A short amount of time has passed since my late blog last
week but you’ll be pleased to hear that the time has been filled productively.
I came back from Alston with lots of teaching samples again, some of which I
have given myself permission to discard, but there are others which I deem
worth finishing.
One such sample was of crazy patchwork in blues, reds and
purples, my most favourite part of the colour wheel. You may even recall that I
said a couple of blogs ago that ‘I felt a quilt coming on’ because of this
colour palette. Well, common sense has prevailed! In the past I would have
launched into such a quilt without a second thought and toiled for hours and
hours making it, only to wonder if it was really suitable for its purpose.
Would these colours really have been right for a calming quilt? Would they fit
into the character of our cottagey home? We live in a converted stone built
barn and dairy with vaulted and timbered ceilings. Crazy patchwork as a
technique would find a place here but in purples? … I think not. I believe I
would have tired of the colours very quickly.
Sample and border
So I decided to make my sample into a cover for my desk
diary. Each year I buy one to jot things down beside the computer and a
removable cover would make it more attractive. I will come back to this as a
teaching project in a future blog so keep calling by.
Completed book cover
Another project that I am keen to finish for my own use is a
tissue box. Here is the progression in the development of the lid top. I will
also demonstrate the tissue box as a project in a future blog.
Outline patterns and voile
Detailed stitching
Infill stitching
In progress
Completed top
Embroidered top and box fabric
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