Something Old and Something New

Something Old

My goodness, I can't believe I did this embroidery 30 years ago. It's from a transfer and has a Jacobean feel to it, although I didn't use jacobean style stitiching. Here is how a traditional Jacobean embroidery or crewel work looks. I remember my gran had the same one on her wall that she had done when I was a little girl, but I think it was silver thread on black cloth and more detailed. My one compensation for having to go to granny's house (very formal teatime, don't speak unless spoken to, keep your back straight) was being able to look at her embroidery, particular the peacock one.

Something New

And not something I did. I got this very special aceo in the mail from a dead canny blogger called cynthia in her anniversary art give away. It really made me smile that she used the word chuffed, but also the image of a chameleon. I have an ability to pick up accents and no matter who I'm with I can start talking like them within minutes. I don't do it on purpose, and I don't notice I am doing it. It used to drive my sister mad and she would say I was like a Chameleon. Add to that another blogger, Philip, says I am like 50 different artists, I would say the choice of chameleon is uncannily spot on, although I don't have the bulging eyes.