Blog 515
Another week has passed and you can
bear witness to the fact that I am between projects because I have tidied my
playroom! It is just waiting to be used and cluttered with impunity. I really need
to get my head (and the body will follow!) into a creative project, one which
will see me through the autumn and winter months. My husband thinks I am at my
most dangerous when I am NOT busy in my room. I start to notice things that
need repairing or perhaps a room that needs decorating. Maybe there’s a tree
that needs to be dug up or perhaps the house needs to be moved 6“ to the left
to get the best of the evening sunshine!!! When I am happily creating I don’t
have time to notice stuff in the same way and Rog, bless him, really appreciates
the peace and quiet!
I still have a third ready-quilted
panel to play with so I thought I’d try something different. I always prepare
my background squares on the diagonal because that is the way I colour in. So as
the sheers were to hand, I thought I would just try a few diagonal strips on the
background to see what they looked like and to see what they added to the over-all
look.
I wasn’t too impressed with that
(perhaps it needs more refinement) so I thought I would use one of my old (very
old) panels that I used to provide when I taught applique many moons ago. It
has simple shapes and it was ideal for an idea I had.
I traced the design onto template
plastic and started to prepare the shapes using ready fused fabric. I used a
sheet of backing parchment over the pattern so I could construct the image and
fuse the shapes together where possible.
At this point I thought I would try
cutting the image into diagonal strips and place them onto the background. I
used 505 Temporary Adhesive to hold the pieces in place.
The image looks very regimented at
this stage and I feel there is much more experimenting to do along these lines.
This is the story so far and now, with a new jigsaw to hand, I will be easily
diverted!!
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