Lets start with a little bit of something from the past:
"My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hue.
An everlasting vision of the ever-changing view"
From Carole King "Tapestry" 1971, yes a looooong long time ago!
Ok, I have to remind you that I am NOT an artist but I do have have my own simple and naive style. I decided to do a story of my life in Cape Town. I bought a large piece of canvas, loads of tapestry wool and just started at the top and worked my way to the bottom. Every now and again I drew a shape that I wanted to stitch, but it was 90% free style. The story ended when my dear dad died so I included the St Andrews Cross in the bottom corner, and a representation of all of his dear friends and family. Then I started another story - my view of Cape Town from the glorious Table Mountain, through the city and harbour across the water to the golf course. And if you look carefully you will see me sinking a putt!!!
When the referendum was announced in South Africa way back in the nineties, I was on a peace mission so got my family and friends to make a small tapestry square depicting what peace meant to them. I called it "Patches of Peace" and the idea was again inspired by Kaffe Fassett.
PS A big Hi from Caz!! I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the newest member of the Creative World team.......the very lovely JOANNE!!
Joanne is a true inspiration to us all! She has a knack of finding the most interesting products to introduce to scrapping and altering. She has a style unto her own, that is a mix of the unusual and fascinating, and it's not only the craft of scrapping that interests Joanne, cross stitch is up high on her creating list. She is a GO-GO- GREETINGS design team member :) and was also part of the very creative team at Scrapbook Magic magazine. We are truely honoured to have Joanne on board and I know she will bring so much motivation and enthusiasm into all our Creative Worlds.
Wow! Di! Love the tapestry!!! it's really amazing, I love your style.Congratulations to Joanne too :) Looking forward to seeing your lovely stuff :D
Posted by: Belfastgirl | September 03, 2007 at 06:41 AM
Gorgeous - I love the tapestry squares especially. :)And woohooo, welcome Joanne - I'm looking forward to seeing what you've got planned. :D
Posted by: Karen | September 03, 2007 at 06:42 AM
Di, I absolutely LOVE the freestyle tapestry to tell a story - absolutely fantastic :)
Posted by: joanna | September 03, 2007 at 01:01 PM
Di, I love the tapestry!!!!Welcome, Joanne!
Posted by: joy | September 03, 2007 at 05:39 PM