Using my dyed threads at last for embroidery

 Finally getting around to posting something again......the real problem has been the photo quality: getting colours right is not so easy so i tend to give up. And colour is important! especially for embroidery.

Anyway here is my first go at embroidery using my dyed wool threads.  It's based on my own  photo of Buðir on Snæfellsnes.

you get an idea anyway of my slapdash methods.  

The blacks and darkish greys for the building and basalt walls are from liriope berries (a very lucky dye lot! usually get prussian blue shades from the liriope), the grass is purple onion skin caught early so it is quite an acid chartreuse green. 

Most of the threads are the Empire 2 ply (Morris & Sons) which works really well for embroidery. i used some thick sewing thread for the fine lines of the the church wood panneling. I've used a linen seviette from an op shop as my base fabric. There are lots of them to be found for around $1.