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Just knocked off another of the activities for the current module. It wasn’t a very demanding exercise. I just had to insert a set of mitred triangles into a four patch block. I didn’t press the final seam open as per instructions though. I used Myrna’s method for pressing a four patch [...] Well actually just by me. I’m referring to my activities this week for the C&G course, in other circles known as the chenille technique. I did a bit of reading up on the web beforehand as I had a vague feeling of some differences between the description in the class notes and what I [...] Yesterday evening we installed my new sewing table in my studio. It has been a long process getting the remains of the oil off the table top. It was getting rolled into sticky messes by the buffing pads and I was getting sick of washing out 6 pads after each new attempt at polishing. [...] or Rome wasn’t built in a day The base of the mask is dried out and ready to roll. In the end I decided not to add any extra bandage around the edges. After I’d trimmed it up I thought it would be stable enough as it is. It’s going to be covered in [...] This is the beginnings of my piece made with an unusual starting point. I decided to try my hand at making a mask. Sort of building on the faces theme. I did some research on the internet and am having a go at making the foundation of the mask with a sort of fabric [...] I was having problems with one of my quilts bulging out at the bottom when it was hanging up. I asked Dena if she had any ideas on how to fix it. This is what she suggested: Try this trick, Ruth: Lay the quilt down flat, but don’t try to smooth it down. Don’t [...] Did I mention that I was going to make a fabric book from my filament samples? I made a start on it this weekend. The idea is based on the photograph albums that my Dad used to make. First I made my last block. The thread square is made by sewing on Solvy, making [...] I have all my nails left and I’ve finished cutting chunks out of my quilt. Here’s a couple of photos to give you an idea as to what it is that I’m doing: The squares were easy to do as I explained in my last posting. There wasn’t a lot of choice as to [...] I worked most evenings last week for at least an hour on sewing down the edges of the weaving on my latest quilt. I finally finished yesterday afternoon. It must have been at least 10 hours work, not to mention the metres of sewing thread that went into it. Today I cut the first [...] Recently I wrote about where I go, to get inspiration for my quilts. One of the things I mentioned was using the Google image search. Another thing I use images from the internet for is to get ideas for colour schemes. This is what I then do with them. For example I chose four [...] |
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