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As I am having difficulties uploading images, there will be no post today.

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Sparrow Avenue, Feathers While printing I do have a tendency to get bored and want to mix things up a bit. So while I have been experimenting with the Black and Gold look, I have been experi...

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Had to show a few more pictures from our trip to Tiffany Falls. It was a beautiful sunny day and apparently we weren't the only ones who thought of exploring. I do love a climb...

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The other day we had the opportunity to slip away to somewhere with a little bit more green. And a little bit more water. Nothing like the sound of a babbling creek. Not...

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This is my production period whereby I do nothing but build stock. That means I am cutting printing and sewing just about everyday, when the girls and I aren't out walking. The other day, comi...

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Hope you are not too freaked out by this. I do realize that without the history, it can look a little disturbing, especially for the start of a new week. But I was cleaning one of the rooms in...

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Sparrow Avenue, Mini Bee Pouch There is now a mini Bee pouch to accompany the larger one that I was making a few weeks ago. This one is really cute as it is 4 in. x 3.75 in. and it has a nic...

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Sparrow Avenue at the Art Gallery of Ontario Out and about the other day having coffee with Paula Lukey who I had met last year at one of the shows. We had promised ourselves that we would o...

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copyright Barbara Di Lella, drawing sketch of Fred, 2017 Fred is a white Frenchie ( a French Bull Terrier) who has the body of one who works out at the gym on a very regular basis. He's all ...

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Hope the weekend wasn't to weird with all this bizaar weather we've been having: Rain, severe storms that sometimes happen and sometimes don't, hail that happens in one place but just a little w...

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Sparrow Avenue, "Canada 150" Linen Tea Towel sometimes I play around with my work in an attempt to show it in a different way. Our kitchen faces west and in the late afternoon light the ref...

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After I've cut and sewn the Linen, it is then washed to remove all the sizing. I don't like the sizing, although I understand it is added to strengthen the warp fibres during the weaving proce...

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I couldn't resist posting this picture of Sonee. She looks so happy. "What we gonna do today, mom?"

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Hello August Have you ever worked with linen? it is a beautiful fabric and has many properties that are similar to silk. Not only that but it is one of the most Eco-friendly fabrics that ...

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How was your weekend? The last July 2017 weekend? For us it marked (as far as I'm concerned) the beginning of summer as the weather was just glorious! I managed to hurt my back somehow which...

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copyright Barbara Di Lella, Westie, 2017 The mornings aren't as bright as they were just a few weeks ago. How quickly the seasons shift (except for winter). And as far as I'm concerned, Summ...

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copyright Barbara Di Lella, 2017 Slowly, I am accumulating more drawings of dogs. I don't want to just do them straight up like they would be posing for a mug/mut shot. I'd like to capture m...

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Sparrow Avenue, Bee and Constellations, Large Pouch One evening I was inspired to play a bit. Sparrow Avenue, Large Pouch with Apple Branch

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The Girls and Me By chance, not only a rare capture of me but an even rarer image of me with "The Girls". This was taken last autumn when, after too many years, we returned for a day to Algo...

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Sparrow Avenue, Bee and Constellations Pouch Hope you enjoyed a lovely summer weekend. I had worked on some production of the new large pouches that seem to have attracted some good atten...

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copyright Barbara Di Lella, Golden drawing, 2017 This week seems to have been mostly about dogs. Here is another of the drawings that I have been working on.  Not quite finished.

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Isn't she cute with her tongue hanging out like that? Dead to the world (what an awful expression!) We were out the other day and passed by a 1 year old Sheep Dog. Very big! ...

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Sparrow Avenue, Large Black and Gold Bee Pouch Production has started on these large pouches. In fact, they are slightly larger than the one I first showed last week. I love this Bumble Bee...

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copyright Barbara Di Lella, "Corgi" drawing, 2017 I have been drawing dogs lately, as I had mentioned last week. Well, of course I had to do a Corgi in honour of my Roxy. 2018 is the Year ...

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Hope you had a pleasant summer weekend. The rain here seems to have finally moved on and we have had some lovely blue skies. Whenever I have orders to package, I always include a hand...

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