Good morning, my friends. We had four stops to make yesterday, but we were still home before lunch time. It left plenty of time in the day to finish off the other things I was hoping to do. Of course, I had to do my slow-stitching before anything else could happen. I’m working on the 2nd Santa now. I stitched his boots first, and now I’ve moved my hoop to encompass the rest of him.
Our first stop was to pick up some medicine at the pharmacy. After that, we went to the feed store to get more ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. We had four stops to make yesterday, but we were still home before lunch time. It left plenty of time in the day to finish off the other things I was hoping to do. Of course, I had to do my slow-stitching before anything else could happen. I’m working on the 2nd Santa now. I stitched his boots first, and now I’ve moved my hoop to encompass the rest of him.
Our first stop was to pick up some medicine at the pharmacy. After that, we went to the feed store to get more ...
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More has been added to the pieces you saw in my last post.
What I love most about these pieces is the irregular edges which come from tearing papers, overlaying papers.
Curved lines of buttonhole stitch, bullion knots and French knots emphasize those irregualr edges.
It's then really exciting to find snippets of white to add to that surface and continue embellishing.
Today I realised I need to stitch more papers in order to finish this piece.
Another process for these compositions which I love.
More white today, another diversion.
This time it's paper.
A stitched paper base, embellished with hand embroidery and snippets of vintage and new cloth.
There are plans for crystal buttons, seed beads and pearls too.
The large hand made ball buttons may find a place....we'll see how and if they fit further along in this process.
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It was a good quilting day yesterday. Of course, I didn't get to the quilting right away. First, I finished stitching the first Santa from the Santa Quartet. With him finished, I moved my hoop to the right.
It was a good quilting day yesterday. Of course, I didn't get to the quilting right away. First, I finished stitching the first Santa from the Santa Quartet. With him finished, I moved my hoop to the right.
Petals, patchwork, Liberty print fabric.
I bought this fabric a couple of weeks ago when I was in London.
I've been itching to use it ever since.
That always happens with new stuff despite the huge pile I have which is 'in progress'.
I'm guessing I'm not the only one?
There is a short video here, a show and tell of all my London embroidery related purchases.
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The progression of a design sheet.
The first three images show new additions which were completed before the embellishments on the last image.
The last image has patterned paper applied using hand stitch with a ribbon channel partially attached.
Once fully attached the ribbon channel will be further embellished with tiny seed beads.
It's coming together!
Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. I managed to get everything done that I wanted to before I needed to leave for physical therapy. I left around 2:00 p.m. for the 35 minute drive west, and I had plenty of time to make my 2:40 p.m. appointment. Still, I'm kind of a speed demon when I get behind the wheel. I'm not driving fast intentionally, but I rarely know what the speed limit is. I'm just driving at what seems like a reasonable speed. Apparently the county sheriff disagreed ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. It was a busy day yesterday. I managed to get everything done that I wanted to before I needed to leave for physical therapy. I left around 2:00 p.m. for the 35 minute drive west, and I had plenty of time to make my 2:40 p.m. appointment. Still, I'm kind of a speed demon when I get behind the wheel. I'm not driving fast intentionally, but I rarely know what the speed limit is. I'm just driving at what seems like a reasonable speed. Apparently the county sheriff disagreed ...
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White.
Piecing.......vintage white, white trim, white couture fabcric snippets.
These pieces will be embroidered with white....bullion knots, French knots, tiny running stitches.
I intended to create a short video...ha.
It's 17 minutes long but you can skip through it.
(Sorry for my absence...again. I have had facial surgery. It kept me quiet for a while x)
You can enlarge the image by clicking on it x
Good morning, my friends. I'm just home from a nice breakfast with Sue. Aside from that, not much has happened this morning. There hasn't even been time for slow-stitching. As I write, I'm waiting for Mike to drink a cup of coffee, and then we'll head off to the grocery store. We're eating dinner out tonight, but the afternoon will be my own. No plans except doing whatever I want to do.
So let's back up to yesterday, shall we? It was a luxuriously slow day. Not having to sandwich any more quilts put ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. I'm just home from a nice breakfast with Sue. Aside from that, not much has happened this morning. There hasn't even been time for slow-stitching. As I write, I'm waiting for Mike to drink a cup of coffee, and then we'll head off to the grocery store. We're eating dinner out tonight, but the afternoon will be my own. No plans except doing whatever I want to do.
So let's back up to yesterday, shall we? It was a luxuriously slow day. Not having to sandwich any more quilts put ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. It gives me great pleasure to announce that all the quilt sandwiches are finished. It feels as if I've been given a new lease on life. There were just four more to finish yesterday. First up was The Story of My Day.
Good morning, my friends. It gives me great pleasure to announce that all the quilt sandwiches are finished. It feels as if I've been given a new lease on life. There were just four more to finish yesterday. First up was The Story of My Day.
Good morning, my friends. I managed to get five more quilts sandwiched yesterday, bringing my total to 13. And you're all familiar with the term "baker's dozen," right? But just in case that's an American thing, I'll just say that a baker's dozen is a dozen plus a bonus of one. And I figure, why should bakers have all the fun? If I've got 13 quilts sandwiched, then I'm calling it a "Quilter's Dozen," and I'll fight anyone who says I can't co-opt that term. (Gazes menacingly around the empty ...
read moreGood morning, my friends. I managed to get five more quilts sandwiched yesterday, bringing my total to 13. And you're all familiar with the term "baker's dozen," right? But just in case that's an American thing, I'll just say that a baker's dozen is a dozen plus a bonus of one. And I figure, why should bakers have all the fun? If I've got 13 quilts sandwiched, then I'm calling it a "Quilter's Dozen," and I'll fight anyone who says I can't co-opt that term. (Gazes menacingly around the empty ...
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