The Road Goes Ever On... Finished

 

 

 

Color truer with second one.  Kinda like stick orientation on the first one.  If I were going to dangle something, like a cat toy, off the stick I'd use the upturned orientation.

The Road Goes Ever On...

 

        Almost there ~ needs chop and to sew loops

Back to work on The Road Goes Ever On...

Basically tucking and tacking and anything else that needs added, like my chop.  

 

The back.

Postcard Tapestry ~ ATA

 

Submitted to ATA for the exchange:

6" 150ppi

"Gort & Klaatu's Excellent Adventure"
 

Postcard Tapestry

 

Postcard tapestry ready to go.  Scanner is new and I don't have time to fiddle with how it works, so I took a pic of the tapestry.

                    actual size
 

 

                    800 dpi

And the back:

And both mine and Deb's:

Gort & Klaatu's Excellent Adventure and Deb And the Big Dog

 

Postcard Tapestry ~ Off the Loom

I have the card stock for the postcard.  Now I attach it.

G&K's Excellent Adventure

 

Tuck tuck tucking.

Almost done tucking.  Then I'll wet & set and get busy on the cardboard backing for the postcard.

Don't forget to scan it into the computer!!

Gort & Klatu's Excellent Adventure ~ ATA Postcard Exchange

 

Getting there.

Almost done.  Then I'll attach the cardboard "postcard" to the back and send it off to Deb in a padded envelope.
 

The Messy Stage

 

 We've reached the messy stage.  I'll have to start tucking before I can get a good view again.

Weavity-Weave

 

Weavity-weave.  Colors are a little brighter than they look, especially the blues.  Hopefully a scan will take a truer picture when it's done.

Taking it with me to Catalina next week.  Easy to pick up and put down, just my speed.

Spacey Tapestry

 

 3D buttons have to be off-set from flight path.  Stars are random at the moment.

 

Spacey Postcard Tapestry

 

 

Homage to Lucy's Spacescapes.  Flying saucer path is my signature chop.  I can weave it in silver.  Darker blues and purples, nebula mostly in the center.

Ta-Da! Blinky!

 

 

Wet & Set

 

 Not finished tucking but it was time to wet & set if it's to be ready for Steph's b'day on Sat.

Firefly

 

Practically done.  Tucking, filling, setting, then adding the loops and chop. 

 I haven't been posting progress pics in here, so I may add a post with progress steps.

Postcard Musings

 

 Franking!  I can weave my chop as a cancellation stamp.  8-]  My chop in a circle with wavy lines.  I like it.

Sparkly Firefly Mini-Tapestry

Choosing sparkly threads for Steph's sparkly bug tapestry.

Pushing carapace to a burgandy/orange, wings as a bluey-silver, light as shades of gold and yellow, sky in shades of darker blue.

 

Firefly

Going to weave a stylized firefly for Steph's b'day, July 30.  A mini-tapestry, so it should go pretty quickly, once I gather the yarns and beads, etc.

I'm tilting the firefly to the left and possibly using a different colorway.  Not sure what yet.  I can play with some yarns.

 

Bug Tapestry

 

I'm going to weave a mini-tapestry of a bug for Steph's b'day later this month.  She's a big bug fan.  She has a site called Look! A Cool Bug!  ;->

I've been pinning and googling kewl bugs.  I like iridescent beetles, often with wings spread.  Also I like a fuzzy bee bottom.

 

 Probably 6" sq. or so.

I'm taking the VRT tapestry off the loom today, and I can either use that loom or scare up a smaller one.

 

Wet & Set

 

The Road Goes Ever On...

 

Always looks darker when it's wet.  Jewel-tone.  But when it dries it'll be lighter and tighter.

 

The Road Goes Ever On ~ Tapestry

 

 Tucked.  Some beads to be attached.  Might be time to wet and set.

VRT Cat Tapestry

  

Slowing down as I tuck and fill in, stopping periodically to ice my shoulders.

Leaning toward: The Road Goes Ever On.  Tolkien was seminal for Invenature's early years.  And it's a nice sentiment.

Bugs ~ Tapestry Ideas

 

Steph has a b'day coming up and she loves bugs.  How about a small bug tapestry?  There are oodles of kewl bugs on Pinterest and of course her page https://www.instagram.com/look_a_cool_bug/?hl=en

 

        Steph's bee from https://www.instagram.com/look_a_cool_bug/?hl=en

VRT Tapestry

 

 Closing in on it.  Then tucking and stuffing and tacking down the mouse and beads.  Still lots to do.

VRT Cat

 Still can't post pics.  Need to get Bill to take a look at it.

Oh wo0t!  It loaded.  Yay!  Maybe it was something with Blogger.

Still working on a name.  Later, dudes doesn't quite fit the mood.  Same with Later Gators.  Psychopomp and Circumstance?  Tina nixed that one.

I'm drawn to The Road Goes Ever On, the Tolkien poem.  There are different versions, depending on which character was saying it or which book it came from, but I think this one is the first.

Something to do with Elysian Fields?

Karen VRT Cat

 

Karen passed away just after her 69th b'day.  Invenature was planning a zoom call, but she was already in the hospital and died the next day.  We are bereft, and feeling numb.  Tina, Lin, Bill & I went out to lunch to toast her.  Tina & Lin visited all the Karen-esque places they could think of (and some she might have liked).

I'm adrift, easily under the weather.

I'm planning a memorial tapestry on the Starry Night theme with VRT in the place of the tree and a ghostly cat in the foreground playing with the big ball of the moon. 

I have a cartoon I like, but there is something wrong with Blogger and/or my server and I can't upload pics at the moment.

I've got thru many cats, some peeking into the picture like a photo bomb, some walking out of the picture, or climbing the rainbow bridge.

I like the current cat because it is playful.  A light mood.

I'll post the pic when I can.   

Back to Hobbity Garden

The basic cartoon (the hobbit hole has been moved back a bit).

A tad messy, but here is what I have so far.  There's also some work done on the hobbit hole.