Big Community Sew

A few of the latest masks I have made - I was happy to see the new initiative started by Patrick Grant of Sewing Bee, Big Community Sew, asking anyone with a sewing machine to make face masks for their community.  I already have orders from local people. 
I was also blown away when Patrick Grant tweeted me to say he liked my bear face mask - made my day!

Sign Of The Times...

I've been using my hoard of interesting fabrics to sew face masks...

Bearfaced...

I've had a pattern for face masks for a while now but not had time to make any.  This one is for me - I just happened to have the perfect fabric!  I want to make more for friends and family, with fabrics to suit personalities - should be fun!

Beargate...

Last week I haad a dream that I painted the back gate blue and put a bear on it.  So at the weekend I did it...

Nevermore...

I finished this yesterday after 24 hours of agonising over whether or not to give it a slight washy background.  Then I sold it before the paint was even properly dry...
Which caused a slight problem as I had already entered it into a virtual exhibition with The Wild Life Art Society - thankfully they have kindly allowed me to submit another painting in it's place.

This is watercolour on paper and when I started it I had no idea it would take me quite so long - but I am glad it did, because it took my mind off current events for an hour or two each day.

Next up, something on the garden gate...

Crochet...

Another one of these crochet throws completed.  I find them very soothing to make, no thinking required.  Once I can get them photographed properly, they will be for sale in my Etsy shop.

Corvid...

I felt like painting something completely different this week, something that required total concentration and therefore fully cutting me off from the outside world for an hour or two at a time.

This raven certainly does the job!  I've been days just painting the wing feathers, which hopefully were the most difficult part.  It's been fun, but I;m ready to finish it now.  Watercolour on paper.