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🍂 𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐃 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 🍂 . The e-book of NOMAD was released today, and hardcovers should be shipping within the next week or so — which means it’s almost time for the launch party! . I'm just doing a one-day celebration this time around. But I’ll also be doing a draw for a 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚 to be awarded to one randomly drawn reader who asks me a writing or book-related question (spoilers for SWIFT are allowed!) and also attends my IG Live launch event on 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟕𝐭𝐡 @ 𝟕 𝐩𝐦 𝐄𝐒𝐓.* . 🍂 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞? . The winner will get to choose one of two prize options: . 1️⃣ The @enclavepublishing book of your choice.  2️⃣ Thoughtful, personalized feedback on your query letter or first chapter. . Yep, you heard right — that’s ANY book from Enclave’s catalogue (though I admit to being a little biased in favour of KNIFE and its sequels, if you haven’t read those), and if you’re a writer, I’m also prepared to give the most helpful, constructive feedback I can to help your work grab the attention of agents and editors. . So that’s the scoop! If you’ve got questions, feel free to drop them in comments here or send them in a DM before next Monday. I’ll look forward to answering them, and seeing you, at the launch! . . . . . #IreadYA #spriggan #cornishfolklore #flightandflametrilogy #christianfantasy #nomad #yafantasy #fantasyforlife #pixie #fae #fantasy #nomadbook #fairy #cornishmining #piskie #swiftbook #cornishpisky #speculativefiction #faeriebooks #fantasybooklover #fairybooks #faerie #fairybook #faeriebook #piskey #faery #cornishpiskies #fairies #enclavepublishing #noordinaryfairytale https://www.instagram.com/p/CHbkgIsgsMi/?igshid=7nj9s681pcbu

[janemcintyredesign]

Exploring Cornish mines in the mist, very atmospheric. #cornwall #cornishmining #inthemist #mist (at Zennor, Cornwall)

[clobbercreations]

For my first #pic2stitch challenge, I decided to focus on The man Engine.

For anyone who missed it, The Man Engine is a mechanical puppet of a miner which is 4.5 metres tall when crawling and 10 metres tall when standing.

We were lucky to be able to travel to St Austell during one of the puppet’s transformations.  There was a big crowd, so we couldn’t see at first, but the organisers were really good in encouraging the crowd to keep moving to let people further back view it too.  Phill managed to take some pictures and it was from one of these pictures that I decided to create my first picture to stitch transformation.

I wanted to create more of an outline of the Man Engine, so i used Photoshop Elements to edit the picture.  I erased a lot of the background data to make it easier to work out which parts were Man Engine and which weren’t!

I quite liked the image on the left, where I’ve used the water paper effect after deleting most of the background.  However, I stuck with my original plan, and used the photocopy effect to create a black and white version of the photo.

As this was a big project with much detail, I decided to use a water soluble pen to mark out the details on the edited photograph.  With the pen and a window, I traced the design onto calico.

The photo selection, editing and then transfer to calico took around 3 hours.  In the afternoon, I began to stitch the design, which took around 4 hours, including short breaks to relax my eyes and wrists! I took a couple of hours to decide how to frame it, looking at different frames online and trialing the design in ones I had at home already.  In the end I went for the box frame below, which is a 3D frame, but is the perfect size for it.

Here is the end result.  I was considering using some embroidery strands to highlight the puppet’s ropes, but in the end I decided to leave it how it was.  I did add its name, the year and my initials – I can’t seem to resist a bit of freehand writing with stitch!

I really enjoyed this make.  It was nice to spend the day on it and finish with a completed piece.

If you would like to view how I made this finished piece, I did record the machine embroidery section and have uploaded it onto youtube here.  I will warn you that it’s quite a long video despite speeding it up to ten times the actual time it took me!

For more information about the Man Engine, there is a useful article on the BBC website.  There was a website set up for the Men Engine’s tour but it now advises to check Facebook and Twitter for an update on what’s next for it.  There’s also the Cornish Mining Heritage website, who funded the project.

#pic2stitch #1 The Man Engine For my first #pic2stitch challenge, I decided to focus on The man Engine. For anyone who missed it, The Man Engine is a mechanical puppet of a miner which is 4.5 metres tall when crawling and 10 metres tall when standing.

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