictures.  It is so, so gorgeous :) [sorry no pic of that just yet]

I've been crocheting again so you may receive a flower brooch from me, or crocheted hearts, or I may go back to papercrafts and make little books - or I may do both, who knows!

This photo doesn't do the colours of this cotton any justice.  I fell in love with these colours last week on a visit to John Lewis with the lovely Sarah from PebbleBlossom.  I purchased my Embellisher from her on ebay just before Christmas and we got on really well within a few minutes and stayed in touch.  VeRY conveniently John Lewis is situated about half way between our two houses ;)  Sarah is very clever and does real sewing, like roman blinds and curtains!  We had a lot of fun stroking fabric, oohing over colours of wools, and generally having a great time shopping and nattering, and even stopping to give colour advice to a lovely lady who was crocheting some bunting for a baby's party lol