I'm sure you've had that same feeling that I experienced recently; it's that victorious sense of accomplishing something great when you stumble upon that one, perfect, solution to a problem. I'd finished piecing the center of this quilt completely from my stash. I kept thinking, the whole time, "I'll find something to border this with when I need it." But, truth be told, I wasn't fully convinced
read moreI'm sure you've had that same feeling that I experienced recently; it's that victorious sense of accomplishing something great when you stumble upon that one, perfect, solution to a problem. I'd finished piecing the center of this quilt completely from my stash. I kept thinking, the whole time, "I'll find something to border this with when I need it." But, truth be told, I wasn't fully convinced
read moreI've finished all the hand embroidered blocks for my Licorice Allsorts quilt, so now it's time to start machine piecing the other blocks.
There's actually one more embroidered block in my cupboard, but how do you fit 10 photos in to a grid!
Here's the first machine pieced block that sits in the centre of the quilt:
It's only 6" finished which is smaller than I imagined. But I do love these colour combos and am looking forward to making more blocks next week.
Here's what the finished quilt will look like:
Well its been a little over a week and San Marco, a BOM from A Different Box of Crayons, is not done, and the table is no longer clear! But I can show a few progress pics. I do hope to have it finished today or tomorrow for some Fresh off the Frame picks on Friday. I will have a finish!!! I won't be denied!
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| look at the shimmer of the silk, I'll have better pics the end of the week. |
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| and the rulers, why why why do I have to pull out so many rulers when I ... |
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read moreAccepting the challenge that my small stitching group threw out there earlier this summer, last week I began setting together the blocks from Susan Ache's "Stitching Kindness" sew-along. As someone who has a deep love for all things red and white, this was an easy one for me to participate in.The block sub-unit looks much like the Swiss flag to me! This one goes together in rows rather than
read moreAccepting the challenge that my small stitching group threw out there earlier this summer, last week I began setting together the blocks from Susan Ache's "Stitching Kindness" sew-along. As someone who has a deep love for all things red and white, this was an easy one for me to participate in.The block sub-unit looks much like the Swiss flag to me! This one goes together in rows rather than
read moreYep that's right, me not only slow stitching but loving it! I thought binding would be the easiest hand to do. If I didn't like binding I wasn't going to like any hand work at all. Oh was I wrong, I hated binding. I started hand embroidery and I just feel in love with it. I'm just learning so my stitches have a way to go, but I'm enjoying getting there. Today I'm working on my Squash Squad by Sue Spargo. Squash #4 almost done.
I started this summer when we were on a ...
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We are thrilled to have had such a great response to our Blue Jar Medley offering, Nesting Nuthatch! If you have followed us for any length of time, you will know that birds of all kinds are near and dear to our hearts. I (Kara) particularly love the nuthatch, as it was one of my Grandmother's favorite birds.
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Thank you for stopping by for a visit! Here's a little blog housekeeping snafu I just discovered. Perhaps it will help you as well. I usually just delete all my SPAM messages, but tonight I went through them and found tons of comment emails there! I'm sorry to those of you whose comments got lost in that file! I am working on posting them as well as answering your kind comments. Please, bloggers, learn from my mistake. Check your SPAM file before you press "delete all SPAM."
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| Venice Beach, CA, graffiti in the local McDonalds, 3 yr.s ago. |
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| Japanese Maple in winter garden, see the colors? |
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There are diversions and then there are DIVERSIONS! Organizing can be one of those. I finished the BIG piece I’ve been working on and instead of leaping into something new, I got sidetracked with organizing. Organizing my work space, it’s pretty small so it takes some doing to spend more than a few hours on […]
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I’m just about finished with my big improvisational stitching piece that I’ve been working on for the last 7 months or so, and it’s bittersweet. It always feels like a tiny death. There’s sadness and a kind of grieving that happens. Sometimes I just leave it up on my design wall and look at it […]
read moreYesterday I released a new Youtube Video with the same title. Go check it out! There are a few other key factors to interpretive hand stitching, improvisational hand stitching, expressionist hand stitching or whatever else you might want to call it. I think all of these are good descriptors of my process when taking a […]
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