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It has been a very difficult time for me this week with so
much going on mentally and emotionally. As a result of such chaos, I do what I
usually do in these circumstances and turn my full attention to my work where I
find consolation and direction. Working with my hands has the effect of
soothing my mind and organising my thoughts. It’s very therapeutic.
The alternative Welsh quilt was the first project ‘in hand’
and I tried the lay-out for one of the long outer borders. I’m so glad I did
because I discovered straight away that I had drafted the pattern incorrectly
and significant modifications and simplifications had to be made. I habitually launch
straight into a piece of new work because I am so keen to get started, but
these helpful practice runs are ironing out some major teething problems which
can only be to my advantage. Here’s the layering sequence so far.
And then bizarrely I went right ‘off piste’ and decided to
do some felting! And there is an obscure reason for this: I sent my husband to
the dry cleaners with some feather cushion pads for cleaning and they offered
to send them away at the cost of £21 each! (I cannot tell you how many new feather cushions I could have
bought for this price but it would have been many!) Anyway he had the sense to
refuse that service and in the end they were cleaned for £7 each. So, having paid
out this money, I decided that I needed to make some decent cushion pads to
cover them and I thought that a felted cushion would be a challenge, especially
if it was wet felted instead of needle felted. Moy Mackay’s books are
inspirational on this subject. Here’s
the felting sequence so far before I fine tune and embellish it. This turned
out to be a very physical and satisfying project and I hope that the finished
effect will be well worth it. Certainly the bingo wings had a good work-out!
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