I'd rather be in India

Time flies when you are enjoying yourself.    We've been back home for three weeks which have been full what with celebrations and a family gathering.     Thoughts of early hibernation came to mind - all that rain and grey skies.

Onwards and upwards.    Delved into the sewing 'basket' and discovered a pair of jeans that I had promised I would patch way back in the Spring, along with various garments that needed buttons replacing.   Felt very virtuous.

then there are the leaves, big brown soggy piles of them

not very inspiring!  

and now tidy black bags of wet leaves  and that is only from the front garden

I am thinking I should try to procure some really bright refuse bags!

the back garden will probably produce as many bags again

still, it is very good exercise lugging bags up hill and down dale

time for some colour

I never take any stitching with me on my trips instead I prefer to

sketch, make notes, take photographs and catch up with reading

this time I thought I would, however, hardly a stitch was sewn

the stitching on the old distressed cushion from 

Ghanerao  had to be recorded in stitch

oops some of the beads came home with me

I have some 'found objects' to be included at some point

meanwhile I have been researching Chemanthi Stitch which is

used as flower petals on this fragment of Indian embroidery

which I think might be Rabari from Bhuj, Kutch

I found Lakshmi Sadala's blog with a brilliant tutorial on Chemanti 

stitch, not only in pictures but also a video.    I have to admit it 

took me a few goes before I cracked it

a little stitchy sketch on the go