BLOG 492

Blog 492

 It’s no wonder I am enjoying the obsessive work involved in this scrap ‘crumb quilt’ project. All you have to do is look at my sewing table and you will know why! Colour, colour and more colour! But I have to say that I am happier with the warm tones as opposed to the cool tones.

 

 

           Warm tones

 

 

              Cool tones

 

 

And isn’t this waste paper basket a delight! And daft as it sounds, I still have to stop myself from pulling all these shavings out and trying to do something with them. Pathetic isn’t it!

 

          Shavings

 

               Palette

 

 

Now that all the fabric is used up and the preparatory sewing is done, I need to lay out my lozenges of colour and turn to my design wall to play. My design wall is covered with a flannelette sheet which means that I don’t have to pin the shapes, which in turn means that I can move them around freely (there’s nothing more restricting to this sort of creativity than pinning!).  I just stroke them in place in a staggered formation and they stay there. My starting point was the golds and I worked from the lightest in the centre gradually introducing the oranges.

 

           Golds

 

 

             Golds/oranges

 

 

And then I had a garden break for a couple of days and returned to view it. It’s no wonder I enjoy what I do when this is what greets me on the design wall when I go into my room! But I needed to clear the space to give me room to expand and continue. I started again trying to transition from golds, through greens into blues and purples.

 

         Design wall

 

 

 

           Gold/green

 

           Green/blue

 

             Green/blue/purple

 

 

               Progress

 

 

This will change daily as I fiddle and faff but I will continue to play in this way until I come up with something I really like. I have yet to incorporate the warm tones which could be tricky!

 

 

             Remaining palette

 

 

My little felted houses continue to pile up; we are after all still self-isolating and self-distancing! They are at different stages on the conveyor belt but very all individual and a delight to make.

 

 

         Felt houses

 

 

Another project that has been long overlooked is this wall hanging of machine embroidered flowers. I have just pinned the smaller pansies and violas in place ready for catching down. I LOVE IT!

 

 

             Machine embroidery

 

And finally, along with self-distancing and self-isolating, I have been self-birthdaying this week! It was a very quiet and strange day although we did chat en famille, with birthday cakes all round. My younger daughter is great at finding the right cards for the right occasion and I thought I would share the one she got for my birthday. (Not that I drink a lot, you understand. I just drink more than her and that’s easily done because she rarely drinks at all!)

 

            Birthday card