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Thread painting a quilt.
I'm finally working on the thread painting of the image. I'm using 7 shades of gold and brown, they are not exactly the same as the image, but I can change them a little with ink. Quilting a project...
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Thread painting preparation.
Last year I photographed the window of an antique shop in England. I have blue and white china and I also inherited my Grandmothers' and Mothers' pieces. All my daughters have blue and white too, so as...
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Sometimes I think I’m the only person running.
I think the events of last week made me stop and appreciate everything we hold dear. Our family is no stranger to tragedy and annoyingly we were once again forced to remember the frailty of life. One...
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Cats eyes.
I worked on the blocks around the House Quilt today and then began to quilt the the cat quilt. I need to work on the threadpainting during the day, the light is better, but the first thing I wanted to...
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Cat, Cat, Quilt.
I've worked in the studio all day, but a chest infection has held me back from going full pelt. cough, cough. Its the gifts our Grandies give us… !!! I concentrated on the cat quilt today and I got...
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OK, I will forget that I saw we were next to the Chica Chica Boom Boom lap...
Oh my goodness, its while since I was able to devote time to the blog. Indeed, I did have a few problems with the internet. In Italy, I paid to have a superior room with good internet in my room. I...
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Tacos, translators and Texture.
We have another man in class who is incredibly funny and the day rolled past with bursts of hilarity and small episodes of quiet concentration. I wonder if other Tutors have taken a class with a...
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Chalk and Cheesecloth sample and the Bernina Q20 machine.
A week ago today, Mr Otto, our local Bernina dealer installed a Q20 machine for me to work the Bayeux on. I was temped to stop everything else and do a project on it, but I had a project scheduled for...
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Lesson on how to create a textile art picture. – Giraffe.
So today I share some of the images I have to choose from and besides, this is part of the class we have undertaken during the tour.
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Houston Happiness for yet another day.
So today I continue sharing some of the photos I took on the previous day. I will say that you the viewer are getting a more than biased view of the exhibits because I photograph only the Quilts that I...
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Threadpainting – or should we call it using the sewing machine in an...
Of course the day didn't go as planned... I think is been like that for the past week. I have scribbles in the diary that need to change in a flash with the needs of the family and in between times...
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A Mixture of Measures.
Today has been a mixture of measures. Juggling the norm to create something new. As well as family pleasures I bought 3 new pairs of glasses, a blue pair, a black and white pair and a black and orange...
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Art, adventures and the lost computer.
So as I fly in with a smile on my face, and a heart nearly breaking with pride I can't wait for it all to begin. It's a crazy week for all of us, Radio, TV. Visits and a laugh a minute. Then again...
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