Fun in the Sun Letters

The final letters for Fun in the Sun

The same letters with hand stitching.

and two squares in the style I have been developing for the Ramshackle series.

and with stitching

These have helped to give an easier layout. 26 doesn't divide up into much!

Fun in the Sun Letters

next letters to the end of November

and the same letters with stitching

Fun in the Sun Letters

Over the past few weeks I have been hand stitching round the letters for Fun in the Sun.

So here they are to the end of September.

And the ones for October.

sorry for the blur

I am now working on a method of presentation for all the letters.

Fun in the Sun Letters

next letters to the end of October

Fun in the Sun letters

The next letters to the end of September

I have begun to stitch round the early letters. Eventually, I want to layer the fused letters with wadding and a backing and stitch round the edge. So the hand stitching is happening at this stage.

However, the variegated crochet cotton I am using is a bit thick and does not stitch through this floppy layer easily. Sort of a job for the rare times I manage to sit in front of the telly.

Fun in the Sun letters

When I finished the first lot of letters about peace at the end of June, I hadn't been thinking ahead to what I would do for the second set. I gave myself some time to think about it, and then realised as the summer went on that I was getting more and more behind! But I had several other deadlines to focus on.

Then I thought I might use the type of letter I made for one of those other works. So, I have been thinking it through in my head and finally today I got round to doing something about it!

So, here are the first 10 letters for July and for August. I wanted a bit more of a happy feel to them than the last ones. More like a fun sunny day.

At this point it is one layer of fabric with the letter cut out and fused to a second contrast layer. I still think I might stitch round them with the machine - possibly as part of the presentation or possibly as the next step with a further presentation to complete. But for now here are these letters at this stage.

a-e for July

f-j for August

And now to focus on the presentation for the peace letters which has also been queuing in my head behind other things!