Monday, 1 April 2013
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Happy Easter
It's a long post from me for a change.
Here are my BaD blocks for the week, with some Easter Bunnies. I loved working with my favourite colours of teal and aqua, unfortunately the photograph does not do them justice.
My sewing room/office has become my retreat and oasis whilst we are in the midst of some family dramas .
I started the year determined to try some new techniques, so I gave myself a treat by enrolling in an online class on the Joggles website. My class is a "Textured and Treated Reticule" by Christen Brown. I spent some happy hours yesterday, playing with fabric, yarns and a new product to me called "Texture Magic" which is a steam activated shrinking fabric.
Here are a few shots of my work so far
Twin Needle Stitching with rayon and metallic threads
Using "Texture Magic" on the back - before steaming with the iron
After steaming with the iron - amazing texture!
Couching threads and yarns
On Good Friday my daughter and I took a walk on the beach and poked around in the logs, trees and branches that have ended up on the shore after all our floods. Some creative people have been making "sculptures" on the beach out of the wood
I'll close my post this week with a shot of my daughter on the beach. She is on a Gap Year this year, working and traveling. She is off to Japan on Thursday for a 3 week holiday with a friend. Japan is her passion and she will be studying Japanese at University next year It's her first overseas trip without a parent and she is so excited. I am so happy for her, but a bit anxious as well...my apron strings are getting very frayed , it's almost time to cut them off.
Here are my BaD blocks for the week, with some Easter Bunnies. I loved working with my favourite colours of teal and aqua, unfortunately the photograph does not do them justice.
My sewing room/office has become my retreat and oasis whilst we are in the midst of some family dramas .
I started the year determined to try some new techniques, so I gave myself a treat by enrolling in an online class on the Joggles website. My class is a "Textured and Treated Reticule" by Christen Brown. I spent some happy hours yesterday, playing with fabric, yarns and a new product to me called "Texture Magic" which is a steam activated shrinking fabric.
Here are a few shots of my work so far
Using "Texture Magic" on the back - before steaming with the iron
On Good Friday my daughter and I took a walk on the beach and poked around in the logs, trees and branches that have ended up on the shore after all our floods. Some creative people have been making "sculptures" on the beach out of the wood
I'll close my post this week with a shot of my daughter on the beach. She is on a Gap Year this year, working and traveling. She is off to Japan on Thursday for a 3 week holiday with a friend. Japan is her passion and she will be studying Japanese at University next year It's her first overseas trip without a parent and she is so excited. I am so happy for her, but a bit anxious as well...my apron strings are getting very frayed , it's almost time to cut them off.
Monday, 25 March 2013
BaD Blocks this week
It's a very quick post from me today, as there are electricity workers in our street and our power will be going off any minute now for 6 hours. Nooooo!!! I have lots of bookkeeping to do but it needs electricity. I will just have to visit the library and then get on with a bit of hand sewing :)
Here are my block a day challenge blocks - deeper green this week.
Here are my block a day challenge blocks - deeper green this week.
Sunday, 17 March 2013
Green for St Patrick's Day!
I'm sneaking this post in a day early as I just realised it's St Patrick's Day and I am working on lime green blocks! I did tomorrow's block in advance just so I could post this today.
It's blowing a gale here on the Mid North Coast and I spent a great deal of time running around the garden catching my blocks as they took off with the gusts of wind. I thought the grass would make the perfect green background :)
The photo hasn't come out quite true to the colours, the yellow tones in the photo are most definitely a zesty lime green in real life.
It's blowing a gale here on the Mid North Coast and I spent a great deal of time running around the garden catching my blocks as they took off with the gusts of wind. I thought the grass would make the perfect green background :)
The photo hasn't come out quite true to the colours, the yellow tones in the photo are most definitely a zesty lime green in real life.
Monday, 11 March 2013
Sunshine and Sunny Blocks
I had my usual morning walk this morning and ended up getting soaked as it poured with rain (again!) , but now we are having a wonderful sunny day. It is so nice to see the sun :)
Monday, 25 February 2013
Storms and Squares
What a week of horrible weather!
Here on the Mid North Coast of NSW we had torrential rain and gale force winds which resulted in flooding and lots of fallen trees. We are fortunate to live on the top of a hill so no flooding, thank goodness, and only minor damage to our garden.
This is a shot, taken on my mobile phone, at the back of one of our shopping centres. There is a raised concrete walkway that allows you to cross to the other side of the river at low or high tide, but it's low tide here and the walkway is completely covered.
These are my latest Block A Day Challenge blocks
Here on the Mid North Coast of NSW we had torrential rain and gale force winds which resulted in flooding and lots of fallen trees. We are fortunate to live on the top of a hill so no flooding, thank goodness, and only minor damage to our garden.
This is a shot, taken on my mobile phone, at the back of one of our shopping centres. There is a raised concrete walkway that allows you to cross to the other side of the river at low or high tide, but it's low tide here and the walkway is completely covered.
These are my latest Block A Day Challenge blocks
Monday, 18 February 2013
17 days of the Block A Day Challenge
Whilst working on the red blocks I noticed a distinct lack of red fabric in my stash, it has never been a favourite colour of mine and I struggled to find even the teeniest scrap to use. Even the pack of rainbow moderns I ordered were a bit lacking on red fabrics, only 2 reds compared to 6 oranges. Those juicy orange fabrics are right in front of me now demanding some attention...so onto block 18!
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