This
week, along with most of the nation, I have continued to enjoy the Olympics. I
know lots about many more competitive events than I would have thought possible
and I have found the single minded dedication of the competitors fascinating
too. This has left little space for quilt making as I discovered today when I
had to sit down a write my Blog!
Another
project which needs to be advanced is a bonded picture I started ages ago. I
have had to demonstrate my method of ‘painting’ a vase at many workshops, so I
am left with lots of samples. I started to use these by placing them onto a
ledge and filling them with flowers of different types. This was as far as I
got.
In
progress
I
have discarded a couple of vases at the moment but started to fill the rest
with flowers. I guess there will be many different arrangements before I am
satisfied with the look.
More
flowers
I
needed to make more daisies to put into the blue vase and here is a reminder of
how I make them. I use ready-bonded fabric and cut out the shapes with pinking
shears. There is a clamshell-type shape for the centre and free-cut petals.
Simple!
Daisies
There
is still more space on the right hand side of the picture than I am happy with
so just watch this space to see how I resolve the problem. I like the way that
the flowers make an off-centre triangle shape at the top of the picture. That
will stay as it is.
Vases
filled
Next
week is the Festival of Quilts at the NEC and I am so excited to be meeting up with
the usual group and seeing the reaction to our latest quilt. I doubt it will
win prizes but it will certainly entertain which is what we set out to do. I
hope those of you who are going will make a point of going to see it. I will be
reunited with my Dual Image Jacobean
panels too and I look forward to seeing how the judges rated them. Be careful
what you say as I might be lurking around there to hear visitor comments. Be
gentle with me!
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