Daisy Hill Studio
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Still going around
Here is the crocheted color project as of today. Working in the teal shades. The blue shades are next. Where it goes from there, I’m not sure. Read more
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Round and round I go
My post from yesterday said, I was going to crochet with Pretty Punch thread and here’s my progress from that posting. It’s about 4 1/2” across and have used 9 different colors of threads all in single crochet. Read more
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Going out of orbit…
Just taking a detour from orbit felting and working on the wonderful Pretty Punch threads I found. I intend to use 90% of these colors. I’m using a #7 steel hook. Read more
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Welcome new ovum
Welcome “Chenille Bedspread” ovum This was the variegated orange and yellow ovum. Read more
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By the Seashore sold
It was one of my favorites. But happy it’s going to a good home in Florida. Read more
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Update*Ovum begins anew
Finally decided what orb to start with. here are the beginnings of it. I’ve named this one: “Chenille Bedspread” as it reminds me of the bedspreads my grandmother had on their bed. Our naps would be on them warm fuzzy memory for me. I am still adding a few more things Read more
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Disaster Averted
One takes a chance whenever you are gifted, purchase old wool or wool that no longer has a label. Well this piece is a perfect example of the known, unknown. The many of the grays did not felt and left these large open holes in the piece. I had to set it aside for several Read more
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Different look
I was getting so many photos of finished works page I decided to break it up. I now have: Finished works -Wall Art Finished works – Orbs Finished works – Sculptural This will make it easier to not have to scroll on and on and on. Read more
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Sections in Blue-ovum
I made this orb a while back but failed to photograph it. I might have not photographed it because I was not sure if it was finished but after taking the photo I think it was done. Read more
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My mini gallery
I worked a little more on my mini gallery in my garage. Moved all the orbs into the other antique wall unit. all of these have glass doors. Adjusted the other pieces in big wall unit. All of these have glass doors. I will be labeling these too. Read more
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Before and after
Here is the picture of the before yarn colors and the after felting yarn colors. I will probably try to shave the orbs a little bit to bring out the colors again. I am pleased that they retained color as it is easy to have the color dissipate in the hot water to get the Read more
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Thing to do…
I do have to say, untangling yarn is not such a terrible thing to do. It can be relaxing, kind of like a jigsaw puzzle. Well that didn’t take long. From tangle to ball about 40 minutes. The good thing about wool yarn is it’s sticky (barbed) the bad thing about wool is it sticky Read more
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Back in orbit
Well today I started back on orb making. These are finished felting and are now rinsing and cooling down. Read more
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Knotty pine
Still much work to be done on my felted burlap tree but wanted to show some of its progress so far. Read more
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Metal fish
I found this box metal fish the other day. It appears there are 6different styles. Two of them the tails are movable. They are all about an inch long and are one sided. I’m sure they are just novelty pieces but could not resist the price, $3.00 for the box. Now what to do with Read more
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Pretty Punch snag today
I went to a garage sale today and found a bag full of Pretty Punch threads(picture one). I have several all ready and used them sparingly because I did not have any before. So I sorted the bag and added them to my stash(picture two). Now I can use them freely. They are not felting Read more
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Black and white 
I started this piece a while back and I ended up not liking it a lot of it did not felt so I said it aside and said this week was going to be the week that I actually work on it So I started filling in the spaces that I did not like and Read more
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Burlap pine tree
After felting this piece I decided to set it aside. Not sure why but it has been niggling at me so today I brought it out to begin working on it again. It has a long way to go but we shall begin again. Read more
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Thanks!!❤️❤️❤️
A big thank you to the Carnegie public library in Angola, Indiana for allowing me to have a solo show this month. What a great display center. It was also nice to hear many people wanted me to set up a talk concerning my work. I never considered doing this but will think about it Read more
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