We bought 10 kilos down in the Niagara region yesterday.
I guess I should have been mentally prepared but it took me 4 hours.
But they're done......
and we LOVE them.
All set for another few months LOL
Friday, 28 August 2015
Definitely NOT a Quilt.= Pickles
I knew there was a reason I made pickled beets infrequently.
We bought 10 kilos down in the Niagara region yesterday.
I guess I should have been mentally prepared but it took me 4 hours.
But they're done......
and we LOVE them.
All set for another few months LOL
We bought 10 kilos down in the Niagara region yesterday.
I guess I should have been mentally prepared but it took me 4 hours.
But they're done......
and we LOVE them.
All set for another few months LOL
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
Just a Fun Little Quilt
My neighbour down the street is an exquisite sewer. Her seams are always straight and her corners match (well most). There are NEVER any issues with her flimsies.
This little piece stitched up quickly.
Love the colours! Love the pattern.
Should make a little someone very happy.
The piano key border and the stars were echo quilted . The remainder was a fun, irregular meander.
This little piece stitched up quickly.
Love the colours! Love the pattern.
Should make a little someone very happy.
The piano key border and the stars were echo quilted . The remainder was a fun, irregular meander.
Saturday, 22 August 2015
Trees - All the rest?
The final bits and pieces?...........
well you've seen all that before.
Either "snippets" or "confetti" or hooped free motion stitching........... they all "fit".
All YOU need to do is try it!
irregular cuts
stitching on netting
netting
netting
Confetti or snippets
fussy cutting
confetti
FM on netting
A Quilt of Flowers
Well I started this about 2 weeks ago and it's now finished.
This was harder than I expected but it was my own fault. I decided to do a tracery of the motifs on this and I quickly realized it was going to drive me crazy.
Twitch muscles can only twitch so many times.
I took a lot of breaks.
But I persevered...........because that's what I do.
One of the reasons I chose to give myself so much work was because I remember Bed Spreads from the 50's that were so pretty but then the stitching or the quilting had nothing to do with the pattern. It drove me nuts. I couldn't come up with an over all meander or large repeating pattern that I thought would look nice.
So I did it this way.
The backing was a leap of faith. SOOOOO pink. And "cloudy" !! LOL
But the gold and blue in both tie them together.
I inserted a gold flange on the front before I attached the "pink" backing/binding to transition the orange/gold of the tulips to the Pink. I think I got away with it!
The other reason I "uber-quilted" this was to tie the backing to the front, by repeating the pattern.
This was harder than I expected but it was my own fault. I decided to do a tracery of the motifs on this and I quickly realized it was going to drive me crazy.
Twitch muscles can only twitch so many times.
I took a lot of breaks.
But I persevered...........because that's what I do.
One of the reasons I chose to give myself so much work was because I remember Bed Spreads from the 50's that were so pretty but then the stitching or the quilting had nothing to do with the pattern. It drove me nuts. I couldn't come up with an over all meander or large repeating pattern that I thought would look nice.
So I did it this way.
The backing was a leap of faith. SOOOOO pink. And "cloudy" !! LOL
But the gold and blue in both tie them together.
I inserted a gold flange on the front before I attached the "pink" backing/binding to transition the orange/gold of the tulips to the Pink. I think I got away with it!
The other reason I "uber-quilted" this was to tie the backing to the front, by repeating the pattern.
Friday, 21 August 2015
Trees - Cedar and Juniper
Though the construct of these two is very similar anyone who has handled these a lot knows the difference immediately. Cedar are soft while the Juniper are very "spiky"
If you're like me the Juniper gives a rash every time I weed around them.
These both are made from overlapping scales.
Stitching them is actually a matter of speed and smoothness.
The cedar are very round. A rapid stitching rate and slow rotational movements create a tight spiral.
Size difference indicates nodes or branching areas.
The juniper is made with a slower speed, resulting in an angular spiral.
A second pass adds scale definition.
Making a repeating U loop all the way down each section in a different colour, gives it more definition as well as establishes a bit of separation of the scales.
At the top, a sample of the final stitch.
To define the juniper the U loop is reversed, downward and angled slight outward.
This results in the Spikes that are so irritating.
At the top, a sample of the final stitch.
If you're like me the Juniper gives a rash every time I weed around them.
These both are made from overlapping scales.
Stitching them is actually a matter of speed and smoothness.
The cedar are very round. A rapid stitching rate and slow rotational movements create a tight spiral.
Size difference indicates nodes or branching areas.
The juniper is made with a slower speed, resulting in an angular spiral.
A second pass adds scale definition.
Making a repeating U loop all the way down each section in a different colour, gives it more definition as well as establishes a bit of separation of the scales.
At the top, a sample of the final stitch.
To define the juniper the U loop is reversed, downward and angled slight outward.
This results in the Spikes that are so irritating.
At the top, a sample of the final stitch.
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