Empress Wu Designs with Wilma

  Having completed #the100dayproject in 2019 and 2020, I wondered if  I would do it again this year and thinking I had lots of time to think about it , I didn't think a decision would be imminent. And  surprise  - this year, the starting date was brought forward to 31 January - TODAY. I  hadn't really given it a lot of thought and there wasn't a lot of planning... However, I had decided I didn't want to go another 100 little things, but still wanted to feature the garden, or my neighbourhood somehow. Not to go into the long story  how many projects I thought of  and how many times I changed my mind, my project will be #100gardenthreads .   in many ways, this is not dissimilar to many of the other series of envelopes and  stitched pins  (#100envelopes and #100pinpoems ) . In this project, I am   using both meanings of thread 1) as in sewing - a fine fibre and 2) as in a book - its story or the way it develops , one part con...

eco print - marigold, grevillea leaf on khadi paper  Today is the first day of Autumn in the southern hemisphere  Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness  Close bosom friend of the maturing sun....   And still more, Later flowers for the bees,  Until they think the warm days will never cease...  Where are the songs of Spring ? Yellow in all the earth and in the skies  The world would seem  Faint as a widow mourning with soft eyes  And falling into dream . ...  The woods are lovely, dark and deep  But I have  promises to keep And miles to go   Before I sleep .....   Words by John Keats, John Shaw Neilson, Robert Frost Images by me -  (Wilma Simmons, Empress Wu Designs) from my handmade book, Where are the songs of Spring? gum leaf captured between tea bag paper , dipped in beeswax  eco dyed wool with handstitching  tea bag and hand stitching  eco dyed wool, f...

khadi paper, rooibos tea bags, permanent ink pen, card, tea bag tag.  This tag was created with the theme "Africa" in mind. The khadi(cotton)  paper has been dyed with rooibos tea bags. Many of you may already know about rooibos tea , but if you don't here is some information straight from Wikipedia....  Rooibos ( Anglicized pronunciation:   / ˈ r ɔɪ b ɒ s /   roy -bos ;  Afrikaans pronunciation:  [rɔːibɔs] ,) means "red bush";  is a  broom -like member of the  legume  family of plants growing in  South Africa 's  natural shrubland.  Its  scientific name  is   Aspalathus linearis .  The leaves are used to make an  herbal tea  called Rooibos, bush tea (esp. Southern Africa), or simply rooibos. The product has been popular in  Southern Africa  for generations and is now consumed in many countries.  I used a permanent ink pen to draw...