tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26946113820695514152024-02-20T04:04:34.758+13:00FafflingCamillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694611382069551415.post-60770531371865398962017-05-01T22:22:00.003+12:002017-05-02T08:27:42.067+12:00Four in Art <h3>
Second Quarter Theme: Light in the Darkness</h3>
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There were so many options with this theme and sub theme. I chose the sub theme this time around, so I guess ideas had been bubbling away for a while; however ideas are one thing and realisation is quite another and the deadline seemed to come around extra quick!</div>
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I decided for this one to play with the idea of lighting from within and without. This piece is supposed to represent a high rise building, reflecting the setting sun and the skyline of shadowy more distant buildings and then having some floors of the building lit from within as people labour away.</div>
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The quilting is supposed to show the individual windows and the two tone different reflection and dimensions of the building as the light bends.</div>
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As I built the piece from the top down I was quite liking the effect of the colour variations in the green yellow and ochre striped section and will store that idea away for another quilt I think.</div>
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I used lots of shot cottons for the shimmer and it may be hard to tell from the photos but I put sections different ways round to hopefully enhance that effect. I had quite a few large scraps which I was able to use, which was satisfying.</div>
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It was extraordinarily hard to keep the grid straight. I sewed one way and then the other top to bottom and bottom to top and similarly left to right/ right left but it still seemed to pull the stripes a little, but I told myself that light can bend on glass in a similar way...?</div>
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I debated about the green section in the top third because I made it intentionally curved up at the right hand end as part of a curved reflection and nearly unpicked it and think I perhaps should have, but it's all part of the learning process.</div>
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I bound it skinnily (if that's a word) with a tiny squared fabric, also used in the piece and the whole measures approximately 15 x 24" or 39 x 60.5cm</div>
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I'm super keen to see how the other group members have interpreted the theme and you can do that at our group blog <a href="http://fourinart.blogspot.co.nz/">here</a>, where you'll also find links to people's individual blogs with more information about each piece.</div>
Camillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694611382069551415.post-69944444970168684682017-02-01T22:47:00.000+13:002017-02-01T22:47:51.139+13:00Four in Art: Light- Shimmer<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the New Year we have a new theme for our Four in Art group.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">The theme for the year is Light, which provides a host of exciting </span>possibilities. The sub theme that <a href="http://www.knottedcotton.com/">Catherine</a> has selected for this first quarter is Shimmer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been lucky to have been out in my kayak a bit over the last quarter. In November last year, just after the theme was announced, I had a great trip with my Dad and (then) 17 year old son on Lake Monowai over in Fiordland in the deep south of NZ. Only about three hours drive from home, but a world away too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had some pretty strong winds when we set out, and there wasn't much shimmer on the surface of the water- more white horses and we were mostly concentrating on not going backwards! And there are no photos of that as we were far too busy keeping going forwards to record the effect of wind on water! But on setting out from the hut the next day it was calm again and over the next couple of days we had plenty of opportunity to enjoy the patterns on the surface of the water and I was thinking that it really fitted my personal definition of shimmer. But had to look it up when I got home to be sure. The definition I found is:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">a subdued, tremulous light or gleam. 4. a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This effect is really pronounced on water. It was the effect on calm water that I really hoped to capture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The colours and patterns vary depending on light and reflections</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those loopy patterns of dark and light shown here on the right hand side of the image are particularly captivating in the shimmer department I feel.</span><br />
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But how to do it? In the back of my mind I think, was the work of <a href="http://www.paulineburbidge-quilts.com/quiltscapes.php">Pauline Burbridge </a>who has experimented with shimmering on water, much more articulately than me, but hey you've got to start somewhere!<br />
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So I projected a photo on to the wall and because I can't really draw to save myself, I traced that to cut shapes out of freezer paper that I then ironed onto shot cottons in four shades and fused and layered them onto a background.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Always nerve wracking to begin to add stitching when I'm fairly happy with the progress so far! And the raw edges are a challenge...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The piece measures 42 x 26cm or 16.5 x 10.25 inches and I faced it to finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nowhere near as pretty as the real thing, but I'm happy to have had a go at capturing it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next quarter the sub theme, which I've selected this time, is Light in the Darkness which should give everyone plenty of scope. That's due to be finished on the 1st May.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the meantime check out how everyone else has interpreted the theme at their individual blogs and/or the <a href="http://fourinart.blogspot.co.nz/">Four in Art blog</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Betty at a </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toot2/with/12251011196" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">Flickr site</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Catherine at </span><a href="http://www.knottedcotton.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">Knotted Cotton</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Elizabeth at </span><a href="http://opquilt.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">opquilt.com</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Janine at </span><a href="http://www.rainbowhare.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">Rainbowhare</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Nancy at </span><a href="http://www.patchworkbreeze.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">Patchwork Breeze</a><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Rachel at </span><a href="http://www.rachel-thelifeofriley.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">The Life of Riley</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Susan at </span><a href="http://patchworknplay.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', trebuchet, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">PatchworknPlay</a>Camillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694611382069551415.post-51486613326410968872016-11-01T21:24:00.000+13:002016-11-01T21:40:31.320+13:00Four in Art- Rising Above the BluesThis final quarter in our Colour theme for our Four in Art group this year, the sub theme was "I've got the Blues" I guess this could be interpreted in a musical way or in the direction I have chosen, which springs more naturally to mind for me, working as I do in the Mental Health field. I've called my interpretation Rising Above the Blues.<br />
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Also it seems I had a few blues left in my stash of fabrics...<br />
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I wanted to let the blues sink down to have the lighter shades rise to the top; the nesting tessellating blues subtly meshing and becoming distinct, which alludes to the thoughts and feelings that structure our moods, blue or otherwise.<br />
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Initially I was going to quilt it using an orange peel design but decided in the end to have the quilting denser at the bottom with the darker colours, lightening with the mood and colour and thinning out to give the idea of a more settled calmer mood with wavy organic lines. The bottom rows have six rows of quilting each, gradually decreasing to just one in the top row<br />
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The binding is a Carolyn Friedlander cross hatched charcoal and for the back I used good old Ikea Nummer print. After washing the texture really is highlighted.</div>
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Is it really an "art quilt" I ask myself? What is an art quilt anyway? Maybe a quilted something trying to convey an idea is sufficient?<br />
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I have been particularly busy at work this quarter so I'm glad I started early and did manage to finish in time, but the photos certainly leave something to be desired; so I shall update these in the very near future (not in the dark tonight!) to provide a better idea of this quilt.<br />
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Be sure to check out the other interpretations of this theme over at <a href="http://fourinart.blogspot.co.nz/">The Four in Art blog</a>, publishing sometime on 1 November (depending on time zone) and on each of our individual blogs:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Betty at a </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/toot2/with/12251011196" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">Flickr site</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;"> </span><br style="color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Catherine at </span><a href="http://www.knottedcotton.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">Knotted Cotton</a><br style="color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Elizabeth at </span><a href="http://opquilt.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">opquilt.com</a><br style="color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Janine at </span><a href="http://www.rainbowhare.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">Rainbowhare</a><br style="color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Nancy at </span><a href="http://www.patchworkbreeze.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">Patchwork Breeze</a><br style="color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Rachel at </span><a href="http://www.rachel-thelifeofriley.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">The Life of Riley</a><br style="color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Simone at </span><a href="http://quiltalicious.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">Quiltalicious</a><br style="color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Susan at </span><a href="http://patchworknplay.blogspot.com/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">PatchworknPlay</a><br style="color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #5421bb; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">Camilla at </span><a href="http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px; text-decoration: none;">Faffling</a>Camillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694611382069551415.post-43268636054165246732016-08-01T12:00:00.000+12:002016-08-05T07:57:49.566+12:00Four in Art- Third Quarter- Purple Passion<h3>
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This theme really had me stumped for a while! Purple really isn't my colour, but then I realised that I've used it quite extensively in each of the previous two Four in Art projects. It's not a colour I choose to wear or have around much in my home, but maybe I have a secret hankering if I've voluntarily chosen to use it in those other projects?!<br />
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My first thoughts were to do a zoomed in Passion Fruit similar to this clip art image I found, which I thought I could have fun with, practicing my paper piecing! But after drawing up something I got a bit daunted and as well, decided it was too literal an image for the theme.<br />
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The other idea that had sprung immediately to mind was something ecclesiastically purple, to do with Passiontide. The particular shade of purple for this season in the church calendar is the one I think of when I think of purple. This is often synonymous with Holy Week and represents Easter and Jesus' death and resurrection, particularly as celebrated in Anglican and Catholic churches.<br />
I wanted to do a pared down ecclesiastical cross with linen; which would also have symbolic importance at Easter, as Jesus' body was wrapped in linen cloths, as he was as a newborn, according to the Gospels.<br />
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I love the look of a natural linen and the way it tones down and complements purple which is naturally more "shouty". These shot cotton purples are rich and subtly textured. (Albeit hard to photograph!)<br />
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It looks quite monastic in this stairwell archway.</div>
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The simple design form holds meaning if you want to see that aspect, but if that isn't significant to the viewer, I like that the form is pleasingly pared down and simple. The two forms are related but distinct, rather like Father and Son. I considered adding a third trinitarian cross, but this looked too blatantly symbolic for me and I liked the balance of the two halves.<br />
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I quilted each cross complementarily rather than identically and finished with a simple linen facing and I'm thinking that perhaps I'll block it before I add the hanging sleeve(s)? I've never blocked anything before and don't mind the slightly softened edges but think it might benefit from a little more shaping?</div>
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This quarter I'm happier with the result and pleased that I started super early though apart from unpicking some quilting I wasn't happy with on one of the blocks, I didn't have any major revisions to do. </div>
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The size measures 18x37.5cm or approx 7"x15" and uses linen and cotton with cotton/bamboo batting.</div>
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Do check out all the other entries for our group at <a href="http://fourinart.blogspot.co.nz/">Four in Art</a> from 1st August (according to the time somewhere in the US!)<br />
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "slab serif" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Catherine </span><a href="http://www.knottedcotton.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Slab Serif', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.knottedcotton.com</a><br />
<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "slab serif" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Elizabeth </span><a href="https://occasionalpiece.wordpress.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Slab Serif', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://occasionalpiece.wordpress.com/</a><br />
<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "slab serif" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Janine </span><a href="http://www.rainbowhare.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Slab Serif', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rainbowhare.com</a><br />
<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "slab serif" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Nancy </span><a href="http://www.patchworkbreeze.blogspot.co.uk/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Slab Serif', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.patchworkbreeze.blogspot.co.uk/</a><br />
<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "slab serif" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Rachel </span><a href="http://www.rachel-thelifeofriley.blogspot.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Slab Serif', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rachel-thelifeofriley.blogspot.com</a><br />
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As soon as the theme was revealed, I thought of a quote I had heard years ago, about how the colour purple might be described to a blind person as the deep notes of a trumpet. I searched for the quote and couldn't find it but the image was quite visual to me, with purple sound waves emanating from a trumpet in profile. (I had a hard time getting the colour to show up as the purple it is so you'll have to take my word for that. After weeks of sunshine today is grey and dark so hard to photograph true colours).<br />
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I made three different attempts to realise my idea and am still not at all happy with the result. In fact I'm feeling quite embarrassed having to publish my effort... but the idea of the group, for me at least, is to stretch my creative muscles in making something to a theme within a timeframe and to try to identify what makes something work or not. So I'm trying to hold it lightly as a learning experience. Maybe you can help me identify what would have made it work?<br />
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I like my profile trumpet which I cut out and fused to the background. I like the idea of the sound waves, but they're not quite right. I tried ribbon on another one and I've tried different colours and shapes. Perhaps the wave form is not right across the space? I quite like how they're fading out, but maybe the zigzag needed to be denser?<br />
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Or they needed to be altogether fatter? Or the waves all needed to match and echo one another? I tried different waveforms but couldn't decide what worked. Perhaps the problem is with the negative space? Definitely the quilting is a problem. My initial idea was to echo quilt the waves and I tried more colour with lines in a lightly variegated purple thread- lots of unpicking after that...<br />
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In the end I ran out of time- there's learning in that; but don't seem to have had much success on trying to start earlier- spent plenty of time reading <a href="http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/10/why-procrastinators-procrastinate.html">this</a> and <a href="http://waitbutwhy.com/2013/11/how-to-beat-procrastination.html">this</a> and <a href="http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/03/procrastination-matrix.html">this</a>...so now I'm all sorted!<br />
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My daughter has it worked out, she said sometimes creative projects just don't work and you probably should just scrap it and try a new idea- yeah- that one! But I would actually be interested to read your comments as to what would have improved this one, coz I feel like success must be in there somewhere trying to get out.<br />
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "slab" serif , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">You can see how the others in our group interpreted the theme; we have a blog, </span></span><a href="http://fourinart.blogspot.com/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: inherit; font-family: 'Slab Serif', sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank">Four-in-Art Quilts</a><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "slab" serif , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">, but you can also visit the rest of us here:</span></span></div>
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Elizabeth <a href="http://www.patchworkbreeze.blogspot.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://occasionalpiece.wordpress.com/</a></div>
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Janine <a href="http://www.rainbowhare.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rainbowhare.com</a></div>
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Nancy <a href="http://www.patchworkbreeze.blogspot.co.uk/">http://www.patchworkbreeze.blogspot.co.uk/</a></div>
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Rachel <a href="http://www.rachel-thelifeofriley.blogspot.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.rachel-thelifeofriley.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Simon <a href="http://quiltalicious.blogspot.com/" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://quiltalicious.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Here I am the lucky recipient of an exception- an exceptional book from Melissa Wastney in fact, which came with little personal touches of a card and little handmade envelopes. Melissa is also a fellow NZer and the book has a subtle NZ flavour which is lovely to come across.<br />
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The book includes 25 projects to create clothing and handmade items for children. Sadly my own children are too big for this now but I look forward to trying some out as gifts for little ones I know and there's a lovely bag which I have some fabric in mind for already. All the instructions and even pattern pieces are in the book.<br />
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Melissa has a lovely creative blog called <a href="http://tinyhappy.typepad.com/">Tiny Happy</a> that somehow transmits calm creativity and a delightfully mindful pace of life.<br />
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<br />Camillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694611382069551415.post-78158532303711501692016-02-01T11:55:00.000+13:002016-02-01T17:31:38.635+13:00Four in Art- Microscopic ColourThere's nothing like a deadline for getting going on a project! I'm lucky enough to be part of an online group called Four in Art where we challenge ourselves to come up with a quilted something to fit a given theme four times a year. This year's theme is Colour and this quarter it's Microscopic Colour. I found it a pretty inspiring theme and had several ideas which I could have followed up on. Whether they would have worked is another thing, but nice to feel inspired to begin with!<br />
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I remembered seeing these brightly coloured images of microscopic algae, but I didn't remember they were called Diatoms. An image web search of "microscopic colour" quickly located and named them for me. Apparently the Victorians had a thing for photographing them and arranging them in patterns, often in circular forms.<br />
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Diatoms are widely varying in form, but almost always show bilateral symmetry so I thought I could use patterned features of fabric from my scraps and cut them out and fuse them onto a background.<br />
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I decided to do free motion echo quilting around the shapes in black thread. I thought about using monofilament for a bit of shine, but ended up deciding on the plain black.<br />
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Can't wait to see how others have been inspired by the theme. You can check them all out <a href="http://fourinart.blogspot.co.nz/">here on the Four in Art blog</a> from 6am Monday 1st Feb US EST. Being in NZ I think I have a slight head-start.Camillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694611382069551415.post-38815024870462881172016-01-26T14:18:00.000+13:002016-01-26T14:20:37.182+13:00Summer Break<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We enjoyed some time up in the north of the North Island with our families over the Christmas period and then a busy day packing back home before heading off for two weeks' camping with some friends in Abel Tasman National Park which is is in the north of the South Island<br />
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This chunk of holiday time was spent in blissful disconnection (from mobile coverage and thus all internet, email etc.)<br />
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Do I sound like a tourist brochure?! Leave me a comment saying what kind of holidays you enjoy?<br />
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Getting back to normal daily life here again now and currently I'm excited to be a part of <a href="http://fourinart.blogspot.co.nz/p/about-four-in-art.html">Four in Art </a>this year and I'm busy working on my project for this quarter. This year the theme is Colour and this quarter our inspiration is Microscopic Colour. The big reveal will be here and <a href="http://fourinart.blogspot.co.nz/">here</a> on Feb 1st or thereabouts depending where in the world you live.<br />
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Linking up with <a href="http://www.freshlypieced.com/2015/11/wip-wednesday-starry-skies.html">Lee for WiP Wednesday</a> </div>
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We were so fortunate recently to have the opportunity to take a trip to Barcelona and Lisbon. We hadn't been to Spain or Portugal before and given that these days we live on the opposite side of the globe, the temptation to cram a few more places into the available fortnight was great. However we managed to resist in the interests of really getting a feel for the two cities and not racing round like mad things. Some of the time in Barcelona was taken up conferencing for Peter, which was another reason not to try to visit Seville, Madrid, Cordoba, Granada or the host of other possibilities.</div>
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We're so glad we didn't try to spread ourselves too thin.</div>
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We stayed in an Air BNB apartment in the old city area of El Born and I'd really recommend that area. We could walk to pretty much everywhere we wanted to go- that said, be aware that we love to walk and walked a pretty long way on several days. Walking and soaking up the sights is pretty much my favourite way to get a feel for a new place.</div>
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On our first day just after arriving we just took a short walk in our local area to orient ourselves. Although that was easier said than done. The area is a maze of laneways which is fine except that at times the grills are down over the shopfronts and then later it feels entirely different and can be difficult to get your bearings as chic shops and cafés are revealed behind. The hours of operation took a bit of getting used to with everything closing during siesta time from 1-4pm</div>
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It's all very pedestrian friendly and the narrow atmospheric lanes open out often onto little squares</div>
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There are medieval and gothic churches</div>
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And many many galleries to explore.</div>
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We went to a great guitar concert one evening in the Palau de la Musica; and given the state of our jet lag it was just as well the concert included some lively Flamenco and the ceiling in the hall was a famous art nouveau/ modernist sensation!</div>
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and that's worthwhile if you want to visit more than three I think I worked out.</div>
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Barcelona is both a very modern, efficient well planned city and an ancient historical place.</div>
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On our first full day we grabbed a ticket on one of the three hop on hop off tourist open top <a href="http://www.barcelona-bus-turistic.com/bus-turistic-map-detail.html">bus routes</a> to a get an overview of the city. We found that a great way to get more widely oriented to the city. We took the red route that went around Montjuïc to the West </div>
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We passed by several sights that we returned to later, including some of Gaudi's apartments, Miro's massive mosaic clad <strike>phallus</strike> sculpture and several museums and galleries on Montjuïc itself as well as the Olympic stadium and things which we felt we saw enough from the bus.</div>
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Our Barcelona highlights for the week were without doubt gaining insight into Gaudi's amazing creative genius.</div>
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La Sagrada Familia is the cathedral which is still being built. I expected it to be striking, but I was completely blown away!</div>
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The facades are one thing... I thought the one above looked at first glance like a cake extravagantly and slightly wildly iced with Royal icing. It depicts The Nativity and has lots of amazing detail to examine; but my favourite was the Passion Facade which is in an altogether different style and very evocative and symbolic.</div>
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Take a look at Judas' kiss of betrayal on the bottom right below. You can see the serpent curling out from behind his robe...<br />
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But the interior moved me to tears! Even as a work in progress, I was entirely flabbergasted. Photos cannot do it justice. The quality of the light from the stained glass windows and the scale, but most of all the extraordinary creativity and imagination realised here has to be seen to be believed!</div>
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The school Gaudi designed for the workers children demonstrates on a smaller scale how he used curves in all his designs to great effect.</div>
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Don't miss the crypt where workshops are still located and the museum gives insight into many aspects of Gaudi's design for the cathedral.</div>
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We wandered back to our apartment (a bit tired and footsore by the end we have to admit) through residential suburbs, past more Gaudi and other modernist designs; top end shops; markets; cobbled streets and squares.</div>
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Another day we visited the Picasso Museum which was outstanding. Buy your tickets online and skip the loooong queues. Don't expect to view his most famous works, but rather a journey through his development as an artist from a very talented youth through his boundary breaking adult life. Fascinating!<br />
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We took the metro one day most of the way out to Parc Guell, another of Gaudi's amazing undertakings, this was intended as a private residential estate for several well to do families. It never got off the ground (no pun intended!), but they built several of the public spaces before it failed, including a school and the gatehouse and porters lodge<br />
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In the evenings we wandered and ate tapas and people watched and came across several events associated with La Mercé festival which began while we were there. There was this procession of giant figures</div>
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And the brick pattern on the wall behind the dancers was not lost on me for quilt inspiration!</div>
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All in all a fascinating and vibrant city, to which we hope to return one day. There are many more layers to explore.</div>
Camillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694611382069551415.post-51915791167261181302015-10-26T11:58:00.001+13:002015-10-26T11:58:28.892+13:00Zippy Pouch Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Fun to have a long weekend for Labour Weekend here in NZ and some unexpected sewing time on Saturday to whip up this zippy pouch for a friend's birthday yesterday.</div>
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I used Anna's tried and true <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2012/06/open-wide-zippered-pouch-tutorial-size.html">Open Wide Pouch</a> tutorial.</div>
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I had a canvas like remnant with these whacko trees from Ikea which is so whimsical and fun.</div>
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And I lined it with an Architextures piece, with an accent for the zip pull from another one of my favourite colours and prints. Love <a href="http://carolynfriedlander.com/products/fabric/">Carolyn Friedlander's fabrics</a>! I managed to resist buying her last range (Doe) since I haven't used up the Architextures and Botanics yet; but I may come to regret that decision, since she's about to bring out yet another stunning collection. I'm just trying not to buy too much fabric which I don't have a specific plan for... On the other hand it's so great having something perfect on hand when inspiration strikes.</div>
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I think the wee gift was well received and these pouches are so useful so hopefully it'll be put to good use.</div>
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Each block is 16" square and the whole is 258" around the perimeter, so I'm entering in the large quilt category.<br />
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This quilt has been in the queue for a number of years really as I've collected an ever bigger pile of the family's jeans. I guess most people have a kind of jeans hierarchy? One has a pair of newish smartish jeans and then a Saturday pair or two, often mended and comfortably dented and then a gardening/ walking the dog (who's good at retrieving a slobbery sandy ball) pair and then, if you're me, a painting or irredeemably dirty job pair, then I often cut them off for shorts for a season or two, then they can become a quilt. Sometimes this full cycle is interrupted in the case of kids who grow out of them before they're worn out and they wait to be passed on to another sibling or cousin. Sometimes by this time we've looked away and the next kid is suddenly too big, or the jeans are too straight, or too flared or just not the thing. Then- they can become a quilt; or even if the whole jeans are generally bitsy, some parts can be salvaged.<br />
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This block was inspired by the ceiling in our local concert hall<br />
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It was quick to piece and put together and I like the way you can see our history in them. These are all items we've worn, with the exception of the stripe, which is left over fabric from a shift dress I made our daughter when she was young and the lightest dusty blue which was another from my stash.<br />
I deliberately left the unpicked seam lines showing and some bits with worn knees or even the odd stain.<br />
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This lovely heavy quilt was just going to be a family sofa quilt, but our son really liked it and his 21st quilt wasn't quite going according to plan, so I was happy to allow this one to fit the bill. It'll be lovely and warm for his student flat. I had planned to back it with a vintage floral brushed cotton gifted from my mum's stash, but Sam preferred this subtly textured gray, so I'll put the floral to use on another quilt in due course. I added a back pocket from an old favourite pair of my husband's and the label is tucked inside the pocket<br />
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I quilted in the ditch around each piece and with a double line around each block in jeans yellow to echo the binding, which is a Carolyn Friedlander Botanics print<br />
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If this post looks familiar, that's because it is largely unchanged from last quarter's <a href="http://www.onthewindyside.co.nz/2015/10/2015-finish-along-q4-now-open.html">Finish Along</a>! These projects are all the languishing ones from around the place which would be great to resolve. Mostly they're UFOs because there's some design or other problem with them...I managed one finish and have added a new project plus a Christmas gift and hopefully there will be net loss by the end of the year...</div>
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1. Have a quilt worth of cross blocks here, but I need to resolve the colour scheme which I liked better before I added the rust colours? Thoughts welcome!</div>
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2. Have finished this quilt except for the binding. Was considering cutting it and resetting it- that discussion is for another day- which is why the quilt is still a UFO. </div>
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3 This quilt is from the Simply Solids Bee that I was in a few years ago. I have 12 blocks of varying sizes due to everyone's 1/4" seam being different! Can't face remaking them all- not such a good choice for a bee block- so a problem...!</div>
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4. This was an early effort at paper piecing and I'd like to do something with this orphan block. Not quite square because I failed to print two of the pieces at 100%. Again it'd be good to have another go and see the secondary pattern emerge.</div>
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5. A quilt with these shot cottons has had a change of plan.</div>
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It hasn't been a tremendously productive quarter for me creatively, however I have managed to do quite a bit of mending! I actually quite enjoy mending as favourite old things get a new lease of life. It's so satisfying to get them back in business. Often I have a quite a pile of things sitting waiting for quite a while and lately I've managed to finish off a few which has been great. Doesn't quite fit for the finish along though and that <a href="http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/2015/07/q3-finish-along-list.html">Q3 list</a> has been sadly neglected except for one thing...<br />
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In the last week I have managed to make a bag <a href="http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/2015/07/q3-finish-along-list.html">(No 6. on my Q3 list)</a> for my Mum which came together quite quickly once I finally got the right interfacing and cut out and fused all the pattern pieces.<br />
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Mum wanted a bag to be used primarily for her knitting and she wanted it to be able to stand up by itself on the floor beside her. We decided the <a href="http://www.noodle-head.com/2013/05/super-tote-pattern.html">Noodlehead Super-tote</a> would fit the bill with its outside pocket (for the pattern perhaps?) and divided inner spaces. The zippered top keeps everything contained. And any extra long needles can poke out beside the zipper tabs if need be.<br />
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Mum gave me the music print fabric to repurpose from a favourite old duvet cover and the lining is made from the back of the cover too.<br />
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I think I learn something new each time I sew something and this time was no exception. This time I learned that I should trust my instincts. The elastic divider inside is too floppy. I'm not sure if this was due to the elastic I used, or whether this is a pattern issue, having not made this bag before. I did have a scrap of elastic at home which I noticed afterwards was a bit stronger and perhaps I inadvertently bought looser elastic, not realising they come in different strengths when the same width. I opted to divide one elasticated inner pocket in half and leave one full width. I didn't adjust the elastic at the time as I wasn't sure how it would turn out once the bag was assembled. A bit disappointing but I'm sure it's not that much of a biggie.<br />
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2. Have finished this quilt except for the binding. Was considering cutting it and resetting it- that discussion is for another day- which is why the quilt is still a UFO. </div>
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3 This quilt is from the Simply Solids Bee that I was in a few years ago. I have 12 blocks of varying sizes due to everyone's 1/4" seam being different! Can't face remaking them all- not such a good choice for a bee block- so a problem...!</div>
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But I'm dying to see the secondary pattern emerge so maybe I can think of something.</div>
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4. This was an early effort at paper piecing and I'd like to do something with this orphan block. Not quite square because I failed to print two of the pieces at 100%. Again it'd be good to have another go and see the secondary pattern emerge.</div>
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5. A quilt with these shot cottons has had a change of plan.</div>
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6. Knitting Bag for my Mum and<br>
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8. Widen and complete this oven Mitt. This is only the front (or back)</div>
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10. Bags for our Yaktrax- often used in the ice this winter.</div>
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12. Another quilt in the Gum Tree series (so far numbering 1!!) I have the fabric and am thinking of a chevron based design.<br>
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13. A Grunge quilt inspired by <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/82542605641079890/">the walls in the Wallander TV series.</a><br>
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Actually I have no thought of completing all these but good to have them itemised for my own record and accountability</div>
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This is two for one- kinda!<br>
on my list was my son's 21st quilt but the original idea wasn't coming together well at all.<br>
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It wasn't going to be this one but he likes it a lot; pronouncing it my best ever- good enough for me , so very happy to call this a 21st quilt!<div><br><div style="text-align: start;"><font color="#000000" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lHl6Ub8vMAgEQ9nGmZ2iU-ifmy84nrkjc8Ean6-37NBr-mAFvRRsivaEWLLONCYPobB2B2TmqurI1319Ek862fpWnnkP0vFprOIs5Yv_X9UT2fFFnS0RyXqn-iWhzTw_Ah-wwv4eMku-/s1600/IMG_8307.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="text-align: center; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_lHl6Ub8vMAgEQ9nGmZ2iU-ifmy84nrkjc8Ean6-37NBr-mAFvRRsivaEWLLONCYPobB2B2TmqurI1319Ek862fpWnnkP0vFprOIs5Yv_X9UT2fFFnS0RyXqn-iWhzTw_Ah-wwv4eMku-/s640/IMG_8307.jpg" width="426"></a></font></div>
I press ganged the kids to go on a photo shoot in the industrial area. Fair to say commitment and enthusiasm was a bit lacking, plus the low winter light was a bit harsh. Some good potential spots but not good photos.<br>
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Yesterday one of the other kids and I (and the dog, who's not actually an asset in the business of quilt photography) tried to get some early evening shots at the beach, but were thwarted by erosion after a recent storm, which blocked access to my location of choice and by the dual task of exercising the dog... Maybe I'll try again for the beach shots later...?</div>
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I washed this after completion so it's very wrinkly which I like in general, but wondered if it'd look better ironed here.</div>
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Overall very simple but good to have the family's favourite jeans preserved for posterity.</div>
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These are the 21 year old's current favourite jeans which look like they're overdue for this quilt too!?<br>
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Just whipped up this little pouch on Saturday for a friend's birthday.</div>
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Nice metal zipper and handy for things like chargers when travelling!</div>
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<br></div>Camillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694611382069551415.post-60103568070139002642015-06-10T14:47:00.000+12:002015-06-10T14:47:35.222+12:00The Gloves are OffI made a quick oven glove with this improv panel which has been languishing in a drawer for too long<br />
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I made it nice and long but it's quite slim around the wrist, which makes it tricky over a winter jersey! I drew around my hand in what I thought was a generous manner. But clearly I'm not as generous as I should be! And it's didn't fit over the free arm of the sewing machine which made the binding stitching a bit wonky :-( I followed <a href="http://talesofastitcher.com/2013/12/08/mitt-making-mania/">Maria's instructions</a> to put the binding on the inside then topstitch on the front. Maybe try the other way next time?<br />
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It's OK it works and I still quite like it but Mark II will be better.<br />
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Annoyed that I cut out 3 hands before I tried it out...! Maybe I can try adding some wider sides...!<br />
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When all's said and done it's still a <a href="http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/q2-goals.html">Q2 finish</a>!</div>
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My son saw this quilt top last week and really liked it and I think it's quite a good fit for him, he's keen on his denims and this quilt represents a tour through the family's jeans of the last few years.<br />
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Also the <a href="http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/works-in-progress.html">shot cotton colour plan</a> is still not gelling for me despite basically restarting and spending several more hours.<br />
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Sam preferred the idea of a plainer back, perhaps making use of a row of back pockets.<br />
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So I framed some back pockets but it's not quite right yet.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;">I kind of like the idea of using some other parts of the jeans but of course the alternative is just to stick with a plain back...Or maybe just one pocket to form the label? Maybe I like that idea better...</span></div>
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Linking up with <a href="http://www.freshlypieced.com/2015/06/wip-wednesday-countdown-to-summer.html">Lee for WiP Wednesday</a>.</div>
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I love how the jeans seams show here and there and you can see the wear and tear where our knees have been</div>
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An earlier post about this can be found <a href="http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/2015/05/work-in-progress.html">here</a>.</div>
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Now I'm putting together the back and pondering how to quilt it. One idea is to use yellow jeans topstitching thread to highlight the darkest and lightest windmill shapes but maybe that will be too busy and distract from the simplicity which is the appeal of this. Feel free to offer an opinion (which may or may not be heeded)!</div>
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Linking up with Lee at <a href="http://www.freshlypieced.com/">Freshly Pieced</a></div>
Camillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694611382069551415.post-9934631716173383152015-05-22T17:54:00.000+12:002015-06-02T14:47:08.280+12:00Shirt Love<div style="text-align: left;">
I have been working on this quilt off and on for several months. And it's the first finish in my <a href="http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/2015/04/q2-goals.html">Q2 goals</a> for the <a href="http://www.onthewindyside.co.nz/2015/04/2015-finish-along-q2-now-open.html">Finish Along</a>. Yay! The collection of materials for this quilt has taken place over several years. I had asked my husband and brother to save their cotton shirts for this project once the collar and cuffs got too scruffy for work wear. The beautiful soft cottons are destined probably for several quilts.</div>
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Here's the first which I'm entering in the nick of time for the <a href="http://amyscreativeside.com/2015/05/15/spring-2015-bloggers-quilt-festival-large-quilts/">Bloggers' Quilt Festival</a>. Fading light and uncharged proper cameras make for less than perfect pics for the time being unfortunately. </div>
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I based it roughly on a Kaffe Fassett design which is conveniently constructed in four panels: asymmetrical left and right panels and a top and bottom panel across the width of the quilt.</div>
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I considered calling this quilt Working Style since that seems to be the favoured shirt brand! I left several of the labels in place to allude to the former life of these fabrics.<br />
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For the binding I ended up deciding to add two strips of the red I used in the back to echo the few reds in the quilt itself and they provide a nice counterpoint to the more sober Architextures crosshatch which provides the majority of the binding.</div>
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It's fun to see the pattern emerging. Not sure how big it will be in the end? These are all old jeans we have loved, except the pale teal and striped denim. The teal is from yardage, but the stripes have been used as a shift dress for my daughter years ago.</div>
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I spotted this block while staring at the ceiling in a local concert hall and drew it in my journal when I got home, thinking it might come in handy sometime. Does it have an official name does anyone know?</div>
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I made a silly mistake when working out and cutting the size of the pieces, forgetting that I'd need to adjust the length of the longer pieces because there's only one seam in one direction and four in the other, so on my first attempt I didn't end up with a square block. Duh! But was easily solved by taking apart the centre seam and cutting 1" off all four of the longer pieces. It took far longer than it should have for me to work out exactly how much I should cut off, but was quicker once I stopped saying to myself "come on you should be able to do this much more easily"!!</div>
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These are the two blocks I've done so far, all present and correct.</div>
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Might mean a bit of quilt wrangling but I'm already thinking of quilting this with yellow jeans topstitching thread to highlight the darkest and lightest four panel star/cross shapes.<br />
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Meanwhile no progress on quilting the shirt quilt. I have an extra machine now thanks to my mother in law so in theory I can line them up and have two different projects going at once-so to speak, might need to grow extra arms/brain.<br />
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Put together a quilt back for the shirt quilt, really nice cozy flannels, the blue stripe is from some much loved old kids' pajamas.<br />
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Pepi is getting the idea that walking/lying on the quilt when I'm taking photos/basting is not always appreciated. What a good dog!<br />
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Hoping I won't regret cobbling together some batting. I had some big offcuts of batting left but not a single piece quite large enough for this fairly large quilt so I butted them together and zigzagged. It looks as good as new... Does anyone have any experience of joining batting? Please tell me... how is it holding up..?<br />
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maybe some yellow and green would be good (nod to the dear friends across the Tasman), but I don't want it to be too rainbow...<br />
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or to cut up too many samples trying to work it out...? Give me your 2c worth.<br />
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My problem here is I'm set on largish HSTs with some corner sections like <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/209910032608882106/">this</a> or <a href="http://filminthefridge.com/2015/04/21/a-hug-from-a-marshmallow-or-a-double-gauze-quilt/">this</a> but the leg width of the jeans defines my squares as a bit smaller than I'd ideally like and I'm worried about too many thick and bias seams. I do have some denim yardage and old skirts I'm using to supplement, which could yield wider bits, so the narrower jeans could all become smaller corners, but I think that might get fiddly... I'd rather make HSTs by the two squares method. then improvise colour placement on the design wall. More dithering...Could be overthinking this...?<br />
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Celebrating ANZAC long weekend here (TransTasman mateship in the trenches in Gallipoli 100 years ago) there won't be any sewing progress as we're looking forward to having some friends visit, though this lot are fellow kiwis this time round.<br />
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What have you got planned?Camillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2694611382069551415.post-44303043347042135592015-04-13T16:45:00.000+12:002015-06-02T14:36:48.586+12:00Q2 GoalsWell it's time to put forward our goals for the second quarter in the <a href="http://www.onthewindyside.co.nz/2015/04/2015-finish-along-q2-now-open.html">Finish Along</a> And I've decided to put down anything I have even a chance of completing, though I'm not promising I don't start new things not listed here...!<br />
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Left over from last time -this should be achievable and it'd be lovely to have this before winter really sets in -she says as she watches snow fall up on the hill!<br />
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He's still 21 but would be nice to do while he is...technically this means it can roll over into Q3- but let's not anticipate that! You can see this has been kicking around too long already. Don't like this colour arrangement or balance and hence this has been in my too hard basket for awhile.<br />
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But who couldn't be inspired by this lovely pile. He'd like a bit more blue so will invest in a few more shades and variations and dig in.<br />
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When I was up visiting my parents recently Mum passed on this old favourite duvet cover of theirs, which has a few rips, but is largely sound. So I plan to use it for a bag in the same pattern as <a href="http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/recent-makings.html">this</a> one I made for a friend.</div>
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The moral of the story is that it's good to think up all the things you think you'll have even a chance of making at the beginning of the quarter, because I have actually made <a href="http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/recent-makings.html">a couple of other things</a> which I didn't <a href="http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/2015/01/late-to-2015.html">list</a>. So actually I haven't been quite as unproductive as I thought. But overall it's a great thing for me to have a deadline!</div>
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This is my second finish for this quarter's <a href="http://www.onthewindyside.co.nz/2015/03/2015-finish-along-q1-finishes.html">Finish Along</a>.</div>
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This quilt is my last and most recent finish for DoGood Stitches Cherish Bee. (I blogged about the first one <a href="http://faffling.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/bits-and-pieces.html">here</a>) I based my request for blocks on Leanne's lovely quilt <a href="http://www.shecanquilt.ca/2014/03/reflection-ta-da.html">Reflections</a>. It's always interesting to analyse what makes a successful quilt, or at least one that I particularly like and I don't think I managed to give instructions to end up with the effect that I love in Leanne's. While ours is bold and effective in its way, it doesn't have the subtlety of Leanne's. I think Leanne's quilt is particularly effective because of the variation in value she has used. I asked for red and blue tones and these perhaps weren't quite as varied in value as I'd anticipated. It was a good block for bee members to use scraps and I suggested people could vary the width of their strips to suit what they had, so it's a bit more random.<br />
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I'd like to have another go at something like this to see if I can get closer to the original Reflections quilt on my own.<br />
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For the back I used a piece of blue Kona (Copen I think) I had in my stash and made up the width of this square quilt with the red check and an extra block.<br />
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I quilted the diagonal lines to form diamonds first, with the walking foot then in lines, (free motion and a bit wobbly if we're honest!) horizontally in line with the piecing across each diamond and really I should have done it more densely, but I admit to being in a rush before the finish deadline. Anyway I hope it'll add a bit of cheer to the recipient who will be at the Hospice or Women's Refuge or Night Shelter. I have one quilt to donate to each organisation from our bee.Camillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17193180385628524129noreply@blogger.com3