tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76042366908939691672024-03-06T01:50:04.044+13:00Free Form StitchingAnd A Free Form Life.
This is a journal of my Fiberart Stitching adventures, Miniature Dolls House work, Embroidery, Crochet, Knitting, Bobbin lace and other crafts as the whim takes me. Cyrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17238529292232175195noreply@blogger.comBlogger254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604236690893969167.post-13569082502186534702018-06-13T09:11:00.001+12:002018-06-13T09:11:19.409+12:00Fiberart Fun<div style="text-align: center;">
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This fun fiberart small quilt is now hanging in the towns meeting room along with about 18 similarly size 'self-portrait' quilts, haha. </div>
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<i>And I use the words 'self-portrait' very loosely.</i></div>
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(this is nothing like me really, lol)</div>
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The <i>mini-me</i> has a scrap strip fabric dress embellished with free-motion scrolls, a crochet bag with embroidered flowers, and she has a needle-felted head, hair AND boobs, and she wears metal wire glasses and two thread friendship bracelets. </div>
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Her sandals (flip-flops or jandals) are made with a tiny buttonhole stitch in black thread.</div>
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The other mini-me's are all on a similar background with the same binding, and they are all connected together with fabric tabs in the same colour as the binding. </div>
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I have finished a quilted chair back cover, or antimacassar, for the old-rocker in the lounge.</div>
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It's the Snowball block.</div>
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My old teapot cozy bit the dust (it was only about 12 years old lol) so I made a new one.</div>
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Love the kiwi fruit fabric for the kitchen.</div>
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The grey and green background that I made while on that lovely stitching retreat a couple of weeks ago, has turned into a quilted tote-style bag.</div>
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A <b>Splat</b> on one side, and a <b>Swirl</b> on the other.</div>
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And my final show for this week is a couple of 'containers'.</div>
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Basically made as thread-catchers, but can be used for a number of different things as well.</div>
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These nice containers will hold everything I need right there.</div>
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So you can see I have been sewing up a storm since the retreat. </div>
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It was a great way to get me back on track.</div>
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Cyrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17238529292232175195noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604236690893969167.post-75036770647920703992018-05-09T09:12:00.002+12:002018-05-09T09:12:37.697+12:00Quilting and Solitude at Retreat<div style="text-align: center;">
I'm back home after my most wonderful stitching holiday at Quilt group Retreat.</div>
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Oh my, what a great way to refresh your batteries.</div>
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The seclusion of this place was exhilarating, stimulating, bracing, energizing and restorative. </div>
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I can't believe how much stitching got done as well. Absolutely amazing place.</div>
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Literally a stones throw from the beach.</div>
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Great early morning walks and paddles on the beach, and great company.</div>
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The path to the beach and sea.</div>
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I was on the beach for the sunrise most mornings.</div>
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A Fibonacci style small quilt top, that may turn into a table runner or a bag </div>
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These two country style shabby-chic blocks will be cushion covers (pillows) when I add a border and backing to them.</div>
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This will be a carpet/ (rug) for my miniature house. </div>
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It's a trial run for me on the new loom that my darling hubby bought for me on his trip to England last year. I eventually found time to warp the loom and 'go-for-it'.</div>
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I'm experimenting with the loom to see how it handles making 1:12th scale rugs, so I chose a simple straight weave for this rug in a two colour chunky stripe.</div>
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I have actually done about double the amount that is showing on the photo, and hope to have it finished by this weekend (famous last words, haha).</div>
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A pair of finger-less mittens for wearing while riding my bike (winter is coming here in the Southern hemisphere).</div>
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I use this to get to my local craft groups meetings and for a jaunt around the town or to the library and also for grocery shopping. I try to do my bit to save the earth and not use fuel if I don't have to. If the weather is really horrible though I will take the car.</div>
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This week has seen the completion of two (yes two) accessories. Two cowls, or neck-warmers, very similarly put together, in slightly different colourways.</div>
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The fuchsia edged one ----</div>
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I have also started on another rug for the mini house, but not enough of it yet for a photo.</div>
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We have survived the tornado that whipped through Opunake yesterday morning, The next village to us didn't fare so well in the tornado though, and I think 5 houses lost their roof and 3 more with major damage. The whole community is coming together for those left without homes.</div>
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The weather has definitely changed for the worse now, and we actually have the heater on in the lounge for a bit of respite from the unusual cold blast. </div>
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Cyrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17238529292232175195noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604236690893969167.post-72276332996895723632018-03-28T09:56:00.001+13:002018-03-28T09:56:57.959+13:00A bit more on the hexie quilt & other things<div style="text-align: center;">
What have I been up to this week. Well, lots of things of course, lol.</div>
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I have been slowly plodding away with my little <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">¾ </span>hexies for the quilt.</div>
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Not a very interesting photo, but at least it is progress.</div>
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Another scrumblicious scrumble.</div>
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And on the 'mini' scene, I have been making and staining more floor boards. </div>
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This is about 60 boards. A long job ahead still.</div>
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And I've fitted the stove together, it still needs finishing off with paint and handles on the doors.</div>
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Because the miniatures are taking up a big part of my life, I've decided to start another blog site totally dedicated to my miniatures.</div>
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Did you guess that I've been scrumbling, lol.</div>
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And a belated Happy St. Paddy's Day to all who celebrate.</div>
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This is my own design for a shamrock, which I attached to a hair slide and wore in my hair for the weekend. </div>
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I've had a big sort out in my craft studio to make room for a dedicated 'art-space' as well now.</div>
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Loving the natural light that I get from the window.</div>
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My drawing board table can be tilted to any angle and also can be adjusted height ways too. Love it.</div>
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The tan shelves hold my oil paints on the bottom shelf, all my containers of soft-pastels are on the 2nd shelf up, my journals and sketch pads next shelf up. All sorts of marker pens and inks on the next shelf, and then on the very top are things like masking fluid, rubbers, glue, and my larger art paper pads.</div>
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Under the table are two of my easels (the larger easels are stored in the garage.</div>
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The table holds my most frequently used supplies, i.e. china mixing trays, water container, brushes, pencils, and art crayons.</div>
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The armchair is where I do crochet and embroidery (or just chill out with a book).</div>
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Opposite the armchair is the sewing table which doubles up as a weaving table too.</div>
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Behind where I'm standing and to my left is the miniatures work station and my book shelves, plus another ranch slider (windows & door) the same as that one by the art table.</div>
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Little bits are progressing on a few different projects.</div>
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That is a spiral scrumble to be added to a few other scrumbles (ok, LOTS of other scrumbles) to create something -- I don't know what it will be until I have few more of them made, then it will tell me what it wants to be -- a bag, a hat, a garment, a wall hanging, whatever.</div>
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I don't know how other people have got on constructing this dolls house themselves. The instructions are terrible. The right hand wall of the kitchen is the first piece they tell you to put together, and nowhere does it tell you that the uprights need to be attached with space bellow floor level, hence the 'gap' on mine. I will have to saw that much off the top now and glue it at the bottom. </div>
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All the kitchen walls are up now, and the entrance hall next to the kitchen is almost done.</div>
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Auditioning some wood strips for flooring. I will remove the bent pieces from this pile first though.</div>
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Working on small items for the dolls house is so much fun.</div>
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This small blanket/afghan for the bed is finished now and on the bed that I have shown you in a previous post. It is crocheted in embroidery threads, and each block is about 1" small. In real life the granny square blanket would be bigger, but as this is for decoration purpose only, I want the underneath bedding to be seen too.</div>
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Construction of the house has started at last now that Tony has cut me a base board to work on.</div>
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One downstairs room is almost complete.</div>
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Today is an embroiders guild work day and I shall be stitching on the miniature rug.</div>
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Here is my stitched plate.</div>
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And here it is broken...... (cut apart)</div>
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Update on my miniature bed - two pillows made, and a crochet blanket.</div>
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Now planning a granny square blanket (or something similar) to drape over the foot of the bed.</div>
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Progress on my miniature bed.</div>
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I have made the mattress and a top and bottom sheet for the double bed. I like the look of it so far.</div>
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These booties I made to fit the cloth doll that I started last week. They are about the right size for a new-born baby. So cute.</div>
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I'm trying to remember what I have stitched or created over the past couple of days, lol. </div>
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It's been so hot here lately that it's hard to get my brain into action and remember what I've done.</div>
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This is an experimental knitted scrumble for freeform work. Inspired by the KCAL on the FF group in Ravelry.</div>
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I started this miniature rug quite a few years ago, and as I've recently started creating my dolls house, I though it about time that I finished this rug.</div>
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Cyrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17238529292232175195noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604236690893969167.post-18661727096045768162018-01-20T10:14:00.003+13:002018-01-20T10:14:46.951+13:00The Del Prado Dolls House<div style="text-align: center;">
The building of the Del Prado House continues.</div>
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I thought I'd give you a preview of the house in all it's 125 packages glory.</div>
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Del Prado are the publishers who brought this set out about 25 (or more) years ago on a fortnightly subscription.</div>
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I'm waiting to get to the wood shop to buy a base-board big enough to take the house, and then I shall start the actual house build, but for now I've started on the furniture parts.</div>
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Previous posts show the start of the bed, and here it is after the first coat of Antique Green.</div>
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I cleared half of my work table ready to start on the 1/12th scale house. </div>
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But after measuring up the approximate size of the house, I found out that this space is way too small. So I've had to clear the other half of the table too, so now the whole table is just for the house build. </div>
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This house comes in kit form. It was first published about 20-25 years ago in fortnightly installments, and there are 125 (I think) parts to it. </div>
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(I forgot to take a photo of the packages, sorry, I'll do that for the next posting).</div>
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It's the Del Prado Dolls House. I have the whole set. Each part still sealed in it's original packaging. </div>
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No I did not buy it when it was published many moons ago. I had the great fortune to be in the right place at the right time - my local op shop. There were two old and very worn cardboard packing cases stuck in a dark corner with 'stuff' piled all around them. They were very neglected and in need of a loving new home.</div>
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That was about 10 yrs ago. </div>
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My idea was to save the set for when I could allocate some proper time for it in the future.</div>
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Sorting through the first 6 parts of the set, I realize that this house is not going to be a top-notch sturdy house like the dolls houses my dad used to make. So I need to find a base board big enough for the house and hopefully it will help to keep everything straight and be an integral part of the build. </div>
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I need to search through our outbuildings tomorrow to see if there is something suitable before I go and purchase something. So the main house build is on hold for now.</div>
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Meanwhile, I got started on what is called a Sleigh Bed.</div>
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This first pic is the footboard. The laser-cut pieces have to be removed from the sheet of wood, and this is what it looks like.</div>
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I don't like the rough and rugged edges, so I gave it a thorough sanding to round off all of the edges.</div>
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This is it after sanding.</div>
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Much neater. I am happier with this look even though it took a big part of my day to gently sand all of the parts for the bed.</div>
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Primer done and drying. Top coat to do tomorrow after another light sanding.</div>
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I have finished two 12 inch crochet squares. These are already winging their way across the seas to US, where they will be included in two different afghan blankets for a charity auction.</div>
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One blanket called for warm colours, and this is my square for that blanket.</div>
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The pattern is <a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/marigold-15" target="_blank">Marigold</a> on Ravelry</div>
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And the second blanket called for neutral colours, and this is my square for that blanket.</div>
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I have been tinkering around with some different crafts this week, and I can show you an angel doll that I'm working on, plus a little bit of an experimental piece that I started as a CKAL.</div>
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Bare in mind that I am NOT a knitter. I am only just learning how to do something other than straight lines, lol. So yes, there are slipped stitches, wraps the wrong way around, and gaping holes in places that shouldn't have gaping holes, haha. I am learning by lots of mistakes - but at least I am learning.</div>
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This is the year I conquer my fear of knitting.</div>
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Woohoo, and lookey here... I actually got to work with 3 needles for the very first time to creat the start of a tree pattern. </div>
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I have now got a work table cleared and ready to start building my miniature house Pilli Pala.</div>
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2018 Goals - my year of 4’s</div>
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Spend more time with hubby and put the ‘4-second’ rule into action - Did you know that it only takes 4 seconds to look at a person when they talk to you for them to appreciate and recognize that you are taking notice of them and that they are important to you at that moment.</div>
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Make 4 things for each of my 4 children - I have so many things that my mum and dad made for me, that I treasure, and I want to pass that same love on to my kiddlywinks.</div>
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Complete the crazy patchwork quilt that I started 4 years ago.</div>
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Play some more with freeform bobbin lace and weaving.</div>
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Knitting - I want to learn more than just the basic stitch, and stop being afraid of knitting.</div>
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Make a start on My NZ Dolls House - aka 'Pilli Pala' - and the furnishings within.</div>
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Work on 4 of my embroidery WIP’s. I’ll be happy if I get even one of these 4 finished.</div>
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Here are some of the projects that I finished in the last couple of months of 2017 and didn't get to post on here about.</div>
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Debra the Zebra Firberart- freeform crochet, bobbin lace, & weaving.</div>
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I made my Rock Pool bigger and better, and finished it in time for the Regional Embroiderers Guild show, where it won 1st place in the 3D category.... woohoo... go me.</div>
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A couple of woolly hats for His'n'Hers' Christmas pressies.</div>
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Cyrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17238529292232175195noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604236690893969167.post-9745744019444345272017-09-28T12:57:00.001+13:002017-09-28T12:57:42.199+13:00Time for a catch-up<div style="text-align: center;">
Sometimes when life throws you lemons you just have to make lovely lemonade.</div>
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I've had a 'bit' of a busy couple of months (and the next few will be more of the same, lol), but I have still been stitching away whenever possible.</div>
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Here is a catch-up on some of the things I have made since my last post here.</div>
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Freeform crochet scrumbles. Getting ready to make a headband or hat.</div>
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Wet felting. I attended another workshop and made these two flowers.</div>
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Crochet miniature tablecloth, 6 inches long.</div>
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Cyrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17238529292232175195noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604236690893969167.post-72050049227227203582017-08-02T11:16:00.001+12:002017-08-02T11:16:10.931+12:00Freeform Weaving Projects<div style="text-align: center;">
My two Freeform Weaving projects almost completed. </div>
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I'm just sewing in the loose ends and then they will be finished.</div>
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<u>A Countryside Garden Scene</u></div>
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<u>The International Freeform Fiberart Guild</u> has one of my fiberarts published in the 2017 book.</div>
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The theme this year was Pattern In Nature, and my piece is all about the pattern of life of a Leaf </div>
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The orange one is huge, and for The Great Opunake Yarn Bomb project later this year.</div>
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I have added the beads decorations to my little Christmas trees on the woven felt hearts, and buttonhole stitched around the hearts.</div>
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Just have the hanging ribbons to add before I can call them finished.</div>
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It's called Neapolitan Ice Cream because it is the Chocolate, Strawberry & Vanilla ice cream colours of the Neapolitan ice cream blocks that I used to buy when my kids were young.</div>
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The pattern for this will be in my Ravelry projects soon.</div>
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I'm starting to gather the necessary 'bits & pieces' for it.</div>
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In preparation for a Christmas in July group project. </div>
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Everyone gets to make four of these Heart Christmas Tree decorations, and decorate them as they wish. </div>
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I know there are only three here, but that is because my 1st one was used as the demonstration piece to show the group, and I no longer have it. Other members had difficulty putting the hearts together, so I made up most of the 50+ hearts for them to embellish.</div>
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These three will have a Blanket stitch edging and beads added to decorate the crocheted tree.</div>
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A plain and simple crocheted baby blanket WIP. Not finished yet, but just the border to do now.</div>
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Some brainless crochet to do while sitting in the garden enjoying a glass of wine and the last of the sunny days before winter is upon us.</div>
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<br />Cyrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17238529292232175195noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7604236690893969167.post-48851131672218793382017-05-03T10:01:00.001+12:002017-05-03T10:10:42.631+12:00A few more projects<div style="text-align: center;">
I have been busy on a few projects lately. Here is a quick run down of them.</div>
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An embroidery piece. Two of these made. The pink is crochet, and there will eventually be a bead or two stitched to the middle of it.</div>
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The following pic is the beginnings of what I hope will be a dandelion. It's a bit of an experiment.</div>
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Sorting out my mothers bobbins. Three piles like this. This stack is now untangled and sorted into order. I'll show the sorted photo when I have done all of them.</div>
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And a stroll along our Opunake beach yesterday.</div>
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I've been busy on my genealogy work over the last couple of weeks, hence not much happening on the stitching side here. I have made a great headway on one particular small branch of my tree, and I always get a lump in my throat when certain discoveries pop up in my research. It is so interesting to discover new people in my tree.</div>
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The Embroidery Sampler has two small simple stitch bands added.</div>
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So the only 'finish' that I can add to my YOP (Year Of Projects) is the 12" crochet square.</div>
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Tony & I have been out for a couple of coastal walks, all close to our home.</div>
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The first photo is Opunake beach from the cliff top (looking north across to Middleton Bay), and the second photo is the walk past Opunake lake and heading south to the next bay.</div>
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Two very different coast views and an enjoyable couple of days adventures.</div>
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And the beginnings of a catghan nonogon.</div>
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It's late, I'm tired & I'm going to bed now. </div>
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Sorry there will be no 'gossip' here today.</div>
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Enjoy your week.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Happy Stitching</b></span></div>
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