Parasol up, glass of something chilled.
Stitching in the garden.
Saturday, 29 June 2019
Thursday, 27 June 2019
Wit without measure...
...is man's greatest treasure.
Stitched 1 over 1 on Lugana, Ravenclaw is one of the four houses of Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
One of the original founders of the school was Rowena Ravenclaw. The ghost of Ravenclaw is her daughter, Helena aka the Grey Lady. Professor Filius Flitwick is the head of Ravenclaw house.
Sorted into Ravenclaw is also my younger son and I stitched this for his 16th birthday, which is why I couldn't share my progress on it. He's thrilled of course. I just need to frame it.
Sunday, 23 June 2019
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
A little bit of magic
Between working full time, piano lessons, proofreading a historic novel and gardening, there's been less time to stitch lately. One project has been completed but I cannot reveal it just yet so keep your eyes peeled in the next couple of weeks.
In the meantime, I've been working on this wee fella.
He's a mandrake from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
The young mandrakes are repotted during a Herbology class with Professor Sprout. When pulled from their pots they emit a shrill scream, rendering Neville Longbottom unconscious due to "neglecting his earmuffs"
The screams from mature specimens can be fatal.
The Mandrake is a magical plant with powerful restorative properties that form an essential element of many antidotes, including the draft used after the petrification of Mrs Norris, Colin Creevey, Justin Finch-Fletchley and the ghost of Nearly Headless Nick, Penelope Clearwater and Hermione Granger (and 50 years earlier, Moaning Myrtle who died).