A couple of things

I  mentioned last time that I was going to be working on my scroll books.  I used an extra heavy duty cardboard center from a roll of  tinfoil, covered it in cotton, and then finished the ends with a beaded yo-yo.

Then, totally unexpectedly, I was gifted with the wooden centers of two weavers' thread cones.  These are very carefully tucked away in the studio, until I make scroll books to fit.  One of them will take a 5" scroll and the other a 7" scroll. At this point I plan to leave the surface of them as it is --a patina showing age.

Then I went to work on a couple of fabric collages, each meant to serve as background to an art quilt hanging.  One of them is done with pieces of eco-printed cotton, all in a white/grey colour.

The other is in shades of red, using painted white fabric, and various printing methods.

The red one is slightly smaller than the grey, although both will be trimmed after quilting.  The red one will be embellished with grey and black beads of various sizes, but the grey may just be block printed.  I have appropriate fabric for binding or facing both, which ever I decide to use.