tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72992644648772985382024-03-13T07:00:53.721-07:00Dilys The QuiltDilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.comBlogger552125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-63911814693429730712021-05-30T09:30:00.001-07:002021-05-30T09:30:36.662-07:00BLOG 550<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 550<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There’s not a lot to report this week mainly because my
sewing machine decided it didn’t want to sew properly. Grrrr! I went through
all sorts of trouble-shooting exercises, but it still looped the stitches on
the back of the baby quilt that I am making. It was maddening! Then I thought I’d
use the machine that I won in a competition, a Husqvarna Opal, which has mainly
lain idle since bringing it home. The main reason for this is that it requires
a special green spool and I have dozens of bog standard spools already filled
with threads.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AAOpPaXjaFU/YLO8N5DnMXI/AAAAAAAATck/5wxRMuthPtUyF_AUQXbHW4hqXLVQ-PBhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BSpools.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AAOpPaXjaFU/YLO8N5DnMXI/AAAAAAAATck/5wxRMuthPtUyF_AUQXbHW4hqXLVQ-PBhQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BSpools.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spools</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This machine proved to be no push-over! The free machine foot
that was provided with the machine just clamped onto the fabric and I couldn’t
move it in any direction. More Grrrr!! So I need to take it to the local shop
that provided it (if it is still open) and ask for some sound advice. The baby
was due yesterday so I was anxious to finish this quilt. Even more Grrrr! It is
a floor quilt so I used a dyed calico on the back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8YJlEXeqwig/YLO8eVIFhzI/AAAAAAAATcs/mzzUxsIPNZgxOzS8sbYBss9ysKSv-BoFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BBaby%2Bquilt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8YJlEXeqwig/YLO8eVIFhzI/AAAAAAAATcs/mzzUxsIPNZgxOzS8sbYBss9ysKSv-BoFwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BBaby%2Bquilt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Baby quilt</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uQ76vYyBAb4/YLO8lQEfasI/AAAAAAAATcw/4z0_xM4kd5YtuTA9WAT97pRR4q62DHvxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BFree%2Bmotion%2Bquilting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uQ76vYyBAb4/YLO8lQEfasI/AAAAAAAATcw/4z0_xM4kd5YtuTA9WAT97pRR4q62DHvxgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2BFree%2Bmotion%2Bquilting.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Free motion quilting</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XUJ1ehvcP7c/YLO8sBe4ORI/AAAAAAAATc0/0P0uf_AWztILknnZDDNAC6bZ8CMC3R6QwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BDyed%2Bcalico.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XUJ1ehvcP7c/YLO8sBe4ORI/AAAAAAAATc0/0P0uf_AWztILknnZDDNAC6bZ8CMC3R6QwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BDyed%2Bcalico.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dyed calico</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With the relaxing of Covid restrictions, I have been able to
spend time with my granddaughters. We usually try to do some messing about in
my playroom and this time Ella did a picture using oil pastels which acts as a
resist. It was then covered with Quink ink. I love the effect! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z90twSPx4nk/YLO80n8dZwI/AAAAAAAATc8/2TykmcsjZCk6bzcZhVhebgQQZKPhzCiwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BOil%2Bpastels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1591" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z90twSPx4nk/YLO80n8dZwI/AAAAAAAATc8/2TykmcsjZCk6bzcZhVhebgQQZKPhzCiwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BOil%2Bpastels.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oil pastels</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As it rained incessantly this past week, I was able to spend
time with the jigsaw and I am pleased to say that it is finished. What an obsessive
effort it has been! It was hard but somehow fun to do because of the
interesting and detailed content. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OG4XDLx9vxs/YLO9A8cpjRI/AAAAAAAATdE/J_jZjBQjAIQYNjn16Kj1Ha_WlScavL5AwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2B2000%2Bpiece%2Bjigsaw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OG4XDLx9vxs/YLO9A8cpjRI/AAAAAAAATdE/J_jZjBQjAIQYNjn16Kj1Ha_WlScavL5AwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2B2000%2Bpiece%2Bjigsaw.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">2000 piece jigsaw</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have been pondering for a while now whether to continue
posting a regular blog. I have come to the conclusion that I haven’t anything fresh
to say about my quilting endeavours. I have established my quilting style long
ago and I have been working in this way for some time. Occasionally there is a new
piece of painterly work, perhaps a Linus quilt here or a wall hanging there but
I feel that I have got nothing to say now that is fresh. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I am going to step back from weekly posting
for the summer months and decide whether I want to stop completely in September.
Thank you to those who have faithfully followed my musings. I wouldn’t have written
it without the support of my ’friends in stitches’, my people out there in the
dark! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-86706591284101137182021-05-23T08:05:00.006-07:002021-05-23T08:05:41.162-07:00BLOG 549<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 549<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There’s a lot on my design wall to catch up on but this week I changed
tack completely to make a floor quilt for a baby which is due at the end of
this month. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6lXlAB2RDd0/YKptUu5KSOI/AAAAAAAATUY/PFHj7IcdYlcLRPmXwpyQWvL-EHgBu4atwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BDesign%2Bwall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1402" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6lXlAB2RDd0/YKptUu5KSOI/AAAAAAAATUY/PFHj7IcdYlcLRPmXwpyQWvL-EHgBu4atwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BDesign%2Bwall.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Design wall</span></span></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On line, I found a variety pack of children’s fabrics, postage free, so I
ordered them and was perplexed to find that they were coming all the way from
China! I needn’t have worried about the distance travelled because they were
delivered within 5 days. Just how they do it so cheaply and so quickly I do not
know. Anyway, after opening the packet I saw straight away that the squares
were not accurate so I had to set about reducing them all from an inaccurate 4”
to 3 ¾”. I bordered each square with a bright plain fabric and then chose a
multi-coloured batik to make the lattice strips. I added corners stones of the plain
fabrics to unify the over-all look. Here’s the sequence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-47cj4JWtW5Q/YKptaX9BVzI/AAAAAAAATUc/2Lj0dI06bIkHTt9uNBg2X9JBE71zgYXQACLcBGAsYHQ/s1551/02%2BVariety%2Bpack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1409" data-original-width="1551" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-47cj4JWtW5Q/YKptaX9BVzI/AAAAAAAATUc/2Lj0dI06bIkHTt9uNBg2X9JBE71zgYXQACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BVariety%2Bpack.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Variety pack</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8E5n7sTQ678/YKptg2UTqnI/AAAAAAAATUg/r9ic1hLVeBk6T8m8i4i8mj9bkPQCUP1YgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BBordered.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8E5n7sTQ678/YKptg2UTqnI/AAAAAAAATUg/r9ic1hLVeBk6T8m8i4i8mj9bkPQCUP1YgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2BBordered.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Bordered</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v-2VIxqG7Vo/YKptmuM8RmI/AAAAAAAATUo/M_Nv4x9TDngRpAXcU-To4b7naXzwIYoiACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BLattice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v-2VIxqG7Vo/YKptmuM8RmI/AAAAAAAATUo/M_Nv4x9TDngRpAXcU-To4b7naXzwIYoiACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BLattice.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lattice</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hhu7KOsWhTY/YKpts4aZIeI/AAAAAAAATUw/pUbd-i8EVD8iExxoKi4wUw-92zL64G-jwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BLattice%2Band%2Bcorner%2Bstones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hhu7KOsWhTY/YKpts4aZIeI/AAAAAAAATUw/pUbd-i8EVD8iExxoKi4wUw-92zL64G-jwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BLattice%2Band%2Bcorner%2Bstones.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lattice and corner stones</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--l2pcKdTx1Y/YKptznbCBZI/AAAAAAAATU4/66t1jy1FQ6EFFXzuH1c6ZIwtcxecUo5EQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BString%2Bpiecing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--l2pcKdTx1Y/YKptznbCBZI/AAAAAAAATU4/66t1jy1FQ6EFFXzuH1c6ZIwtcxecUo5EQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BString%2Bpiecing.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">String piecing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l_RUeiP0kwg/YKpuNRMINKI/AAAAAAAATVI/G0oOhvRECWIZdxwFeu70UBi2nAARf1wTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2BBordered%2Bsquares.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l_RUeiP0kwg/YKpuNRMINKI/AAAAAAAATVI/G0oOhvRECWIZdxwFeu70UBi2nAARf1wTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2BBordered%2Bsquares.jpg" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Lattices attached</span></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N5hXsIxKTkg/YKpukdHKZKI/AAAAAAAATVQ/Vm_jnN8HJ7gs01W1y3cAutfaqo49xZAwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2BCompleted%2Btop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N5hXsIxKTkg/YKpukdHKZKI/AAAAAAAATVQ/Vm_jnN8HJ7gs01W1y3cAutfaqo49xZAwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/08%2BCompleted%2Btop.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Completed top</span></div></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For my birthday last month I got a mammoth jigsaw. I have never attempted
one so big! I have had smaller ones (1000 pieces) made by this designer (Jan
Van Haasteren) before and they are great fun to do. There isn’t an inch of
space that isn’t full of detail and the same characters always appear in each
jigsaw. With so much rain this week I have made a cautious start; I am obsessed!
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g2DdexSlRP4/YKpusUpk81I/AAAAAAAATVU/63RE8k25jmQ591c1XTl4x-1w_iVHxDp_ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/09%2BMammoth%2Bjigsaw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1870" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g2DdexSlRP4/YKpusUpk81I/AAAAAAAATVU/63RE8k25jmQ591c1XTl4x-1w_iVHxDp_ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/09%2BMammoth%2Bjigsaw.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mammoth jigsaw</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a9GKSPZCehg/YKpuzeFiOGI/AAAAAAAATVY/oYo_5pBDuREwEYMA7uRQEwdmFaAEoSdigCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2BCharacters.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a9GKSPZCehg/YKpuzeFiOGI/AAAAAAAATVY/oYo_5pBDuREwEYMA7uRQEwdmFaAEoSdigCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2BCharacters.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Characters</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-79894368057408731252021-05-16T11:00:00.001-07:002021-05-16T11:00:12.802-07:00BLOG 548<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 548<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Continuing on from last week on the collie theme, I decided to have
another go. I thought that I would try a version without voiles for comparison,
to see which one I preferred. It was the same process again but with altered
colouring and here is the sequence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GKB-9xKVxGc/YKFcYx_yfdI/AAAAAAAATQ4/MXb41UahAVQYGwSaiVlYO97puPeqVlwSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2509/01%2BCollie%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="2509" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GKB-9xKVxGc/YKFcYx_yfdI/AAAAAAAATQ4/MXb41UahAVQYGwSaiVlYO97puPeqVlwSQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BCollie%2B1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collie 1</span></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZEm2LwCJhYw/YKFcezaL2bI/AAAAAAAATQ8/pbExoBN3QhgFe6Hg6oD4WDOECZMNYvzkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BCollie%2B2%2B%25231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZEm2LwCJhYw/YKFcezaL2bI/AAAAAAAATQ8/pbExoBN3QhgFe6Hg6oD4WDOECZMNYvzkQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BCollie%2B2%2B%25231.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collie 2 #1 Start</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RJljKIwMVCA/YKFcnpLzxKI/AAAAAAAATRA/w3OYpMiTa74XRoukyDHghKzDO8hdaGfzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BCollie%2B2%2B%25232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RJljKIwMVCA/YKFcnpLzxKI/AAAAAAAATRA/w3OYpMiTa74XRoukyDHghKzDO8hdaGfzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2BCollie%2B2%2B%25232.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collie 2 #2 In progress</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rvIbXfAaNbc/YKFcwG4bLYI/AAAAAAAATRI/bOY4k53yg24eLy-bveZLKaJ0wnasOj-ZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BCollie%2B2%2B%25233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1963" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rvIbXfAaNbc/YKFcwG4bLYI/AAAAAAAATRI/bOY4k53yg24eLy-bveZLKaJ0wnasOj-ZwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BCollie%2B2%2B%25233.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collie 2 #3 Comparison</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RM0fVCevmwk/YKFc2kCD14I/AAAAAAAATRM/f3vyMMauTukUofzB6gQ-OQR1k0OiOp-xgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BCollie%2B2%2B%25234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1974" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RM0fVCevmwk/YKFc2kCD14I/AAAAAAAATRM/f3vyMMauTukUofzB6gQ-OQR1k0OiOp-xgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BCollie%2B2%2B%25234.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Collie 2 #4 Almost complete</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There’s a bit more work on this sample and that will give me a second
sheepdog that I don’t know what to do with! <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And as I started to work on another jigsaw, I understood exactly why I
enjoy doing these fragmented images. It’s the correct placement of all the
smaller bits to make a combined and pleasing whole. I get a lot of help (or
hindrance!) from Wussy Pillow who insists on joining me. This particular jigsaw
of the main street in Chester (which I know well but haven’t seen for 18
months) was passed on by a friend who said he had spent 5 hours trying to do the
sky but couldn’t manage it. So I thought I’d show him how. It was fiendishly
hard so I just placed the pieces wherever I could and sent him a picture for a
laugh! Not my finest jigsawing moment it has to be said!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cw3rIKL7W30/YKFdEzgI8wI/AAAAAAAATRY/FJ6Y7qIy49kocRksDflfCBuqt4Ve3uPNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BWillow%2Band%2Bjigsaw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cw3rIKL7W30/YKFdEzgI8wI/AAAAAAAATRY/FJ6Y7qIy49kocRksDflfCBuqt4Ve3uPNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BWillow%2Band%2Bjigsaw.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Willow and jigsaw</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lDuzuDbRIVg/YKFdLZiJ2nI/AAAAAAAATRg/KIRe-g5p3Dww7UPn71duT3N_JBQCklXDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2BImpossible%2Bsky.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lDuzuDbRIVg/YKFdLZiJ2nI/AAAAAAAATRg/KIRe-g5p3Dww7UPn71duT3N_JBQCklXDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2BImpossible%2Bsky.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Impossible sky!</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-62674416101480976542021-05-09T09:48:00.001-07:002021-05-09T09:49:48.164-07:00BLOG 547<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 547<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week I continued to do more work on the sketches of the sheep dog in
stalking mode. I find it quite therapeutic to draw of an evening and with
persistence eventually an image started to emerge. This spurred me on to making
a working pattern. The first two sketches are worked with the mosaic shading I
like to do and it was this style that I was definitely going to do when I got
to my playroom. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kjDMcCUNd2g/YJgN3uy1M7I/AAAAAAAATJY/HKegU-9EJwsW1ZKI0e4FrIZyjUM-x3wzACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BPic%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kjDMcCUNd2g/YJgN3uy1M7I/AAAAAAAATJY/HKegU-9EJwsW1ZKI0e4FrIZyjUM-x3wzACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BPic%2B1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 1</span></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n9x5K79D8hM/YJgN9ga1hGI/AAAAAAAATJc/2Y0m9JwHFi4MTIrhg9iLaIlxhY4rM8BoACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BPic%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n9x5K79D8hM/YJgN9ga1hGI/AAAAAAAATJc/2Y0m9JwHFi4MTIrhg9iLaIlxhY4rM8BoACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BPic%2B2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 2</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r5gmpMP8DeM/YJgOJ0Ezq9I/AAAAAAAATJo/GCF0d31sYl42rF0rt7_RQ3Me9bM8AV4bwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BPic%2B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r5gmpMP8DeM/YJgOJ0Ezq9I/AAAAAAAATJo/GCF0d31sYl42rF0rt7_RQ3Me9bM8AV4bwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BPic%2B4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 4</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can see from the pattern below that I started to make mosaic shading
marks but once I started to work with fabric, I went in another direction
entirely! This sequence of pictures illustrates the creative progress that I
made.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K85lHV1Ikao/YJgOSafg5mI/AAAAAAAATJw/2B3nGq6Yx6gkmGRvPBkOy4OnwK3g9pT4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BPic%2B5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K85lHV1Ikao/YJgOSafg5mI/AAAAAAAATJw/2B3nGq6Yx6gkmGRvPBkOy4OnwK3g9pT4QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BPic%2B5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 5</span></div></span></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ewnMcNqILAs/YJgPIHxQZOI/AAAAAAAATJ8/644Lh-Ypc8gu2epF2fLFyQkVuNQ4UTQTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BPic%2B6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ewnMcNqILAs/YJgPIHxQZOI/AAAAAAAATJ8/644Lh-Ypc8gu2epF2fLFyQkVuNQ4UTQTgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BPic%2B6.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Pic 6</span></div></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yWxv1Stza2c/YJgPPtSk18I/AAAAAAAATKA/zg2tyg3jaYEYNaPA7xM-1CD9GoYEJbpjACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2BPic%2B7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1279" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yWxv1Stza2c/YJgPPtSk18I/AAAAAAAATKA/zg2tyg3jaYEYNaPA7xM-1CD9GoYEJbpjACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2BPic%2B7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 7</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h7-O69Uw0RQ/YJgPWeYlw-I/AAAAAAAATKE/V-tFNajaDhkvFQ3j6yvyqyLtnEqGw6DGACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2BPic%2B8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h7-O69Uw0RQ/YJgPWeYlw-I/AAAAAAAATKE/V-tFNajaDhkvFQ3j6yvyqyLtnEqGw6DGACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/08%2BPic%2B8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 8</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">? </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_87" o:spid="_x0000_i1034" style="height: 170.25pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 226.5pt;" type="#_x0000_t75">
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</v:imagedata></v:shape></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pic 9<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gMGbDxo2c3o/YJgPrOXHnFI/AAAAAAAATKU/SUJdnf6tmyImMsTL7V7xxpXYCeuaTDjzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2BPic%2B10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gMGbDxo2c3o/YJgPrOXHnFI/AAAAAAAATKU/SUJdnf6tmyImMsTL7V7xxpXYCeuaTDjzQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2BPic%2B10.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 10</span></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-prBbLZ8E-7g/YJgQrBkCIOI/AAAAAAAATLw/c9t2_erz3PAmEq25nxuDHBcVLY8hd1pFACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2BPic%2B10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-prBbLZ8E-7g/YJgQrBkCIOI/AAAAAAAATLw/c9t2_erz3PAmEq25nxuDHBcVLY8hd1pFACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2BPic%2B10.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 11</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lcNLn82MC40/YJgQ49kERrI/AAAAAAAATL0/XVSrdNxQm349KHsB5QOf8w9gy9R9xzTjACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/12%2BPic%2B12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lcNLn82MC40/YJgQ49kERrI/AAAAAAAATL0/XVSrdNxQm349KHsB5QOf8w9gy9R9xzTjACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/12%2BPic%2B12.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 12</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once the image was complete, I then overlaid the fabric with voiles to
give more depth to the colour. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LWEJpQPNSD4/YJgRA94ujTI/AAAAAAAATL8/Iwx2KiMwpYE3jEjdjCMTDQoResNn-8ioQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/13%2BPic%2B13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LWEJpQPNSD4/YJgRA94ujTI/AAAAAAAATL8/Iwx2KiMwpYE3jEjdjCMTDQoResNn-8ioQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/13%2BPic%2B13.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 13</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2X16NRTm9rE/YJgRH39rXII/AAAAAAAATMA/P4j93ZKmWiA3m55AeNFckjbrpBBK-zS1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2529/14%2BPic%2B14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="2529" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2X16NRTm9rE/YJgRH39rXII/AAAAAAAATMA/P4j93ZKmWiA3m55AeNFckjbrpBBK-zS1QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/14%2BPic%2B14.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 14</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once it was complete, I showed it to Himself who immediately said that the
dog looked too heavy for a working collie! And once I stepped away from my work
to look at it objectively, I saw straight away that he was right! And so I
embarked on some selective redesigning, cutting, repositioning and tweeking
until I was happier with the over-all shape. And don’t ask what I am going to
do with it because I don’t know just yet!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j4ylN7s4ypA/YJgROwci25I/AAAAAAAATMI/mins4P87MkUJSHBAhYUVLA-RfZ_3sxR5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2535/15%2BPic%2B15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="2535" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j4ylN7s4ypA/YJgROwci25I/AAAAAAAATMI/mins4P87MkUJSHBAhYUVLA-RfZ_3sxR5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/15%2BPic%2B15.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 15</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_102" o:spid="_x0000_i1027" style="height: 109.5pt; mso-wrap-style: square; visibility: visible; width: 225.75pt;" type="#_x0000_t75">
<v:imagedata o:title="" src="file:///C:\Users\Dilys\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image011.jpg">
</v:imagedata></v:shape></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4tVPHNO_CBg/YJgRVIP7XjI/AAAAAAAATMQ/4rV8vs7DeOYzzQfQvtLlOkYrawfT1RZVACLcBGAsYHQ/s2551/16%2BPIc%2B16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="2551" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4tVPHNO_CBg/YJgRVIP7XjI/AAAAAAAATMQ/4rV8vs7DeOYzzQfQvtLlOkYrawfT1RZVACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/16%2BPIc%2B16.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 16</span></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x3hDo7glTc0/YJgRcwZu0cI/AAAAAAAATMY/LMpIbqrwi5QOYbHQHD_VpBI-T0O2T_g6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/17%2BPic%2B17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1047" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x3hDo7glTc0/YJgRcwZu0cI/AAAAAAAATMY/LMpIbqrwi5QOYbHQHD_VpBI-T0O2T_g6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/17%2BPic%2B17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 17</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4YceYUDSgxk/YJgRjtChdMI/AAAAAAAATMg/FJ3ySjM8DRY64Kf_4-jgpwkYS_YbYyOAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2554/18%2BPic%2B18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="2554" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4YceYUDSgxk/YJgRjtChdMI/AAAAAAAATMg/FJ3ySjM8DRY64Kf_4-jgpwkYS_YbYyOAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/18%2BPic%2B18.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pic 18</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-24692012556937574842021-05-02T08:54:00.011-07:002021-05-02T08:54:54.950-07:00BLOG 546<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 546<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You may have gathered that I was rather fed up with my creative flair
last week and as a result, I slung the sketch into the bin in disgust!! Later
on, I retrieved it because I don’t like to be beaten when an idea doesn’t work
the first time. If you tune in next week you will see how this project
progressed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></b></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FyFsXpUIncs/YI7Ja6dBbEI/AAAAAAAATEI/7VM8bgtlfscVBRabECKhqAZs1s46sBMLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BRetrieved%2Bsketch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FyFsXpUIncs/YI7Ja6dBbEI/AAAAAAAATEI/7VM8bgtlfscVBRabECKhqAZs1s46sBMLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BRetrieved%2Bsketch.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Retrieved sketch</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, while the scant collection of brain cells process this dilemma on my
behalf, I used a tray of ready-cut pinked circles to create a colourful
background. Here’s the progression.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M7G14wVtaUU/YI7JjWIZksI/AAAAAAAATEM/xflcNRGm6bIcudMZ7A8IkTjj5beyI7UhACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BPalette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M7G14wVtaUU/YI7JjWIZksI/AAAAAAAATEM/xflcNRGm6bIcudMZ7A8IkTjj5beyI7UhACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BPalette.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Palette</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-88cyeq6rzcM/YI7JqDOZUAI/AAAAAAAATEQ/XZwUKyGHREkGXozCoxbHVYVIe_S_os9cwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2B%25231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-88cyeq6rzcM/YI7JqDOZUAI/AAAAAAAATEQ/XZwUKyGHREkGXozCoxbHVYVIe_S_os9cwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2B%25231.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#1</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R93KZEN7yX4/YI7KFoPMc4I/AAAAAAAATEc/JfzkmUKInlc4nG3Aya9HAMeHQGRS39WEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2B%25232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R93KZEN7yX4/YI7KFoPMc4I/AAAAAAAATEc/JfzkmUKInlc4nG3Aya9HAMeHQGRS39WEgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2B%25232.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#2</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-neUWL7NZHyw/YI7KMRHPaFI/AAAAAAAATEg/gLGfyCZBG4Q61Vr8783yNWRQbyl49xNTACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2B%25233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1801" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-neUWL7NZHyw/YI7KMRHPaFI/AAAAAAAATEg/gLGfyCZBG4Q61Vr8783yNWRQbyl49xNTACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2B%25233.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#3</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qwPR8xTy5NM/YI7KSh1L5QI/AAAAAAAATEk/Co3lJD5qozgnubuRq2mZNOQXHefqeDIBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2B%25234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1924" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qwPR8xTy5NM/YI7KSh1L5QI/AAAAAAAATEk/Co3lJD5qozgnubuRq2mZNOQXHefqeDIBgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2B%25234.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#4</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once I was happy with the flow of colours, I trimmed it into a square and
placed it onto wadding. Now it is ready for embellishment and a border. I have
made many such cushion fronts and they are easy to do!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aWTBi0QrHDk/YI7KZLxJHkI/AAAAAAAATEs/CzcuY3664wsIYJP8KR-k1MhHPVQG0JlpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2BCutting%2Bboard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1828" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aWTBi0QrHDk/YI7KZLxJHkI/AAAAAAAATEs/CzcuY3664wsIYJP8KR-k1MhHPVQG0JlpwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2BCutting%2Bboard.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cutting board</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VL9ewzptnMI/YI7KgtKDaqI/AAAAAAAATE0/PDkavM7i3U0E92SS5D4LAFKXP0gdQt43gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2BTrimmed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1969" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VL9ewzptnMI/YI7KgtKDaqI/AAAAAAAATE0/PDkavM7i3U0E92SS5D4LAFKXP0gdQt43gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/08%2BTrimmed.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Trimmed</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TyqY3jrvuBc/YI7KphKkQjI/AAAAAAAATE8/wyzOGl6B3L0HKeIBAp3erfC291OJd2dsgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/09%2BOn%2Bwadding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2027" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TyqY3jrvuBc/YI7KphKkQjI/AAAAAAAATE8/wyzOGl6B3L0HKeIBAp3erfC291OJd2dsgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/09%2BOn%2Bwadding.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">On wadding</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rr5W8DhAwpI/YI7KxbdWkrI/AAAAAAAATFE/a5A2cEBHYqs5bVvTZKNRPayMb0NmquaVACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2BCushion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rr5W8DhAwpI/YI7KxbdWkrI/AAAAAAAATFE/a5A2cEBHYqs5bVvTZKNRPayMb0NmquaVACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2BCushion.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cushion</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And finally, I have found a post-it note behind a cushion with the words
‘Thank you’ written on it! Not a big deal you might think. But when you know
that it has been behind this cushion for 2 ½ years, it starts to throw a not
too favourable light on my house keeping efforts!! When Tess and family stayed
for a couple of nights at Xmas over 2 years ago, she used a pad of post-it
notes to say’ Thank you’ and she hid them in cupboards, on doors, in baskets,
in drawers and (now we know) behind cushions! It was lovely to find them …. But
2 ½ Years later …. I should be mortified but instead it made us all laugh!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-adlg6c1VsIw/YI7K7lDdKII/AAAAAAAATFM/i6uYSZJShisbBCipX40YXVx9F9IIa4qwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/11%2BPost-it%2Blabel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1905" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-adlg6c1VsIw/YI7K7lDdKII/AAAAAAAATFM/i6uYSZJShisbBCipX40YXVx9F9IIa4qwQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/11%2BPost-it%2Blabel.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Post-it label</span></div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-35153096066622415312021-04-25T11:10:00.007-07:002021-04-25T11:10:46.116-07:00BLOG 545<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Blog 545</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Our nearest farming neighbours (affectionately known as the ‘Down-Belows’)
are trainers of sheep dogs. They buy young pups and train them up; they take
them to trials to hone their skills and to showcase them, and then they sell
them on as working dogs. When we first moved into Y Gorlan, (we became the ‘Up-Aboves’
being farther up the hill) we used to listen to him training them in the
surrounding fields. When he shouted ‘sit’ we used to stop whatever we were
doing in the garden and sit!! Back then, two of his dogs were called Tam and
Tess which just happened to be the names of our daughters so it was somewhat
inevitable that we would become firm friends. This week we made our annual visit
to their lambing sheds to greet the new arrivals. These are Zwartble sheep and they
had a mixture of black and white lambs between them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FSF3p7YgVEs/YIWuiAHuD2I/AAAAAAAATCE/uJPOULBJMuswodHRgrQ1Oy9ID0qWMRXUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BLambing%2Bshed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1947" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FSF3p7YgVEs/YIWuiAHuD2I/AAAAAAAATCE/uJPOULBJMuswodHRgrQ1Oy9ID0qWMRXUgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BLambing%2Bshed.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lambing shed</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Three of his dogs were romping around the field close by and it was these
that captured my attention. I watched what they were doing beyond the perimeter
of the pens and saw them run, swerve, creep and stalk, with their eyes always
on the sheep; they were totally fixated. One of them (Gill) had a habit of
using her paw to remind us that she was there; she even looked as though she
was smiling! Anyway, by the time I had walked the hill back home I was determined
to try and put this rural scene into a wall hanging.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LqJl0cNPpH4/YIWunyRNvOI/AAAAAAAATCI/_HKCoEx88sQ1sibabwDqktRMilTuuR1ogCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BIm%2Bhere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LqJl0cNPpH4/YIWunyRNvOI/AAAAAAAATCI/_HKCoEx88sQ1sibabwDqktRMilTuuR1ogCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BIm%2Bhere.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I’m here</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, as with all pieces of work, I started with some quick sketching to
help me to establish the simple shapes of movement. I particularly liked the
creeping attitude where the dog is fully focused on the sheep. Here are the
rapid sketches.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ktmf7cgwBkI/YIWuvcAlYlI/AAAAAAAATCM/w5kj0VeAgD0nX6D5gNzw8FIi1WXD8KC-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2B%25231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1913" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ktmf7cgwBkI/YIWuvcAlYlI/AAAAAAAATCM/w5kj0VeAgD0nX6D5gNzw8FIi1WXD8KC-wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2B%25231.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#1</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mXsJejpoMOo/YIWu12R4DPI/AAAAAAAATCQ/Pv4nBXtxY8cwnScwORmbmQTkTeqHvQeYACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2B%25232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1953" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mXsJejpoMOo/YIWu12R4DPI/AAAAAAAATCQ/Pv4nBXtxY8cwnScwORmbmQTkTeqHvQeYACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2B%25232.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#2</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sK1SbBCxXQA/YIWu9Dj27CI/AAAAAAAATCU/Wt2NqA1GwqUkGtTd5_2dbd3pDwnF17pJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2B%25233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1584" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sK1SbBCxXQA/YIWu9Dj27CI/AAAAAAAATCU/Wt2NqA1GwqUkGtTd5_2dbd3pDwnF17pJQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2B%25233.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#3</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ShkpnCXX1SU/YIWvCzjAB6I/AAAAAAAATCc/cC_vht8Mps8nrEKJYPM6bLM9rUeUhglFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2B%25234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1843" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ShkpnCXX1SU/YIWvCzjAB6I/AAAAAAAATCc/cC_vht8Mps8nrEKJYPM6bLM9rUeUhglFQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2B%25234.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#4</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-qCjISWzHA/YIWvISsxTpI/AAAAAAAATCk/IvhId_aIz8cqobpC3flRpXVftAZN39-1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2B%25235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1846" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z-qCjISWzHA/YIWvISsxTpI/AAAAAAAATCk/IvhId_aIz8cqobpC3flRpXVftAZN39-1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2B%25235.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#5</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5teoPmS0Cds/YIWvN3k7hbI/AAAAAAAATCs/pCAqVEEHfv05RcEae2-ary5W2_20Zpi4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2B%25236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5teoPmS0Cds/YIWvN3k7hbI/AAAAAAAATCs/pCAqVEEHfv05RcEae2-ary5W2_20Zpi4wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/08%2B%25236.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#6</span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4-_ol7uLtEM/YIWvVWTot-I/AAAAAAAATC0/1_RwLLuz35oGgTHiNnjueUJc4eYjmTQUACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/09%2B%25237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1478" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4-_ol7uLtEM/YIWvVWTot-I/AAAAAAAATC0/1_RwLLuz35oGgTHiNnjueUJc4eYjmTQUACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/09%2B%25237.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#7</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The one that follows is the one I liked the best so I added more shading
detail. This was traced and a grid was added over the top. I used this small
sketch to enlarge the image onto a working paper pattern. And that was where
this creative thrust stopped dead. Looking at the sketches, the expression
‘lost in translation’ comes to mind. I had totally lost the grit of the sheep
dog and come up with a benign Labrador!! Back to the drawing board!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6jbj5erxSZo/YIWvahe3fbI/AAAAAAAATC8/DnkROSATcrQC4RjMX2N6hJyfzCiP4pQ7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2B%25238.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1429" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6jbj5erxSZo/YIWvahe3fbI/AAAAAAAATC8/DnkROSATcrQC4RjMX2N6hJyfzCiP4pQ7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2B%25238.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#8</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VKwrkCukmDI/YIWvhSZaerI/AAAAAAAATDE/RsDsNO4Sh8w06PcftAXhSPEG6pKS9FztACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/11%2B%25239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VKwrkCukmDI/YIWvhSZaerI/AAAAAAAATDE/RsDsNO4Sh8w06PcftAXhSPEG6pKS9FztACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/11%2B%25239.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#9</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t7bfo57VTP0/YIWvmqqfnNI/AAAAAAAATDI/JpQo937WnbwfCoAoIzy_FejEbysYzqwxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/12%2B%252310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t7bfo57VTP0/YIWvmqqfnNI/AAAAAAAATDI/JpQo937WnbwfCoAoIzy_FejEbysYzqwxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/12%2B%252310.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">10</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_dNxk_9TRoQ/YIWvrx9AChI/AAAAAAAATDM/WnRvIOTsMNoLHLvFQui_HucOwv6Xh-n9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/13%2B%252311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1557" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_dNxk_9TRoQ/YIWvrx9AChI/AAAAAAAATDM/WnRvIOTsMNoLHLvFQui_HucOwv6Xh-n9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/13%2B%252311.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">11</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On a lighter note, I had a birthday recently and Daughter #2 got it spot
on again. If only I could get my leg that high!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m5rFnj9tzME/YIWvywg3m4I/AAAAAAAATDU/bJzsD_zsRb8yJ1NbMbqpm9HB31-J3bdVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/14%2BBirthday%2Bgirl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1342" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m5rFnj9tzME/YIWvywg3m4I/AAAAAAAATDU/bJzsD_zsRb8yJ1NbMbqpm9HB31-J3bdVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/14%2BBirthday%2Bgirl.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Birthday girl!</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My little old school friend was also spot-on with her card. She’s the
third one in the line-up!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ii5LSu1vYWk/YIWv9LTNfCI/AAAAAAAATDc/9cppld51PLMJ-8jvnbEdPvhsvUekINy4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/15%2BThe%2BHokey%2BCokey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ii5LSu1vYWk/YIWv9LTNfCI/AAAAAAAATDc/9cppld51PLMJ-8jvnbEdPvhsvUekINy4gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/15%2BThe%2BHokey%2BCokey.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">The Hokey Cokey</span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And after a year of Covid-driven lockdowns, I was reminded today that it
is the simple things in life that are important. We took the family on our favourite
‘clints and grykes’ walk which is just 2 miles away from home. This is the magnificent
reward for a not too strenuous climb.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Eg3GN_PUYbc/YIWwCNKz9EI/AAAAAAAATDg/bVK-kVRN6xQOjrneSGQcrQEk-0O8cN9CwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/16%2BMagnificent.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Eg3GN_PUYbc/YIWwCNKz9EI/AAAAAAAATDg/bVK-kVRN6xQOjrneSGQcrQEk-0O8cN9CwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/16%2BMagnificent.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Magnificent</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p>
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-74342101936909776362021-04-18T10:46:00.001-07:002021-04-18T10:46:14.266-07:00BLOG 544<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">BLOG 544</span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have had a busy week in the garden what with the fine weather and the onset of spring, which in turn means that I haven’t got my teeth into anything worth show-casing this week. So I looked around me for some quilting memorabilia to look at in more depth and I chose this cross stitch sampler. It is a cherished item that was pain-stakingly made by my mother many moons ago and I just love it! It has hung on the wall for the 15 years we have lived here and because of that we tend not to notice it any more. My mother witnessed every step of my growth in quilting, teaching and writing and she was immensely proud of me. With this picture, she demonstrates her expertise in cross stitch whilst acknowledging my love of quilting. Enjoy! (Photography through glass is problematic so apologies for the quality of the pictures)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></b></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qPMK8wvR7V8/YHxuwFx9EKI/AAAAAAAAS_8/QoDYPCSZwk8rbakGl-hhW4UUMRcRyXTrACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BCross%2Bstitch%2Bsampler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1681" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qPMK8wvR7V8/YHxuwFx9EKI/AAAAAAAAS_8/QoDYPCSZwk8rbakGl-hhW4UUMRcRyXTrACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BCross%2Bstitch%2Bsampler.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Cross stitch sampler</span></div></span></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zIgvzScfguU/YHxu3JlPfRI/AAAAAAAATAA/l5-rid2J0w8ebi0-millmNKtbdOLISjkACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BBlock%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1946" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zIgvzScfguU/YHxu3JlPfRI/AAAAAAAATAA/l5-rid2J0w8ebi0-millmNKtbdOLISjkACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BBlock%2B1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Block 1</span></div></span></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_FHraiQfN9U/YHxu9HBz1oI/AAAAAAAATAE/WE2o367WNEg204HAx3ZlLACGT9AFv6SywCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BBlock%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1974" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_FHraiQfN9U/YHxu9HBz1oI/AAAAAAAATAE/WE2o367WNEg204HAx3ZlLACGT9AFv6SywCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2BBlock%2B2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Block 2</span></div></span></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TJ_MXr_W794/YHxvDlgN5cI/AAAAAAAATAM/sIhKcvo76jUBNsjcSOC-aBikE2nB7_pogCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BBlock%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1943" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TJ_MXr_W794/YHxvDlgN5cI/AAAAAAAATAM/sIhKcvo76jUBNsjcSOC-aBikE2nB7_pogCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BBlock%2B3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Block 3</span></div></span></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j15sCl2mP-M/YHxvJ_QKFiI/AAAAAAAATAQ/iqNcS6ba60Q-hI8Ou8ZPxchG_R7VMelCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2017/05%2BBlock%2B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2017" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j15sCl2mP-M/YHxvJ_QKFiI/AAAAAAAATAQ/iqNcS6ba60Q-hI8Ou8ZPxchG_R7VMelCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BBlock%2B4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Block 4</span></div></span></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qJLEsujnots/YHxvQF3qc-I/AAAAAAAATAY/fVd0_ahNOaELArsw2qiV6blOurzX6SnmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BBlock%2B5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2010" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qJLEsujnots/YHxvQF3qc-I/AAAAAAAATAY/fVd0_ahNOaELArsw2qiV6blOurzX6SnmQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BBlock%2B5.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Block 5</span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ubWW_i0pCw/YHxvZipXQeI/AAAAAAAATAg/hdPOeMAWUSsb9bZFRS8wrydx7K38FzuRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2BBlock%2B6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1964" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ubWW_i0pCw/YHxvZipXQeI/AAAAAAAATAg/hdPOeMAWUSsb9bZFRS8wrydx7K38FzuRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2BBlock%2B6.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;">Block 6</span></div></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6rkYbjLzNlE/YHxviQWUQRI/AAAAAAAATAo/FPQ5uNoe_TI3X16j3LxSGXF2uXBWAtFiACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2BBlock%2B7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2014" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6rkYbjLzNlE/YHxviQWUQRI/AAAAAAAATAo/FPQ5uNoe_TI3X16j3LxSGXF2uXBWAtFiACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/08%2BBlock%2B7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Block 7</span></div></span></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ede6ZaUc2nI/YHxvp6c-EYI/AAAAAAAATAw/utPyMJzgUvkJuNewNvKHmwWTwgnIeLkKACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/09%2BBlock%2B8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2040" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ede6ZaUc2nI/YHxvp6c-EYI/AAAAAAAATAw/utPyMJzgUvkJuNewNvKHmwWTwgnIeLkKACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/09%2BBlock%2B8.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Block 8</span></div></span></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yaygC5qOqNY/YHxvvmZ5TkI/AAAAAAAATA0/_FlYmVp5Dl8xINd8Km9Wd3BUDUlmi5fAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2BBlock%2B9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2036" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yaygC5qOqNY/YHxvvmZ5TkI/AAAAAAAATA0/_FlYmVp5Dl8xINd8Km9Wd3BUDUlmi5fAgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2BBlock%2B9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Block 9</span></div></span></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last week I was proudly saying that I had chosen a lattice
fabric for Linus quilt #5. Wrong! As I started to cut and trial more strips, I
found that the choice was completely wrong. It was much too busy so it was back
to plain black to provide a breathing space between the blocks. I also like to say
that this quilt just fell together under my sewing machine but it didn’t! I hadn’t
realised that I had mis-cut some of the Batik border fabric and this caused all
sorts of problems during construction. ‘Measure twice and cut once’ is sage
advice and it is best followed to the whisker when making patchwork quilts!!
Eventually I sorted it all out, added corner stones and completed another Linus
quilt top.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oVtLxil8BO4/YHM-ZZBjuII/AAAAAAAAS-Y/TcGdUNCzFP8S4obbUCsT7_sd5qYeAgDoACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BLattice.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oVtLxil8BO4/YHM-ZZBjuII/AAAAAAAAS-Y/TcGdUNCzFP8S4obbUCsT7_sd5qYeAgDoACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BLattice.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lattice</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a4aw6rUOgS4/YHM-gVNd6mI/AAAAAAAAS-g/CLHSP-OfVWgLi68zq9Hlc7qsFiehWSUDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BCorner%2Bstones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1918" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a4aw6rUOgS4/YHM-gVNd6mI/AAAAAAAAS-g/CLHSP-OfVWgLi68zq9Hlc7qsFiehWSUDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BCorner%2Bstones.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Corner stones</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BQxc7i6xb4Y/YHM-n3HvGzI/AAAAAAAAS-k/9l2DlZqHPT0HX9t6gcoQ9_9EIdzVIDMVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BLinus%2B%25235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1882" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BQxc7i6xb4Y/YHM-n3HvGzI/AAAAAAAAS-k/9l2DlZqHPT0HX9t6gcoQ9_9EIdzVIDMVgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2BLinus%2B%25235.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linus #5</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The final Linus quilt for this session of foot-down, motorway-driving,
machine sewing was made using a gifted pack of Kaffe Fasset fabrics. I don’t
have any other fabrics from this range so just needed to use what I had. I
found a subtle striped fabric which blended and used that with what scraps I
had left over from constructing the squares. Linus quilt top #6 was completed.
I am well aware that these 6 quilts now need layering with wadding and a
backing before quilting and binding but that will have to wait for another day.
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OsutLF2-VTg/YHM-5JXTyhI/AAAAAAAAS-4/-X0Ajvl9crcR8KAtiDM6lyPG2GDXJW1DACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BBorders%2Bsrtips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OsutLF2-VTg/YHM-5JXTyhI/AAAAAAAAS-4/-X0Ajvl9crcR8KAtiDM6lyPG2GDXJW1DACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BBorders%2Bsrtips.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Border strips</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For some light relief, I brought out my Mother’s Day jigsaw
puzzle. I was in fear and trembling about the impossibility of the task ahead
until I realised that all the pieces were marked on the back. After sorting them
into A B C D E and F, it became much easier to construct a sixth of the mandala
at a time. It was quick to do but larger than my jigsaw folder so I had to add
extensions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Easter, and what a lovely one it is! Although the
temperatures plummet at night, the days are bright and sunny. My garden is
waking up with vigour now and the resulting areas of colour give me immense
pleasure. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here’s a picture of a spring display,
with snake’s head fritillary towering majestically over the other plants. This
particular plant was given to me by my quilting friend Jennifer who poignantly
suffered a debilitating stroke a few years ago and is now very frail in a
nursing home. What a lovely reminder I have of her every spring!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As far as sewing is concerned, I have continued to use the
building blocks that were prepared for the making of Linus quilts. This time I
was able to find a distinctive Batik which I used to border each square. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LvEgpzrd2GM/YGnowdNoh3I/AAAAAAAAS9I/uDTKSsexjz8hTRczO-iI4Zn1yEpOLs7hgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BBuilding%2Bblocks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1901" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LvEgpzrd2GM/YGnowdNoh3I/AAAAAAAAS9I/uDTKSsexjz8hTRczO-iI4Zn1yEpOLs7hgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BBuilding%2Bblocks.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Building blocks</span></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have chosen another Batik which I will place between the
blocks for light relief. This looks totally different to the other Linus quilts
I have made over the last few blogs and it only goes to show what you can do
with simple 2½” x 4½” building blocks and an additional fabric(s).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C4mL_JbvVhI/YGnpLZu__bI/AAAAAAAAS9g/cbBHEW_Fq50yNmbkxT457Qis-pcdryx5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BPotential%2Bjoining%2Bfabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1329" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C4mL_JbvVhI/YGnpLZu__bI/AAAAAAAAS9g/cbBHEW_Fq50yNmbkxT457Qis-pcdryx5gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BPotential%2Bjoining%2Bfabric.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Potential border fabric</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another part-made quilt (Disappearing Four Patch) had been
put to one side because I didn’t have a suitable fabric to go with it. During a
rare bout of tidying, I came across a striped fabric which complemented the
fabrics used. I’m looking forward to seeing what I’ll come up with on that one!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tyU5e2JU61I/YGnpTljajWI/AAAAAAAAS9s/7PLEeGpuWwwCXtVXTKATVHbwY8-Yb9THgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2BPotential%2Bborder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tyU5e2JU61I/YGnpTljajWI/AAAAAAAAS9s/7PLEeGpuWwwCXtVXTKATVHbwY8-Yb9THgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2BPotential%2Bborder.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another border, another quilt!</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-75753497982258694082021-03-28T08:35:00.010-07:002021-03-28T08:35:49.102-07:00BLOG 541<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 541<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over the last couple of weeks, I have been driving a lot. My
husband has had facial surgery to remove a cancerous sore just below his eye
and this has necessitated numerous journeys to a specialist unit in St Helen’s,
about 35 miles from home. I was quite fascinated by the MOHS technique which
took 3 surgeries and 3 lab tests (to make sure all the affected tissue had been
removed) and an 11 ½ hour day in outpatients. With all the dressings on his
face he looked like he was auditioning for the Phantom of the Opera! A few days
of convalescing was followed by a 3 day stay in the plastic surgery unit in
Whiston hospital to make good the damaged area. Instead of a reconstruction
using a skin graft, the surgeons utilised his loose skin and wrinkles (we could
all do with a bit of this!) and that will result I him eventually looking ten
years younger on that side of his face! The scar, starting at his collar line, goes
up his neck, round his ear, up the side of his face and under his eye. There
are masses of tiny regular stitches along the length and I would have been very
proud to have done them myself!! He’s still very battered and bloodied but in
no immediate pain or discomfort and thankfully the process of recovery has
started. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now that the weather is warming up, I have noticed that the
long tailed tits are still coming mob-handed to the garden feeders. These
pictures show the contrast in seasons and it reminds me that we all need a bit
of colour in our lives!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></b></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hR64kwL48UY/YGChATFHFXI/AAAAAAAAS7M/-1Gz6Eui1FYYbqfEFmLyIKNaU9l-mkDZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BWinter%2Bfeeder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1773" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hR64kwL48UY/YGChATFHFXI/AAAAAAAAS7M/-1Gz6Eui1FYYbqfEFmLyIKNaU9l-mkDZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BWinter%2Bfeeder.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Winter feeder</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As far as sewing is concerned, I have continued to make progress
on Linus quilt #4. Using the prepared blocks, I have added a 1 ½” strip of
calico, rotating half the blocks. A string piecing technique was used and the
design wall helped to show progress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></b></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wpzLM1r5dyE/YGChNOMgS6I/AAAAAAAAS7U/pcniHwzIs-cc1q0XFAvh5_vvEWMCPbd8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BBuilding%2Bblocks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1273" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wpzLM1r5dyE/YGChNOMgS6I/AAAAAAAAS7U/pcniHwzIs-cc1q0XFAvh5_vvEWMCPbd8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2BBuilding%2Bblocks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Building blocks</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-956878472054060152021-03-21T10:06:00.009-07:002021-03-21T10:06:44.785-07:00BLOG 540<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 540<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What a lovely week it has been! Although cold, the sun has
been shining most days and it has really lifted the spirits (particularly the
gin which I am rather partial to!!). It’s the first day of Spring today and
Mother Nature is doing her best to confirm it. There’s lots of bird song in the
air and the buds and wild flowers are starting to make an appearance and the
feeling all-round is that we have got through another winter unscathed. It’s
just over a year ago this week that we became aware of the devastating effects
of the Covid pandemic and the restrictions it was going to place on our lives.
From ‘not having time to do things’ we moved to ‘having all the time in the
world to do what we wanted’ and yet I wonder how many took advantage of this
situation. Now weekly walks with family or friends have become much anticipated
and really precious because nothing can take the place of just being together
and having a chat, it’s as simple as that!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My indoor creative time has been spent (almost) completing
the scrap quilt which I started at the beginning of lockdown. I used a walking
foot and let the sewing machine do the work. All I had to do was battle the
bulk of it under the needle. It became less of a fight when I started to roll
the edges in. I cut the binding from the same fabric as the back of the quilt
and added that. It warms me of an evening when I am hand sewing it down. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ulJRT3MD2O8/YFd7AHBYCuI/AAAAAAAAS4U/j-agnII5TTwAdYBiyRTODR5IE_6PVCllQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BMachine%2Bquiltinf.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ulJRT3MD2O8/YFd7AHBYCuI/AAAAAAAAS4U/j-agnII5TTwAdYBiyRTODR5IE_6PVCllQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BMachine%2Bquiltinf.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Machine quilting <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cHIom-c70r0/YFd7GvAaOGI/AAAAAAAAS4Y/j-IiLNc6mJEcRQxKxojX1EP7zqgn7x8pACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BWalking%2Bfoot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cHIom-c70r0/YFd7GvAaOGI/AAAAAAAAS4Y/j-IiLNc6mJEcRQxKxojX1EP7zqgn7x8pACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BWalking%2Bfoot.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Walking foot</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the design wall, I have been playing with the remaining
rectangles. I decided to sew two together to make a square with one light and one
dark. I set up a production line by my sewing machine with lights on one side
and darks on the other and just fed them through using a string piecing method.
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P-5pvGPci-Y/YFd7qcF8T5I/AAAAAAAAS40/iXxzyDegkQEbVIccm4tQBnGqDOG_tvYXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BRectangles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2006" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P-5pvGPci-Y/YFd7qcF8T5I/AAAAAAAAS40/iXxzyDegkQEbVIccm4tQBnGqDOG_tvYXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BRectangles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rectangles</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I was separating them I placed them in piles with the
dark fabric on top. This made it easier to place the squares under the iron and
press them from light to dark. I shall carry on doing a few each time I go into
my room. The piles of rectangles will diminish and the piles of squares will
increase and be ready to use as building blocks for the next Linus quilt(s)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You will probably have registered that I wasn’t that enamoured
with the design wall layout that I had prepared last week. I decided that, as I
don’t like unpicking (calling it ‘reverse sewing’ makes it less painful!), I
was not going to continue to make these rectangles into a large quilt. Instead
I made the decision to use up the prepared blocks and the remainder of the
rectangles on Linus quilts. I haven’t made any this year so now I have
inadvertently provided myself with the ideal opportunity! The individual blocks
remain the same; the only difference is that I have used lights to balance the
darks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This has given me a block with
many more possibilities rather like the log cabin block. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I started to play with layouts and it wasn’t long before I
got into my stride and started mass producing quilts … well three quilt tops so
far! Adding black between the blocks gave a sense of relief and a line of
definition.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YbGK1avtMF8/YE4BphsqlRI/AAAAAAAAS1I/9_cm0r3iphQXmdCgbZHA8GVRqtcgflZGACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2B4%2BBlocks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1989" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YbGK1avtMF8/YE4BphsqlRI/AAAAAAAAS1I/9_cm0r3iphQXmdCgbZHA8GVRqtcgflZGACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2B4%2BBlocks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">4 Blocks together</span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zV_LyCnqIA0/YE4BwvbkRtI/AAAAAAAAS1M/e-JIqyWStko02bLWxWvDZtH1JvF33k6qgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2531/03%2B2%2BLinus%2Bquilt%2Bideas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2531" data-original-width="1243" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zV_LyCnqIA0/YE4BwvbkRtI/AAAAAAAAS1M/e-JIqyWStko02bLWxWvDZtH1JvF33k6qgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2B2%2BLinus%2Bquilt%2Bideas.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 Linus quilt ideas</span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCkBB1fWGIM/YE4B5RqrpTI/AAAAAAAAS1Y/y1jFIdtB9FYDgB89w0HUjvuYvpqVm0LswCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BLinus%2B1%2Bwith%2Bblack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1980" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kCkBB1fWGIM/YE4B5RqrpTI/AAAAAAAAS1Y/y1jFIdtB9FYDgB89w0HUjvuYvpqVm0LswCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BLinus%2B1%2Bwith%2Bblack.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Linus 1 with black</span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NMZgiejaPSc/YE4CAfUS3II/AAAAAAAAS1g/5vGdPjKfYSEgeJ4PdQFzoYV9g7lnNGq2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BLinus%2B2%2Bwith%2Bblack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2037" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NMZgiejaPSc/YE4CAfUS3II/AAAAAAAAS1g/5vGdPjKfYSEgeJ4PdQFzoYV9g7lnNGq2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BLinus%2B2%2Bwith%2Bblack.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Linus 2 with black</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here’s the progress on the Linus 3 quilt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week I decided to battle on with the current scrap quilt
project. I’m not usually so focused on advancing one project at a time but for
some reason this project provided enough creative interest to motivate me! Part
of it was the prospect of using up the remaining bulk of my fabric stash which
has been my abiding aim for the past few years. This will be the final scrap
quilt I think … (I hope!) The ready prepared rectangles are 2 ½” x 4 ½” and as
such they are a versatile shape for many a tile pattern. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The proposed simple lay-out was shown on the blog last week
and this is the start of the logical construction. As usual, I laid out a
couple of blocks at a time beside my sewing machine and worked using a
string-piecing method. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As usual, my design wall is an integral part of the progress
and, as each block was completed, it was pinned there for an over-all impression.
And it was at this point that I realised that, if I was intending to do a
shaded quilt from dark in the centre to light round the outside, the block was
too big for the fabrics that I had to work with. The blocks shown below are in
a blended sequence but I didn’t have sufficient in the medium/dark range to go
all around the dark centre. It’s time to rethink my method and to assess what I
can do with the remaining rectangles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the first week when we have felt that spring isn’t
quite so far away after all. I have been looking for the usual signs in the
hedgerows during our walks. We’ve seen new acid-green buds and hazel and willow
catkins (pussy willow) and the odd early celandine. Local estates have carpets
of snowdrops and green fields full of lambs and the trees are alive with bird
song. It’s such a joyous time of the year. And the garden is waking up too
which means that it will need some attention again and that I won’t mind at
all!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I decided to layer up the scrap quilt which I made towards
the beginning of the very first lockdown last March, almost a year ago. It has
been folded on the top of a cupboard, just in my eye line, goading me to get it
finished! The pic shows the backing and wadding on the floor and the quilt on
the corner of the bed ready to go on top. I was all fired up to quilt it and I
made excellent progress until I ran out of thread!! That meant that I had to
order some more, which meant I had to wait, which meant that I lost interest in
it for the time being.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I was at a loose end (which is always fatal in my husband’s
opinion; he reckons I start to ask for the house to be moved 2” to the
left!!!!), I started to look at my remaining collections of fabrics (other than
Batiks and Bali’s). I found a drawer of coloured fabrics which were printed
with a pattern in a darker tone, often described as tone on tone. There was a
rainbow of colour and I thought I could do something with these! So I set about
ironing them and then cutting them into 2½” strips before dividing them into 4 ½”
lengths to give me building blocks. It was laborious in its magnitude and precision
but Radio 4, bad weather and the odd cuppa eased me through it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8fnvJCZlf54/YDvKWO6IqYI/AAAAAAAASsQ/k352ZtrfBbc-wWygqACQtBGEaD05ijH_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2BLarger%2Bpalette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8fnvJCZlf54/YDvKWO6IqYI/AAAAAAAASsQ/k352ZtrfBbc-wWygqACQtBGEaD05ijH_gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2BLarger%2Bpalette.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Larger palette</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I couldn’t get a 2½” strips, I cut the remainder of the
fabric into smaller strips for future use or perhaps not! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w4zcJ2wEWlo/YDvKemh3P_I/AAAAAAAASsY/lC8-wdGqU8sCS-sg2XUif4d8iin8_Y0LQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/11%2BSmaller%2Bstrips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1619" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w4zcJ2wEWlo/YDvKemh3P_I/AAAAAAAASsY/lC8-wdGqU8sCS-sg2XUif4d8iin8_Y0LQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/11%2BSmaller%2Bstrips.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Smaller strips</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And when all that was done I had an extensive working
palette. I started to work randomly on the design wall with the idea of making
a tonal quilt with lights in the centre transitioning into darks around the
edges. I sussed out straight away that I would need to create a block for the
ease of construction. This is the story so far.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iUdw0A5AWUM/YDvKyhHDt1I/AAAAAAAASso/rRQ_3BaekpAsrlgt3qLuy3rhY4cReXQ9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/13%2BTonal%2Barrangement.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1213" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iUdw0A5AWUM/YDvKyhHDt1I/AAAAAAAASso/rRQ_3BaekpAsrlgt3qLuy3rhY4cReXQ9wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/13%2BTonal%2Barrangement.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tonal selection</span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecEquAZcbZI/YDvK7ibZTUI/AAAAAAAASsw/FWRYMA0G0CEqRcNnbInMRb8MMLD2--HowCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/14%2BExtensive%2Bpalette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ecEquAZcbZI/YDvK7ibZTUI/AAAAAAAASsw/FWRYMA0G0CEqRcNnbInMRb8MMLD2--HowCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/14%2BExtensive%2Bpalette.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Extensive palette</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PELlht3L6Ts/YDvLCkbU99I/AAAAAAAASs4/QuHqBWjwwZgweclZL9-9mKJiB-80MYuzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/15%2BDesign%2Bwall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1289" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PELlht3L6Ts/YDvLCkbU99I/AAAAAAAASs4/QuHqBWjwwZgweclZL9-9mKJiB-80MYuzwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/15%2BDesign%2Bwall.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Design wall</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ykhxb5FjjKg/YDvLOZJMRUI/AAAAAAAAStA/xdlXi6Pn2y4qUgc0dTflcCxDHS6jWS1BACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/16%2BMasterplan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2007" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ykhxb5FjjKg/YDvLOZJMRUI/AAAAAAAAStA/xdlXi6Pn2y4qUgc0dTflcCxDHS6jWS1BACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/16%2BMasterplan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Masterplan</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vwgrNK5b2cc/YDvLWMS5S8I/AAAAAAAAStI/_WW7CMvGqogR9PgW7uXgr6hmclfSllhwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/17%2BFirst%2Bblock.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2038" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vwgrNK5b2cc/YDvLWMS5S8I/AAAAAAAAStI/_WW7CMvGqogR9PgW7uXgr6hmclfSllhwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/17%2BFirst%2Bblock.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First block??</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-55896370558245035242021-02-21T09:00:00.000-08:002021-02-21T09:00:09.394-08:00BLOG 536<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 536<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I continued to work with the floral wall hanging (as yet
unnamed) this week, especially as the weather was bad enough to keep me inside.
I generally enjoy all the processes that I use in a project like this but I
think it is the free motion stitchery which is the most liberating. It is an essential
step in my creative method as it secures the fused shapes to the background and
adds detail and depth. What follows now is a series of pictures to show the
thread work and the finishing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oqY31e20z94/YDKOwmYolgI/AAAAAAAASlw/U_HDqfAaC60p4J3AM7WZCFFbPJZEydLDACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/%25231.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oqY31e20z94/YDKOwmYolgI/AAAAAAAASlw/U_HDqfAaC60p4J3AM7WZCFFbPJZEydLDACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/%25231.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thread embellishment 1</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wP949mBlOb8/YDKO4VE1FhI/AAAAAAAASl0/onxE1DfiIeQHmQuMhAUZnnXygGZ0wwXbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/%25232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wP949mBlOb8/YDKO4VE1FhI/AAAAAAAASl0/onxE1DfiIeQHmQuMhAUZnnXygGZ0wwXbQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/%25232.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#2</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LDc6RotoN98/YDKPll6Z0QI/AAAAAAAASmc/-jLMArtyqMYn9gFbvGUAvgAR8FQG7S5UwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/%25237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LDc6RotoN98/YDKPll6Z0QI/AAAAAAAASmc/-jLMArtyqMYn9gFbvGUAvgAR8FQG7S5UwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/%25237.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#7</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--lRjeT3wlcc/YDKP2zJ-xXI/AAAAAAAASms/XVYLo7STPl4vEfke_OYKavBBuCgmcS7ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/%25239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--lRjeT3wlcc/YDKP2zJ-xXI/AAAAAAAASms/XVYLo7STPl4vEfke_OYKavBBuCgmcS7ZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/%25239.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#9</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d6gnaQZVwtk/YDKQKg5_exI/AAAAAAAASm4/boeGVZMd0qQ15vSSi7eEhHw87AjBtfAyACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/%252311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d6gnaQZVwtk/YDKQKg5_exI/AAAAAAAASm4/boeGVZMd0qQ15vSSi7eEhHw87AjBtfAyACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/%252311.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">#11</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And before I knew it, I was steam ironing the completed
masterpiece.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tw6ZYaLL-X0/YDKQ2YV-YaI/AAAAAAAASnY/6FyeEY7X5dMmHpGkRRfN_4NJ7RzCzthugCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/14%2BCorner%2Bdetail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tw6ZYaLL-X0/YDKQ2YV-YaI/AAAAAAAASnY/6FyeEY7X5dMmHpGkRRfN_4NJ7RzCzthugCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/14%2BCorner%2Bdetail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Corner detail</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I decided to bind the quilt with the same fabric that I had
used on the back. It contained many of the colours that I had used within the
design and just seemed appropriate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJ7qA8OKIYE/YDKRAlaftuI/AAAAAAAASng/Nx6n1fyV1FMCNK08vp-S5E6sx8wj0KPMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/15%2BBinding%2Bfabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZJ7qA8OKIYE/YDKRAlaftuI/AAAAAAAASng/Nx6n1fyV1FMCNK08vp-S5E6sx8wj0KPMwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/15%2BBinding%2Bfabric.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Binding fabric</span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x9OG8yQ7lO4/YDKRItf4ZsI/AAAAAAAASno/nwk5jXEqTUok3js5Kqy6hgaC_OOOzmLnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/16%2BFinish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x9OG8yQ7lO4/YDKRItf4ZsI/AAAAAAAASno/nwk5jXEqTUok3js5Kqy6hgaC_OOOzmLnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/16%2BFinish.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finished (yet to be signed, dated and named)</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-73256298870148471872021-02-14T06:59:00.004-08:002021-02-14T06:59:26.113-08:00BLOG 535<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 535<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I believe we are having a proper winter this year and, whilst
we are in the depths of it, it is a joy to be working with bright summery
colours! This week I shut myself in my playroom with its more than ample heater
and I immersed myself in the colours of the latest project. What I have created
so far is the quilted background onto which I am now adding floral details.
With my quilted background firmly pinned onto the design wall, I tend to try
out different ideas first; sometimes paper cut-outs help. I invariably work on
baking parchment with ready-fused fabric and free-cut the shapes that I need as
I go along. I have tried to work with templates but they need preparing first
and they are not conducive to spontaneity. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What follows is a series of ‘in progress’
pictures. The creative process has to be fluid and so there is a lot of
auditioning and shuffling of shapes as I go along. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZND8GtCo5EI/YCk3W7BBM0I/AAAAAAAASjs/lBWVu4e4KPAIhyjxkDIujrbr3dn4SV29gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BBackground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZND8GtCo5EI/YCk3W7BBM0I/AAAAAAAASjs/lBWVu4e4KPAIhyjxkDIujrbr3dn4SV29gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BBackground.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Background</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-niP2BSQSfcc/YCk3eh_nVSI/AAAAAAAASjw/H1UMtmkKCL8otGHFgZl2DCZp7WE7v5tiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BAuditioning%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-niP2BSQSfcc/YCk3eh_nVSI/AAAAAAAASjw/H1UMtmkKCL8otGHFgZl2DCZp7WE7v5tiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BAuditioning%2B1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Auditioning 1?</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9ECqb2NSBbo/YCk3mJHe77I/AAAAAAAASj0/fu_QG9hC2DcNqadeyLalJ7LDEu04ZBmpQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BAuditioning%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9ECqb2NSBbo/YCk3mJHe77I/AAAAAAAASj0/fu_QG9hC2DcNqadeyLalJ7LDEu04ZBmpQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2BAuditioning%2B2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CZpUzqbS6oA/YCk3tjm9IsI/AAAAAAAASj8/kg3m_otMOqM0clRLaVfpgRQ4d9XoOuKXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BAuditioning%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CZpUzqbS6oA/YCk3tjm9IsI/AAAAAAAASj8/kg3m_otMOqM0clRLaVfpgRQ4d9XoOuKXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BAuditioning%2B3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">3</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2H7g1BsT4nY/YCk31-4d7TI/AAAAAAAASkI/cVOGoeblEMoNO8w49R-6Sf9bG_2nS_I3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2996/05%2BAuditioning%2B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2590" data-original-width="2996" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2H7g1BsT4nY/YCk31-4d7TI/AAAAAAAASkI/cVOGoeblEMoNO8w49R-6Sf9bG_2nS_I3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BAuditioning%2B4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">4</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nXmiaeTP2oE/YCk3_XLFInI/AAAAAAAASkQ/UAX4uL18jo0I81i2sW06Po7gveoNT7PuwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BAuditioning%2B5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1677" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nXmiaeTP2oE/YCk3_XLFInI/AAAAAAAASkQ/UAX4uL18jo0I81i2sW06Po7gveoNT7PuwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BAuditioning%2B5.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">5</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--R0Sc0O53eQ/YCk4LWUBjGI/AAAAAAAASkY/TJKfUzugkz0T4uFcSec8Bp3c_2Ch3OI5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2B%25236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--R0Sc0O53eQ/YCk4LWUBjGI/AAAAAAAASkY/TJKfUzugkz0T4uFcSec8Bp3c_2Ch3OI5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2B%25236.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">6</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NqlKy2ZezD0/YCk4VnMp_zI/AAAAAAAASkc/sQ70xVHMSiwjuzMK4csWa8HHUx1OxGzvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2BFree%2Bstyle%2Bhollyhocks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1575" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NqlKy2ZezD0/YCk4VnMp_zI/AAAAAAAASkc/sQ70xVHMSiwjuzMK4csWa8HHUx1OxGzvgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/08%2BFree%2Bstyle%2Bhollyhocks.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Free style hollyhocks</div></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BklLB6B0U7E/YCk4eTGp4wI/AAAAAAAASkk/BTnDh-fDTFQi8p4qXPUvgrnN5Do0LTALACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2B%25236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BklLB6B0U7E/YCk4eTGp4wI/AAAAAAAASkk/BTnDh-fDTFQi8p4qXPUvgrnN5Do0LTALACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2B%25236.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">7</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FIftyGufKds/YCk50F-NIsI/AAAAAAAASlc/QsZT8ktIPx8t53-en2ETwPeQuiop6bmlwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/17%2BAlmost%2Bthere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1770" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FIftyGufKds/YCk50F-NIsI/AAAAAAAASlc/QsZT8ktIPx8t53-en2ETwPeQuiop6bmlwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/17%2BAlmost%2Bthere.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Almost there</span></div>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-72572019900730518162021-02-07T10:31:00.002-08:002021-02-07T10:31:12.987-08:00BLOG 534<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 534<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am happy to be working on my blog this afternoon because it
is distracting me from the fact that later on I am going to the local Rainbow
hospital to have my first Covid injection. I am not nervous about the injection
itself as I think it is the only way out of this national lockdown gridlock. What
I am anxious about is being amongst lots of people again after so many months
apart. I do a weekly supermarket shop but this is usually at 7pm when there is
virtually no-one there! Life has been pretty much confined to the gentle
quietness of home and the natural peacefulness of the surrounding countryside
and we have physically seen no-one for ages, which is as it should be. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That said, the Covid situation has given me lots of space to
be creative and I appreciate that very much so this week has seen the
completion of the quilt Square Dance. I love it a lot and making it was like
seeing my whole quilting life in fabrics flash in front of me! I fondly remember
all of my fabrics; where I bought them, what I made with them and perhaps who
gave them to me as a gift. They are all treasured.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pA1I9hPSs1Y/YCAvVFY_4kI/AAAAAAAASeA/6xJU9062H6kSfX4k2F-VAr82n2vE0QJLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BVertical%2Bstrips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pA1I9hPSs1Y/YCAvVFY_4kI/AAAAAAAASeA/6xJU9062H6kSfX4k2F-VAr82n2vE0QJLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BVertical%2Bstrips.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vertical strips</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The quilted and trimmed vertical strips were joined by a
black strip on the RS and the remnants of the prepared scrap strips on the WS.
The strips on the WS needed to be closed by hand with this method of
construction so I was able to sit in my arm chair of an evening and sew in
front of the fire. The elderly cats tend to crowd round on the rare occasions
that I sit down so it is the unfortunate downside of being inert! I make sure
that I have a good light over my shoulder and I support the weight of the quilt
on a lap tray. I have always held the opinion that quilts warm you twice;
firstly while you sew them on your lap and secondly when they are on the bed! I
have to say that I was toasty warm sewing the seams and the binding. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BiKwBP2TNxA/YCAvkehh_MI/AAAAAAAASeE/w9uB_K1rwIsZfFx9egs_bprYwPe5JFyjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BBack%2Bstrip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BiKwBP2TNxA/YCAvkehh_MI/AAAAAAAASeE/w9uB_K1rwIsZfFx9egs_bprYwPe5JFyjwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BBack%2Bstrip.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Back strip</span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7v_VfqzD2Yc/YCAvr9e1aSI/AAAAAAAASeM/-9dbNAxSNu8muqkEg_p2JjZZki8yZ9FhgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BPinned.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7v_VfqzD2Yc/YCAvr9e1aSI/AAAAAAAASeM/-9dbNAxSNu8muqkEg_p2JjZZki8yZ9FhgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2BPinned.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pinned</span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IE_KjxFbT00/YCAwb_6QQgI/AAAAAAAASeY/LVukif2E9nUanInm7n5XJMb1rT6IdnTJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BSewing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IE_KjxFbT00/YCAwb_6QQgI/AAAAAAAASeY/LVukif2E9nUanInm7n5XJMb1rT6IdnTJwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BSewing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sewing</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--xENUDTNBO4/YCAwie-OSjI/AAAAAAAASec/dLhpwdKNvFgmfXjR2pg3W58YZlaVUO3bACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BQuality%2Bcontrol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--xENUDTNBO4/YCAwie-OSjI/AAAAAAAASec/dLhpwdKNvFgmfXjR2pg3W58YZlaVUO3bACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BQuality%2Bcontrol.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Quality control</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLASj8pR6YU/YCAwon-3bYI/AAAAAAAASeg/FPM6U4-jY0or6SAWi9jQ_WZ_h5eOwIFgwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BAnother%2Bseam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLASj8pR6YU/YCAwon-3bYI/AAAAAAAASeg/FPM6U4-jY0or6SAWi9jQ_WZ_h5eOwIFgwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BAnother%2Bseam.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another seam</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lhfBCaSb1kw/YCAwwfu-zmI/AAAAAAAASeo/SFhFfu3lOAwA91V0XZ6oG5fzeQkWuad2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2BHand%2Bsewing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lhfBCaSb1kw/YCAwwfu-zmI/AAAAAAAASeo/SFhFfu3lOAwA91V0XZ6oG5fzeQkWuad2QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2BHand%2Bsewing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hand sewing</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UwSp8GTtSig/YCAw3VU_JBI/AAAAAAAASew/PsSDlw9MwhIwM6zAmcvZx7x-YA86i_LLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2BA%2Bpain%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bneck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UwSp8GTtSig/YCAw3VU_JBI/AAAAAAAASew/PsSDlw9MwhIwM6zAmcvZx7x-YA86i_LLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/08%2BA%2Bpain%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bneck.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A pain in the neck</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MQyrqNrhTOM/YCAw_vzT13I/AAAAAAAASe4/vCKPq9EVw6cE2_-y4jEa4bUMLAJFFRkFACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/09%2BYet%2Banother%2Bseam.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MQyrqNrhTOM/YCAw_vzT13I/AAAAAAAASe4/vCKPq9EVw6cE2_-y4jEa4bUMLAJFFRkFACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/09%2BYet%2Banother%2Bseam.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yet another seam</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-riE9G6ZmobI/YCAxHH6qi0I/AAAAAAAASfE/tYWGC_w_lH0xxjwh_eWLGBsw31c-CXS2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2BBinding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-riE9G6ZmobI/YCAxHH6qi0I/AAAAAAAASfE/tYWGC_w_lH0xxjwh_eWLGBsw31c-CXS2wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2BBinding.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Binding</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KJOCuHjoZB8/YCAxPj5fhTI/AAAAAAAASfM/X5VmM9Clk38wf-POz9ti-JFlV_ki3mIaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/11%2BMitred%2Bcorner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1928" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KJOCuHjoZB8/YCAxPj5fhTI/AAAAAAAASfM/X5VmM9Clk38wf-POz9ti-JFlV_ki3mIaQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/11%2BMitred%2Bcorner.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mitred corner</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_STRThpe8Gg/YCAxXI4F8DI/AAAAAAAASfU/UCzCdpkbxIwYFiVHlGqOpgZ2MHzXTUPmACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/12%2BSquare%2BDance%2Bfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1934" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_STRThpe8Gg/YCAxXI4F8DI/AAAAAAAASfU/UCzCdpkbxIwYFiVHlGqOpgZ2MHzXTUPmACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/12%2BSquare%2BDance%2Bfront.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Square Dance front</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_PlcWdF7T6s/YCAxgXZOeFI/AAAAAAAASfc/qsHh0htyhcUlOOZz5Zs140ADPQhLXDtywCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/13%2BSquare%2BDance%2Breverse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1769" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_PlcWdF7T6s/YCAxgXZOeFI/AAAAAAAASfc/qsHh0htyhcUlOOZz5Zs140ADPQhLXDtywCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/13%2BSquare%2BDance%2Breverse.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Square Dance reverse</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-77842456703057273662021-01-31T08:26:00.012-08:002021-01-31T08:26:50.994-08:00BLOG 533<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 533<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This has been another week of variety which suits me just fine.
Our torpid lockdown days follow the same monotonous routine so it is a joy for
me to have numerous projects on the go in my playroom. I am there most
afternoons and I can’t really express how uplifting it is to be immersed in
colour, thread and fabric. I don’t know how others are coping with lockdown without
a similar creative outlet. I don’t watch a lot of TV, just selective programmes
which I can record and watch at my leisure so I have plenty of time to read and
play….and build snowmen!! My efforts last week lasted no more than 3 days and
this is what was left on the lawn. Yesterday I could have built another one
after substantial snow falls and, with last night’s freezing temperatures, it
would have lasted much longer too!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WWS76poEC1U/YBbYG6avULI/AAAAAAAASYw/ieCzVe2M3vQqBgjebiBZyhRc9Q3UUfkxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BNot%2Bso%2Bsnowman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1822" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WWS76poEC1U/YBbYG6avULI/AAAAAAAASYw/ieCzVe2M3vQqBgjebiBZyhRc9Q3UUfkxQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BNot%2Bso%2Bsnowman.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not so snowman!</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have storage boxes full of teaching samples and projects
that I have been unable to use or sell in the past so I am at the stage now where
I am ready to re-purpose them or bin them! Some stuff has gone straight into
the bin but there was one colourful picture that I really loved. It used to
hang in a large frame above the fire place for over 6 years until the frame
dropped apart with the rising heat from the fire. This has now become a large
bag and it is something I will definitely use when I am allowed to attend my
sewing groups again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BgW6753RTa8/YBbYNciBZSI/AAAAAAAASY0/N0U53m277NY6DnHghWCtVheAhnbu_L8hQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BBag%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1243" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BgW6753RTa8/YBbYNciBZSI/AAAAAAAASY0/N0U53m277NY6DnHghWCtVheAhnbu_L8hQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BBag%2B1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bag 1</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NSe3R2hdZ7g/YBbYUHHnYTI/AAAAAAAASY4/NOL3-ltGmKQqB_f39DKBT27XRS4-ek9CACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BBag%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1230" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NSe3R2hdZ7g/YBbYUHHnYTI/AAAAAAAASY4/NOL3-ltGmKQqB_f39DKBT27XRS4-ek9CACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2BBag%2B2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bag 2</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the sorting out/throwing out process I rescued what I
could to make small labels for my growing collection. They have not been
bordered yet nor has a ribbon been added, but they are pictured below. Label 1:
this was added to a piece of work made for my 60<sup>th</sup> birthday by a
very special quilty friend; it’s very special. Label 2: this is a section from
a stitched textile which I made at Suzette’s. Label 3: this is made from a
strip of off-cut fabric from the picture used to make the bag above. Label 4: hand
embroidery in the style of Laura Wasilowski.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gB_NQJ-J_zk/YBbYlqit5QI/AAAAAAAASZM/n9SB_z3mOf0lisWDtLw7zJqHbA8rbBW6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BLabel%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1063" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gB_NQJ-J_zk/YBbYlqit5QI/AAAAAAAASZM/n9SB_z3mOf0lisWDtLw7zJqHbA8rbBW6QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BLabel%2B2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Label 2</div></span></o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The multi-coloured quilting thread arrived this week so I
was able to bash on with the strips for the Square Dance quilt. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This project has been an ideal diversion this
week when weather conditions haven’t been favourable for our usual daily walk. I
am at the stage now where all the strips have been quilted and they have been trimmed
ready for reconstruction. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In case boredom set in, I sent off for another jigsaw and
here it is completed. It was a joy to do but it wasn’t without its challenges.
As I was doing it I recalled that we used to attend balloon festivals in Bristol
when the girls were small. If conditions were right (and often at 5a.m.!!), it
wasn’t unusual for over 100 balloons to be air-borne at any one time. It was a
spectacular sight. We are hoping to attend one in Yorkshire later this year if our
covid circumstances improve, so it’s arms vaccine-ready and fingers crossed!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am very fortunate in that I have always been a
happy-go-lucky sort of person and I can find pleasure in the most trivial
things in life. So this week, even though the local landscape is covered with snow
and ice, I was thrilled to find that there are early signs of spring if you
care to look. You can always trust Mother Nature to remain true to her rhythms
and, as the days are lengthening, there’s nothing like a tree festooned in catkins
to give hope for the springtime to come. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-87281275794658716312021-01-24T06:56:00.011-08:002021-01-24T06:56:52.532-08:00BLOG 532<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 532<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">‘Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow’ as the song goes! It
has been snowing on and off for 4 days and it’s still snowing now. It’s the drifting
along our lane to the road that always causes the problem and prevents us from
going out in the car…..But, as we can’t go anywhere anyway because of covid
restrictions, it’s not a problem this year. Yay! The surrounding landscape
looks seasonally pretty and pristinely clean and there’s barely a footprint in
the garden. I love the look of it but I just automatically feel cold and our walking
regime is on hold as we have to look after our hips!!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have been fiddling a bit this week, waiting for various
supplies to arrive so that I can continue to make progress on my main projects.
On order are threads (Quilt Direct), Warm and Natural wadding (Empress Mills) and
backing fabrics (Bombay Fabrics). My first fiddle was with the art cushion panel
that I made a few weeks back and it has now been made into a cushion with an
over-lapped back. It looks lovely in situ and cheers up the corner of a sofa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L1_BO2CM8SE/YA2Hy2TrHZI/AAAAAAAASQM/yC4RpK-BdXkBr834FcU9jlpjW2Jy02LbACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BCushion%2Bfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L1_BO2CM8SE/YA2Hy2TrHZI/AAAAAAAASQM/yC4RpK-BdXkBr834FcU9jlpjW2Jy02LbACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BCushion%2Bfront.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cushion front</span></div>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X5tUMhMhpEI/YA2H_U2lSNI/AAAAAAAASQQ/P6mneRiZvnoJ2MVyc_MCNN-FROK-YZ3-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BOverlapped%2Bback.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1999" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X5tUMhMhpEI/YA2H_U2lSNI/AAAAAAAASQQ/P6mneRiZvnoJ2MVyc_MCNN-FROK-YZ3-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BOverlapped%2Bback.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over-lapped back</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next, whilst tidying up my drawers, I came across some blocks
that I had sewn using Kaffe Fasset fabric. I was given a sample pack with a
plain contrast a long while ago and I had a go at a design called Disappearing
nine-patch. They are quality fabrics but I have found that K F fabrics only go
with K F fabrics. This is a terrific marketing ploy but not so good if you don’t
buy into this trend. So I am trying to use them to make a Linus quilt. This is what
I have done so far and I have yet to decide what to do with the remaining fabrics
to make it into a respectable size for a lap quilt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M84yK6wbI9g/YA2IODi6WTI/AAAAAAAASQc/F_kIl5rLZc8MGKnCJmdU9Rtn3lw53ytQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BKF%2Bsamples.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M84yK6wbI9g/YA2IODi6WTI/AAAAAAAASQc/F_kIl5rLZc8MGKnCJmdU9Rtn3lw53ytQwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BKF%2Bsamples.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">K F Samples</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KuYzyLAjbcY/YA2IVZdVe_I/AAAAAAAASQk/1kM0G31eW44jKUs8CVAgNG3OUfzM_UXGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BMini%2Bquilt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1261" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KuYzyLAjbcY/YA2IVZdVe_I/AAAAAAAASQk/1kM0G31eW44jKUs8CVAgNG3OUfzM_UXGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BMini%2Bquilt.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mini quilt</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then I made a start on quilting the Set Square quilt having
found a suitable multi coloured thread. I wound 3 bobbins in preparation and
made a start. I got no farther than a few inches when the thread started to break
and it continued to do so despite all the adjustments I could make. So I
swopped to a Mettler multi-coloured poly sheen thread 9916 and continued to use
the prepared bobbins. This worked very well until I ran out of top thread about
three quarters of the way along the first strip! Grrr! I eventually found more
supplies of the same thread and I am waiting for them to arrive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That left me with the freedom to focus on quilting the
colour study and that I did over a few afternoons until all the surface was
covered with stitch. I have to do this copious amount of stitching because of
the bonded method I use to create the surface. It’s as much about holding the
pieces in place as it is about the decorative detail. As I am sewing I have
plenty of time to think about the flowers that I am going to create to enhance
the scene.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VCHinGVI4Zg/YA2JcxdwORI/AAAAAAAASRU/r92aVuGcl34uLIQM7-K7JWY6PITWyGg1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2BPainterly%2Bbackground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1883" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VCHinGVI4Zg/YA2JcxdwORI/AAAAAAAASRU/r92aVuGcl34uLIQM7-K7JWY6PITWyGg1ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2BPainterly%2Bbackground.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Colour study</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I tell myself that I build snowmen for the grandchildren but
actually I do it for myself! If I am dressed well, I enjoy being out there as I
sink into my own little world of creativity. Aw bless!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VW0xuJqrBXc/YA2KIxIPzwI/AAAAAAAASR4/z4rys9-yxwo7UR892BlnHLtgDze_tagGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20210124_114622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1975" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VW0xuJqrBXc/YA2KIxIPzwI/AAAAAAAASR4/z4rys9-yxwo7UR892BlnHLtgDze_tagGwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/20210124_114622.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Snowman</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-28389750103031362712021-01-17T08:39:00.007-08:002021-01-17T08:39:39.363-08:00BLOG 531<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 531<br /><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All this week my focus has been to make progress with the
individual strips of the scrap quilt which I have decided to call ‘Set Square’.
I have been in the zone this week because of the weather and I have persevered
until all the long individual panels are now being layered up and pinned onto
wadding and the backing fabric that I have created. I can’t remember the last
time that I worked so efficiently and with so much focus; I enjoyed it! It was
also extremely pleasing to have used a lot of my remaining cotton fabrics to
create the backing strips for this quilt. Yes it would have been much quicker to
have bought fabric but not quite so smugly pleasing as seeing my stash being
reduced!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After sewing all the individual strips to each other, I relocated
to the warmth of the lounge to cut off the joining threads and reduce the
fabric on the corners. Then I had a brain wave when I decided to wrap the strips
onto wide pieces of cardboard to keep them tidy and flat. I labelled them on
their width and it is good to know that any remaining strips will be easily
stored for future use.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ia5mhLkA1Ys/YARlafDS2RI/AAAAAAAASMc/Wb11KWPfH54u3NpRoF1AXMwHXJhMBsvCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BSewing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1614" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ia5mhLkA1Ys/YARlafDS2RI/AAAAAAAASMc/Wb11KWPfH54u3NpRoF1AXMwHXJhMBsvCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BSewing.jpg" /></a></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sewing</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wUrB3SbtQeM/YARl-QTV6hI/AAAAAAAASMw/YpqqtJkX8rsDAazimdpE3Yp8Evy325VhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BStoring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wUrB3SbtQeM/YARl-QTV6hI/AAAAAAAASMw/YpqqtJkX8rsDAazimdpE3Yp8Evy325VhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BStoring.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Storing</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I decided as I went along that I would tidy up my fabric
drawers bit by bit and that was when I found a tray of fabrics that I had not
used! Mind you, these were tone on tone fabrics which, on reflection, might not
have been suitable so I don’t feel quite as grumpy about it now!! But it
probably means I have to make a final scrap quilt now to get rid of them. For a
long while now I have been trying to reduce my considerable stash so that I can
just concentrate on painterly fabrics like Batiks and Bali’s. The Liberty
fabrics have been used up; the silks have been sewn into a quilt and most of my
scrap fabrics are now part of many quilts and wall hangings!! Sometimes I
wonder why I am still making large pieces of work like quilts and throws but I
suppose it is a reflection of the raw materials that I have to hand and the
compulsion to use them to show that the money to buy them wasn’t wasted!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">To create the backing strips I decided to sew them straight
onto the wadding using a walking foot and a ‘sew and flip’ method. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To cope with the bulk I rolled the wadding so
it would fit under the arm of the machine and I worked with multiple strips so
that I made progress along each one at the same time. I finger-pressed each
strip after flipping it and only ironed the whole strip on completion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-twzbPh7Fcd4/YARnffiOIuI/AAAAAAAASNw/J7yobkZm04gkdWYUqaegfZYaD-MIKXScwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/13%2BMore%2Bprogress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1889" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-twzbPh7Fcd4/YARnffiOIuI/AAAAAAAASNw/J7yobkZm04gkdWYUqaegfZYaD-MIKXScwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/13%2BMore%2Bprogress.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More progress</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am at the stage where I am layering up the strips now ready
for free motion quilting which should happen this coming week. I am delighted
to have made so much progress on a piece of work which has been folded and
ignored on top of a cupboard for many a month!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I dislike having a mound of unfinished work lying around in
my room so my aim now is to get these projects completed before I move forward
creatively. I am starting with the scrap quilt shown below, which I haven’t
named yet; perhaps something original will come to mind as I am working on it!
This particular quilt is very large and will be a pain to control under my
standard sewing machine which is probably another reason I haven’t tackled it
yet. I am in the pleasant situation of having loads of fabric but not the large
pieces that I need for the backs of quilts, so I need to get imaginative!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hcX7OHSs2QA/X_s1m6NPfJI/AAAAAAAASKk/2hh5Mi9io38fgWUynuZ5f-V5xUHzJUnbACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BScrap%2Bquilt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hcX7OHSs2QA/X_s1m6NPfJI/AAAAAAAASKk/2hh5Mi9io38fgWUynuZ5f-V5xUHzJUnbACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BScrap%2Bquilt.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Scrap quilt</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first thing I did was to cut the quilt up into smaller
units. I took a deep breath and cut along the middle of the black strips
joining the rows together (the remaining pieces will need removing eventually
but will be easier to tackle as smaller unit)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tGGJBCEsjX8/X_s10SSMSLI/AAAAAAAASKo/pk9_OA4-8_8CX0aRPxXadpzlf3l-sRbfACLcBGAsYHQ/s3067/02%2BOne%2Bsection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3067" data-original-width="1025" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tGGJBCEsjX8/X_s10SSMSLI/AAAAAAAASKo/pk9_OA4-8_8CX0aRPxXadpzlf3l-sRbfACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BOne%2Bsection.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">One section</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And then I looked at my remaining stash of fabrics, ones
which aren’t the Batiks and Bali’s which I prefer. There is a lot of variety
and lots of different sizes and they are not co-ordinated at all; so I decided
to cut them all up into workable strips. This involved a lot of time at the
ironing board and the cutting board but hopefully it will be worth it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-REvJGI21ATA/X_s2Eity2JI/AAAAAAAASK4/tHJ2hXjqU4k_JGlxSzcV44rOlPx54kkwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BPressed%2Bfabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1846" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-REvJGI21ATA/X_s2Eity2JI/AAAAAAAASK4/tHJ2hXjqU4k_JGlxSzcV44rOlPx54kkwgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BPressed%2Bfabric.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Pressed fabric</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I cut the fabric into strips of varying widths, namely 3”,
2½”, 2”, 1½” 1”. It took a long while and even after cutting masses of fabric,
the basket didn’t look particularly empty!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YiYAbMFS0Ro/X_s2N8tKf9I/AAAAAAAASLA/z5n83pFDeVYkTQHMFoYlO1bcu7NpTFUWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BCut%2Bfabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YiYAbMFS0Ro/X_s2N8tKf9I/AAAAAAAASLA/z5n83pFDeVYkTQHMFoYlO1bcu7NpTFUWQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BCut%2Bfabric.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cut fabric</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GkyF68DOkqM/X_s2WLDIS6I/AAAAAAAASLI/fdbH2zbL8PIMsdGupMhfmNdae6MXZ3fiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BRemaining%2Bfabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1804" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GkyF68DOkqM/X_s2WLDIS6I/AAAAAAAASLI/fdbH2zbL8PIMsdGupMhfmNdae6MXZ3fiwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BRemaining%2Bfabric.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Remaining fabric</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another decision I made was to join the strips together to
give a continuous length in order to keep the fabrics from creasing and keep
them tidy. I prefer to do a diagonal join and this is how it is done. The
strips are placed RS together but at right angles to one another with a slight
over-lap. They can be pinned and the sewing line can be marked as shown below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you don’t want to mark all your fabric pieces, and who
does, you can mark a guide line on your sewing machine with a permanent marker.
This line is drawn in a direct line from the needle towards the edge of the
sewing machine and it is invaluable for accuracy. Just let the machine do the
sewing whilst you watch the point where the fabrics overlap travel along the
line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I used a string-piecing method to save on thread and then I
went to sit in front of the log fire to cut the threads and do the trimming with
a tray on my lap. So far, so good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-66091557594881148912021-01-03T10:53:00.000-08:002021-01-03T10:53:11.398-08:00BLOG 529<p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 529<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">From where we live on the side of a hill, we were able to witness the fireworks going off across the region to welcome in the New Year, getting 2021 started with a bang. And off we jolly well go again!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have started to play with some transfer paints which I purchased a good 18 months ago and never used. You know how it is when you go to the Festival of Quilts and watch someone doing a slick and practiced presentation. You get carried along until you think ‘I could do that’ and you end up buying the product! Once home, it gets stored and then it never sees the light of day! There is also a marbling kit but I have never opened either of them! I am going to challenge myself to use them and to see whether they have a place in my current style of work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o4EwYtjLJHE/X_IRbHRa_nI/AAAAAAAASG8/dJDFhi2DpiMI1SnxBVmwEil7zmRP1Rm2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BMarbling%2Bkit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o4EwYtjLJHE/X_IRbHRa_nI/AAAAAAAASG8/dJDFhi2DpiMI1SnxBVmwEil7zmRP1Rm2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BMarbling%2Bkit.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Marbling kit</div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wr3UThGb8lM/X_IRfkcxIaI/AAAAAAAASHA/Vhbpv5ksWwQj7Sahm9rPvG15vLqU67W3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BTransfer%2Bpaints.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wr3UThGb8lM/X_IRfkcxIaI/AAAAAAAASHA/Vhbpv5ksWwQj7Sahm9rPvG15vLqU67W3wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BTransfer%2Bpaints.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Transfer paints</div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Transfer paints have to be painted on paper and then they are ironed onto fabric to transfer the colour. My starting point was to colour the paper so I know what’s in each bottle and to stick these samples in a book for reference. So far so good! Then I ironed squares of these colours onto fabric several times to see how much of the colour transferred each time. You can see these samples at the bottom of the picture.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pqeuwgbn30E/X_IRk5vpj1I/AAAAAAAASHE/g5sAmSt2ybwtOKgVOy5QMkDyDPHe8agkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BColours.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Pqeuwgbn30E/X_IRk5vpj1I/AAAAAAAASHE/g5sAmSt2ybwtOKgVOy5QMkDyDPHe8agkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2BColours.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Colours</div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then I thought, I wonder if you can paint a scene on paper and then transfer that onto fabric. You can and here are the samples for that. In the process, the design becomes reversed of course and some of the colours become more intense. I had intended to draw some detail on the sample with my sewing machine but it has been mislaid under the pile of ‘controlled chaos’ that needs to be sorted … and that will be my task this week. I have cleansed the house and had a good throw out; my playroom is next!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y3-SkeWzVL8/X_IRrfNTaTI/AAAAAAAASHM/LKtbspimBlgKY9vJBixu-v2UomVCrVy7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BPainting%2Bon%2Bpaper.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-y3-SkeWzVL8/X_IRrfNTaTI/AAAAAAAASHM/LKtbspimBlgKY9vJBixu-v2UomVCrVy7gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BPainting%2Bon%2Bpaper.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Painting on paper</div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-66O2dEW9nxQ/X_IRxq9oBmI/AAAAAAAASHQ/_VUNL-aJ25sxrTy5qzlOr6V4vgNCTNFNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BTransfered%2Bonto%2Bfabric.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-66O2dEW9nxQ/X_IRxq9oBmI/AAAAAAAASHQ/_VUNL-aJ25sxrTy5qzlOr6V4vgNCTNFNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BTransfered%2Bonto%2Bfabric.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Transferred onto fabric</div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have completed the quilting on the cushion front from last month but I can’t finish it until I purchase a suitable backing. Either that or I must get imaginative with the fabric that I already have in abundance!! I am also machine texturing the colourful wall hanging from last month; I prefer to do this first before I add any flowers over the top.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4HlOBVe5Tso/X_IR2kxUocI/AAAAAAAASHY/_rJgFZla-wEhyvEBU3DuliQW_aLiiWyrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BCushion%2Bfront.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2037" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4HlOBVe5Tso/X_IR2kxUocI/AAAAAAAASHY/_rJgFZla-wEhyvEBU3DuliQW_aLiiWyrQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BCushion%2Bfront.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Cushion front</div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5qMqhwKFMy8/X_IR_EStKyI/AAAAAAAASHg/wW2C_frt6YsVY58y7lDAeLwmOo-Ws5jZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2BMachine%2Btexturing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5qMqhwKFMy8/X_IR_EStKyI/AAAAAAAASHg/wW2C_frt6YsVY58y7lDAeLwmOo-Ws5jZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2BMachine%2Btexturing.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Machine texturing</div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Iukt77KrR9M/X_ISGigS-OI/AAAAAAAASHo/TnlxkVF0CJsFQqSykgxX2xz2VCJOU_U7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2BLatest%2Blabel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Iukt77KrR9M/X_ISGigS-OI/AAAAAAAASHo/TnlxkVF0CJsFQqSykgxX2xz2VCJOU_U7ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/08%2BLatest%2Blabel.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Latest label (in progress: paint and heavy stitch)</div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My Secret Santa gift from the family this year included a jigsaw which I have just completed. I get so much pleasure from jigsaws but to have one based in a quilt shop with 5 cats in the scene is as good as it gets!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KtYxxEwv9io/X_ISNGLLjVI/AAAAAAAASHs/02DhyOZtncop88TzppmJ0uL7dkRYVdYoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/09%2BJigsaw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KtYxxEwv9io/X_ISNGLLjVI/AAAAAAAASHs/02DhyOZtncop88TzppmJ0uL7dkRYVdYoQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/09%2BJigsaw.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Jigsaw</div></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>Dilyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06005939627298424386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7299264464877298538.post-48260978116871146862020-12-27T11:56:00.004-08:002021-01-03T08:41:06.063-08:00BLOG 528<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog 528<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In my final blog of the year, it has become a traditional
that I ask myself the question ‘Where has the year gone?’ Of course I know the
answer to this because it is the reason I commit to journaling my sewing endeavours
throughout the year. So what follows is my visual feast for 2020. Enjoy!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xyjW3G2mrNE/X-jiiQ5GHxI/AAAAAAAASCM/cWl_yLdbSxQpR9cbga55ALeR5hHjnEzDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BLabels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1402" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xyjW3G2mrNE/X-jiiQ5GHxI/AAAAAAAASCM/cWl_yLdbSxQpR9cbga55ALeR5hHjnEzDwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BLabels.jpg" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Labels</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dK7eCCOIxPs/X-jiqcAMYII/AAAAAAAASCQ/5usJgu2GBecLnb6l9AFbBzbslqE--1_YACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BMore%2Blabels.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dK7eCCOIxPs/X-jiqcAMYII/AAAAAAAASCQ/5usJgu2GBecLnb6l9AFbBzbslqE--1_YACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BMore%2Blabels.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">More labels</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SKBuqdIvSes/X-jix6VUqrI/AAAAAAAASCU/lnOckOZcwHEVa7QUlzBnKCjsiILj5cTXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2BLinus%2Bquilt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SKBuqdIvSes/X-jix6VUqrI/AAAAAAAASCU/lnOckOZcwHEVa7QUlzBnKCjsiILj5cTXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2BLinus%2Bquilt.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linus quilt 1</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-70Wpx4uTyXk/X-ji9eq0OjI/AAAAAAAASCc/t9VvRCZSQr4KbEMcv8y2i8k6Q283xKVDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BLinus%2Bquilt%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1892" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-70Wpx4uTyXk/X-ji9eq0OjI/AAAAAAAASCc/t9VvRCZSQr4KbEMcv8y2i8k6Q283xKVDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BLinus%2Bquilt%2B2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Linus quilt 2</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-htU1RvUP5cQ/X-jjFnOaZoI/AAAAAAAASCk/qM6BdNEGzNcGZKht65NiNWw42hlxIdNjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BScrap%2Bquilt%2B1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1938" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-htU1RvUP5cQ/X-jjFnOaZoI/AAAAAAAASCk/qM6BdNEGzNcGZKht65NiNWw42hlxIdNjQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BScrap%2Bquilt%2B1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Scrap quilt 1 (unquilted)</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4E64g2pPeek/X-jjM-ObSZI/AAAAAAAASCo/xKkVQ9OxiGAu3HeLvwqj6POag24GW-0iACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BScrap%2Bquilt%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1954" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4E64g2pPeek/X-jjM-ObSZI/AAAAAAAASCo/xKkVQ9OxiGAu3HeLvwqj6POag24GW-0iACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BScrap%2Bquilt%2B2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Scrap quilt 2 (unquilted)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zSYEZ44aXj4/X-jjTFPou3I/AAAAAAAASCs/SUfsmu6faA8WR2wfntIKybMPHjCYoWnNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2BMasks.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zSYEZ44aXj4/X-jjTFPou3I/AAAAAAAASCs/SUfsmu6faA8WR2wfntIKybMPHjCYoWnNgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2BMasks.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Masks</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kb0wHw41vg4/X-jjaPm0lPI/AAAAAAAASCw/Ofyxu7im4fsR5RYiIaFkO_O4i-zN0sS1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2BCreating%2Bfabric.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2045" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kb0wHw41vg4/X-jjaPm0lPI/AAAAAAAASCw/Ofyxu7im4fsR5RYiIaFkO_O4i-zN0sS1wCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/08%2BCreating%2Bfabric.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Creating fabric (using small off-cuts and vanishing medium)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q6BaPj-Ln4w/X-jjl6IWAvI/AAAAAAAASC8/H2lBj2V4OwoYqCK__fkJc3YqUC6i6exXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2BFelt%2Bhouses.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q6BaPj-Ln4w/X-jjl6IWAvI/AAAAAAAASC8/H2lBj2V4OwoYqCK__fkJc3YqUC6i6exXwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/08%2BFelt%2Bhouses.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Felt houses (made into small wall strips and given as gifts
for lockdown birthdays)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hpYNECkTH2Y/X-jjsBXEpyI/AAAAAAAASDE/UfaeKIRSgCQXpN0kChVjlK4-hXj4YAVSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2545/09%2Bpainterly%2Bcat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="2545" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hpYNECkTH2Y/X-jjsBXEpyI/AAAAAAAASDE/UfaeKIRSgCQXpN0kChVjlK4-hXj4YAVSwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/09%2Bpainterly%2Bcat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Painterly cat (for the front of a canvas bag)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PtaKF0Lv7RI/X-jjzJ4lW0I/AAAAAAAASDI/WX_2BvxZVN8wIQs_c9nhsdiDCz1B5KfIQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2BPainterly%2Bbear.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PtaKF0Lv7RI/X-jjzJ4lW0I/AAAAAAAASDI/WX_2BvxZVN8wIQs_c9nhsdiDCz1B5KfIQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2BPainterly%2Bbear.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Painterly bear (just playing with ideas)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pndjfaxuQdE/X-jj5jeJNzI/AAAAAAAASDQ/oIPhnfCt18cSgiAIfu3A-I8v3u4SukAkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/11%2BNasturtium%2Bcushion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pndjfaxuQdE/X-jj5jeJNzI/AAAAAAAASDQ/oIPhnfCt18cSgiAIfu3A-I8v3u4SukAkwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/11%2BNasturtium%2Bcushion.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Nasturtium cushion (painterly background and appliqued
shapes)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VtkKNc6ZQlk/X-jkB9wFZFI/AAAAAAAASDY/I_8MUbJz7bgpRBYDe8JJY1H2LLrzy9vVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/12%2BFloral%2Bcushion.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1975" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VtkKNc6ZQlk/X-jkB9wFZFI/AAAAAAAASDY/I_8MUbJz7bgpRBYDe8JJY1H2LLrzy9vVQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/12%2BFloral%2Bcushion.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Floral cushion (painterly background and sheers cut with a
soldering iron)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pVUCUerMbNM/X-jkURAye_I/AAAAAAAASDk/WtkC1q4KeUY73c6jjvwKpurd9gdj-dwnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/13%2BPainterly%2Bvase%2Bwith%2Bdaffodils.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1349" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pVUCUerMbNM/X-jkURAye_I/AAAAAAAASDk/WtkC1q4KeUY73c6jjvwKpurd9gdj-dwnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/13%2BPainterly%2Bvase%2Bwith%2Bdaffodils.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Painterly vase with daffodils</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fuk5XuOlZs4/X-jkg4EdozI/AAAAAAAASDo/YCyrurv-aj8SoJalzObcov56z2k8vkomwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/14%2BFloral%2Btrio.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1932" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fuk5XuOlZs4/X-jkg4EdozI/AAAAAAAASDo/YCyrurv-aj8SoJalzObcov56z2k8vkomwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/14%2BFloral%2Btrio.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Trio of flowers (Painterly background with appliqued flowers)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pxwUIOFe4Hk/X-jkpOSP5_I/AAAAAAAASDw/pc4KqJXkSiYlq9-pYXt541-16YXP-ZbJACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/15%2BContemporary%2Bsampler.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1691" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pxwUIOFe4Hk/X-jkpOSP5_I/AAAAAAAASDw/pc4KqJXkSiYlq9-pYXt541-16YXP-ZbJACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/15%2BContemporary%2Bsampler.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Contemporary sampler (felt back ground, polyester detail and
painterly sheers)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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thread detail)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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Plastics have been used in various forms to surround the turtle)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As 2021 is about to begin life can only get better can’t it?
In Wales, we have been in strict lockdown for the week before Xmas and for the
two weeks following. Thankfully we were allowed to mix with one other bubble on
Xmas day so we made the most of it as you can imagine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But in common with many people, and for the
first time ever, we will be on our own for New Year’s Eve. My wish for you in
2021 is that you learn to find joy in the ordinary stuff of life and that you
continue to appreciate the simple things that have provided comfort during the
pandemic. Look after your health, find time to smile and take your 2021 journey
one stitch at a time. X<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An extra gift was needed at the eleventh hour and it needed
to be made rapidly! It was for my hair dresser who I value highly. I am not a
vain person, more of the practical variety, and anything for a quiet life suits
me just fine! But I do appreciate the skills of someone who can tame my exceedingly
fine hair. I always wear it short for the least effort and she always manages
to sculpt it into some sort of style. I admire her skills and I wish there was
a comb just like her fingers which just rake through my hair and make it look
wonderful!! I usually make something for her each year because she is interested
in crafts and this time I decided to make a cover for a notebook. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wSaVoNhlF_Q/X9-o4uGkMoI/AAAAAAAAR_g/WjUPGlhjsEYKFNgBV4lShD-mgaInyIffgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BBook.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1431" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wSaVoNhlF_Q/X9-o4uGkMoI/AAAAAAAAR_g/WjUPGlhjsEYKFNgBV4lShD-mgaInyIffgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BBook.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Notebook</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I chose a fabric, cut it larger than I needed and then placed
it onto a strip of wadding. I did some motorway driving on my sewing machine
(flat out and foot down) to make undulating lines of stitch which reflected the
colours in the fabric. I am sure it is good for my machine to make it sew like
this and afterwards I will treat it to a good oiling!! When I won this machine in
competition, I made a book of the stitches and this proved very useful for this
exercise. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nCRR5WvsGWc/X9-o_pMkoKI/AAAAAAAAR_k/nzv94_CZNv8yqrgcajg3Bx7zEAbw4_PrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BFabric.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nCRR5WvsGWc/X9-o_pMkoKI/AAAAAAAAR_k/nzv94_CZNv8yqrgcajg3Bx7zEAbw4_PrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BFabric.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Fabric</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OzmdhlcSJ3w/X9-pTHIIQ_I/AAAAAAAAR_4/7PeTUkrrgxIXiCiEOsHcSkcxGCYB7GtmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BBook%2Bof%2Bstitches.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OzmdhlcSJ3w/X9-pTHIIQ_I/AAAAAAAAR_4/7PeTUkrrgxIXiCiEOsHcSkcxGCYB7GtmgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BBook%2Bof%2Bstitches.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Book of stitches</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once I was happy with the stitched cover, I added a lining
strip in two parts with RS together. This left me with somewhere to turn through
which wouldn’t be visible. I trimmed the seam and cut across the corners before
turning it through to the RS.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l9OK9N0r_t0/X9-pY3ZEN2I/AAAAAAAASAA/mIxZs82RZAEYd98YzTYGqkWzZqFRF1z-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BLining%2Bstrip%2B1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l9OK9N0r_t0/X9-pY3ZEN2I/AAAAAAAASAA/mIxZs82RZAEYd98YzTYGqkWzZqFRF1z-QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BLining%2Bstrip%2B1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lining strip 1</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once this was pressed and the flaps were sewn, it looked
great! And at this stage I forgot to take a picture of it. I wrapped it up and
gave it to the recipient so there was no ‘after’ picture so I set about making
a second one for a birthday present and it is this you see as a completed item.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1IVrtDXAfN4/X9-pz9Z6R8I/AAAAAAAASAY/GxO1KAvvNG0Jt6YW9KfdqBeBOeIEeYoHACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2BAnother%2Bbook%2Bcover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1IVrtDXAfN4/X9-pz9Z6R8I/AAAAAAAASAY/GxO1KAvvNG0Jt6YW9KfdqBeBOeIEeYoHACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2BAnother%2Bbook%2Bcover.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another book cover</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As this is my last blog before Xmas, all that remains is for
me to wish you all a peaceful and healthy time. In Wales, we only have Christmas
Day free from severe lockdown measures. But rather than dwelling on the
negatives of this situation, I shall be positive and make the most of what I
have and appreciate who I am with. The pressures are off and life is tolerably
and enjoyably simple.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week I have been tidying up the house and my playroom
in preparation for the start of a new year. It’s an annual process I go through
at this time of the year, getting rid of the old and preparing for the new. The
first things that I came across buried under the detritus of my sewing room
were some labels that I had made a while ago but I hadn’t finished them off. So
I got out my nest of ribbons and the hole-punch and I completed that task. Tick,
job done! These labels show a variety of different techniques which I can refer
to when necessary; it’s exactly why I make them. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yNyShlitLXg/X9ZPGNDfs9I/AAAAAAAARyU/1foseVJLz3gxur9UtzTMUMCkf5s2G70MgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/01%2BTangled%2Bribbon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yNyShlitLXg/X9ZPGNDfs9I/AAAAAAAARyU/1foseVJLz3gxur9UtzTMUMCkf5s2G70MgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/01%2BTangled%2Bribbon.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tangled ribbon</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KHnZWMRgvTQ/X9ZPSRUm1II/AAAAAAAARyY/ECVuycK4V3Y2456PZ5Mgp_LWal6rd-fxACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/02%2BLabels%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KHnZWMRgvTQ/X9ZPSRUm1II/AAAAAAAARyY/ECVuycK4V3Y2456PZ5Mgp_LWal6rd-fxACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/02%2BLabels%2B1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Labels 1 (DIY fabrics, Ribbon manipulation, Sewing on a
plastic bag)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SnOtVfhyDHM/X9ZPaYiUZYI/AAAAAAAARyg/rWK3pJeDAaktB_AYszH645WMMC47rZMGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/03%2Blabels%2B2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SnOtVfhyDHM/X9ZPaYiUZYI/AAAAAAAARyg/rWK3pJeDAaktB_AYszH645WMMC47rZMGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/03%2Blabels%2B2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Labels 2 (Tessa’s quilt, DIY fabric, Needle weaving)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vloTyWfkMXA/X9ZPkccMoxI/AAAAAAAARyo/BKOQtKTtz_Un-s6Kf2buPE3pHQlGyQnhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/04%2BLabels%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vloTyWfkMXA/X9ZPkccMoxI/AAAAAAAARyo/BKOQtKTtz_Un-s6Kf2buPE3pHQlGyQnhwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/04%2BLabels%2B3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Labels 3 (Rubbing with Markel markers, Silk painting,
Watercolour crayons with plastic)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UwLp8TGE0Fs/X9ZPvZEg6mI/AAAAAAAARyw/i5xja0jmSJgQUEz89EXsbNMyoJUh50tYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/05%2BLabels%2B4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1467" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UwLp8TGE0Fs/X9ZPvZEg6mI/AAAAAAAARyw/i5xja0jmSJgQUEz89EXsbNMyoJUh50tYwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/05%2BLabels%2B4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Labels 4 (Gwyneth’s cross stitch, Stippling on plastic, Cutwork
by machine)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T17EAPM3sOQ/X9ZP3qZbDaI/AAAAAAAARy4/uPkIckdAHxoTJoSMwczJiehnAiVCtSmCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/06%2BLabels%2B5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1559" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T17EAPM3sOQ/X9ZP3qZbDaI/AAAAAAAARy4/uPkIckdAHxoTJoSMwczJiehnAiVCtSmCwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/06%2BLabels%2B5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Labels 5 (Sketching and line, Applique and stitch, Transfer
and embellishment)</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I also managed to trim and bind the silk throw that just
needed stabilising with vertical and horizontal lines sewn ‘in the ditch’. Job
done, tick! This has been sold now so it is certainly a boost to my creativity
and it is gives me the impetus and the permission to carry on creating!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another UFO that was hanging about waiting for completion was
the water colour panel that I had created a few weeks ago. I put it onto
wadding and backing and added free-motion stitch detail. I added a deep border
to frame and contain the colours before adding extra imagery with sheer fabrics.
It just needs to be completed as a cushion now and that is another job that can
be ticked off. I’m feeling a bit smug! Here’s the sequence. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J-ka-J_2FB0/X9ZP_DEl0AI/AAAAAAAARzA/SBCRQ6MjI2QmKowNJSSDkIYdjM7ivRojQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/07%2BColourwash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1873" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-J-ka-J_2FB0/X9ZP_DEl0AI/AAAAAAAARzA/SBCRQ6MjI2QmKowNJSSDkIYdjM7ivRojQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/07%2BColourwash.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Colourwash</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZZtonFBj-O8/X9ZQFVRDmiI/AAAAAAAARzE/zzzq3Z9AEOAaqAc6X021AaBuKHMHzLqKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/08%2BFree%2Bmotion%2Bdetail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2038" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZZtonFBj-O8/X9ZQFVRDmiI/AAAAAAAARzE/zzzq3Z9AEOAaqAc6X021AaBuKHMHzLqKgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/08%2BFree%2Bmotion%2Bdetail.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Free motion detail</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IuRdH_sczBc/X9ZQRxwL_nI/AAAAAAAARzQ/J7c-mhHbOMICDWyo4_rg8A5i_o3Va4DlgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/09%2BBorders.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1890" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IuRdH_sczBc/X9ZQRxwL_nI/AAAAAAAARzQ/J7c-mhHbOMICDWyo4_rg8A5i_o3Va4DlgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/09%2BBorders.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Borders</div></span></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tNI3WppYoV0/X9ZQcJL1P3I/AAAAAAAARzY/gDHCYKAmXSw6WzbTjfUupvdPc9BVYp3bwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/10%2Bsheer%2Bdetail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1954" data-original-width="2048" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tNI3WppYoV0/X9ZQcJL1P3I/AAAAAAAARzY/gDHCYKAmXSw6WzbTjfUupvdPc9BVYp3bwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/10%2Bsheer%2Bdetail.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sheer detail</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-al77QPCivp0/X9ZQyKQc6hI/AAAAAAAARzk/f_oWHHtJDpU9K_y5pWt_c-YCLnLkRSniQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/11%2BEmbellishment.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-al77QPCivp0/X9ZQyKQc6hI/AAAAAAAARzk/f_oWHHtJDpU9K_y5pWt_c-YCLnLkRSniQCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/11%2BEmbellishment.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Embellishment</span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hLpR4gInYSI/X9ZQ7M3EqJI/AAAAAAAARzo/DkRo5p8XMIQd75O5L_lbDrDREmrGXoUIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/12%2BCompleted%2Bpanel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1975" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hLpR4gInYSI/X9ZQ7M3EqJI/AAAAAAAARzo/DkRo5p8XMIQd75O5L_lbDrDREmrGXoUIwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/12%2BCompleted%2Bpanel.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Completed panel</div></span></o:p><p></p>
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