Mother Nature's Textile Art?

Do you think she created these lacey effects with painted Lutrador and a soldering iron?

They looked even better from the other side, but I couldn't photograph them from that direction as the sun would have been shining right into the camera.

It has been a glorious day today, inspite of the thin film of ice on the bird bath early this morning. I have been dog-sitting so a morning walk was called for which was lovely. The birds were singing and a lovely autumn tang scented the air along with odd wafts of woodsmoke from log fires. I was as warm as toast when we got home again and had to turn the heating off. After lunch I worked in the garden until said dog's owner came to collect her, and it was warm enough to sit in the garden drinking tea. Amazing after such a chilly start to the day.

I have made a few more hearts for the Heart Felt project. The idea is to fix on a tag with details of a 'heart felt' moment which one will remember for ever. I still have to think of ones for the hearts above. I made them from knitted yarn which I then worked over with the embellishing machine. They are backed with velvet and edged with a beaded trim.

This heart has a Union Jack on the reverse and still needs a hanging loop. The label will tell of the wonderful moment when I answered the phone to hear our son say 'Hello Mum', and I knew he was safely back home having been on active service. I am always aware of how fortunate I am, and of all those whose sons didn't come home - this heart is for them too.