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BLOG 229 JANUARY 4^th 2015

 

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

January 1^st usually brings on the urge for a fresh start but for us it is still a day for celebration because it is the birthday of our eldest daughter, Tamana (named after one of the Gilbert Islands where I did VSO). She is 39 this year which gives me a gentle reminder that time is ticking on.

January 2^nd in this household is ‘Getting back to Normal’ day. All the Christmas stuff comes down; it is carefully and methodically packed away into several large plastic storage boxes and they are all returned to the loft. But I couldn’t let this chore go without one more laugh at Roger in his turkey onesie!! We have howled our way through the Christmas festivities whenever he has worn it and, at half-price for £7, this was by far the best buy of the season!! It was not a statement of sartorial elegance however as you can see from the picture below.

 

                                   

MY CHRISTMAS TURKEY

 

I have done precious little sewing for the past 2 weeks, thus giving myself a complete break from creative activities. So now I have to hit the ground running with deadlines rapidly approaching for 2 exhibition pieces. These are required for ‘Quiltfest’, an exhibition which is held in February in Llangollen each year; one is an A4 piece for the Contemporary quilt group and the other is 16” x 24” piece on the theme of ‘I like Region 13 because…..’

My A4 piece is inspired by the work of Susan Lenz which I have been trying out lately and I have shown the method in previous blogs. Here are the steps in pictures.

                                       Painted fusible x 2

                                        Fusible onto felt

                                             Fused synthetics

                                 Rectangles on felt

                                          More detail

                              Fusible over the shapes

                                  Sheers to co-ordinate

 

                                 Sheers on fused surface

                                       Surface stitchery

                                                Detail 1

                                                  Detail 2

                                       After soldering

                                                   Detail 1

 Detail 2

 This piece is now complete thankfully. It is so good to be blogging again and therefore being creative so I have something to post; you can’t have one without the other. And just as an afterthought, this post probably took you a couple of minutes to read but it represents a several hours of my creative time. I hope you have enjoyed it.