I wanted to share with you this project that I completed some time ago (pre-Blog days)

I bought some cheap pine mirrors from Ikea and had them sitting around for ages.

One day I was at a show that was extremely quiet and needed something to do.  The stall opposite was selling plastic canvas and hand dyed threads so I bought  a selection and started stitching.

The colours here reminded me of Spring so I found a compatible Incomparable button ( the filigree here reminds me of new shoots), painted the mirror in green and stuck the stitched square to the centre of the mirror.

Summer – I think this is my favourite. The colours of the thread just sang of summer, the franginpani ceramic button reminded me of sunny South African days and the blue paint that I used for the mirror just reflected those big African blue blue skies.

Autumn is such a lovely time of year, so many beautiful colours around and I thought these thread colours reflected those wonderful Autumn hues. I have finished this with an Incomparable golden ceramic pendant.

The dark purples and greens in this thread reflect for me the cold winter light and I painted the mirror in a dark lilacy purple to tone. I also used a couple of leaves from a silk flower brooch on this one and then mounted a lovely pansy button to remind me of the winter pansies.

I used a simple couch stitch for the squares and had great fun stitching and passing time at the show and then putting everything together.  It all evolved ( as most things do) – the stitched canvases sat in the drawer for a while. I buy lots of little sample paint pots whenever I go into a diy store ( not very often) – so it was a case of using what I had.

I’m really pleased with the end result – something very different, very individual —– and cheap!