I am about to start making my fourth assessment piece for C&G. It has to be a wall hanging inspired by the natural world. As I said in my last post I didn’t want to do anything too realistic, rather something more abstract. I also decided that I didn’t want to do any more appliqué [...]
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Last weekend was gorgeous weather – too good to spend in the studio. I did some gardening instead and then sat out and surveyed my efforts. It seemed like a good time to do some hand sewing, so I made a start on the next activity for the C&Gs course, which was to make a sample [...] This weekend I finished my tea cosy. I kept the deadline I had set, but had to put in some overtime. My time estimates are still all shot. I am far too optimistic about how long things are going to take. My actual time spent was 50% over my estimate for the planned time. Seems to [...] I’m back to working on my C&G coursework now. The next assessment piece is to be a household item and the design is to be inspired by a landscape theme. I’ve decided to make a tea cosy. Our kitchen colour scheme is white and grey with blue – a blue kettle, a blue pepper mill, a [...] Here is another piece of my coursework for C&Gs. I had to produce a patchwork block using inserts. My first thoughts were along the lines of flowers, which is what most people seem to do. But then I decided to try to interpret a traditional block using inserts. When I made my sampler from a pillowcase [...] My next activity was to embellish a quilt. I didn’t want to make another quilt just to do some embellishment so I looked through the work so far and decided to use the pumpkin piece from Module 1. I like to do some embellishment on my quilts, but I’m not a great fan of OTT bits and [...] I have been playing with paint and discharge paste on quilted surfaces. It has been quite fun and gave me a reason to practise my machine quilting. I made four small samples of about 8 inches square and did some fairly dense machine quilting, practising breathing at the same time. It’s true what they say [...] Today I made a couple of small samples showing two different decorative edge treatments. I used 2 4 inch blocks that I had left over from another project. The beaded edge is made by attaching the binding to the back of the quilt and then hand sewing down onto the front. A seed bead is added [...] I’m a bit concerned. I sent the photos of my proof of concept to my tutor and this was her reply: Well I’m done now and I’ve sent off the photos to get her feedback. I hope she is going to be satisfied. The [...] I made a quick proof of concept for my folding purse in fabric. It was worth doing because I now know where the dangers lie and where I need to be most accurate with my cutting and sewing. I just did some quick machine stitching where the hand stitching will go. I am now confident that [...] |
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